Owned by Jeff Duncan, the restaurant served breakfast, lunch and dinner and was known for its Cajun mac and cheese, brunch options and fried chicken sandwiches. He served 42 months in prison, and the restaurants were sold to new owners during that time. Lucky Lotus opened in the space in October. India Star. An Italian restaurant on the south side of Des Moines closed at the beginning of 2019. In Des Moines, tapas bar and restaurant Trostel's Dish said goodbye after 15 years of serving elevated Latin American . After rising in popularity for several decades, Michigan like nearly every place in America saw the homogenization of chain restaurants by the turn of the millennium. Heap Big Beef was one of the first "Wild West" themed restaurants, but it also had a Native American theme that people today would see as culturally insensitive. Iowa was the 29th state to join the union and thats how the restaurant got its name. The original Jethro's BBQ on Forest Avenue has been closed for months with owner Bruce Gerleman saying he planned to renovate and re-open. Des Moines is overflowing with barbecue options, but Flying Mango soars above the rest by weaving in Cajun and Caribbean flair. Both restaurants closedthis fall. But there was a time in the not-too-distant past when Yankee Doodle Dandy was slinging some seriously addictive burgers throughout Chicagoland. Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, 4508 University Ave., West Des Moines - The Texas-basedchain's parent company, CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, closed the eaterybecause of lagging sales. A pair of brothers started this Southern California chicken chain in the late-1980s, and for a while, things seemed like they were headed in the right direction. //