Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Great Live Music All Weekend At Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

The best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines never wants you to eat and run, so occasionally we book some incredible entertainment for you to stick around and enjoy. This weekend we're doubling up on the talent at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse! Friday night we've got country music recording artist Jason Brown on stage, and Saturday brings the return of the Barefoot Entertainer himself, Dale Blue. 




Jason Brown
Jason is an Iowa-born native, originally from just three miles outside Pella. He has entertained hundreds of thousands of fans across the Midwest, and their support along with his love of music has helped him to produce some amazing songs. To date, he has put five songs on the Billboard and MediaBase Country Charts. Jason has also had the privilege of performing with some of country music's leading artists, including Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, Little Big Town, and many more. 

Jason's grandmother was the first one to notice the potential for his voice at the young age of four while he was singing along with everyone at church. She took the time to help him discover and develop that voice sitting at the piano. Both gospel music and traditional country music had a large impact on him, turning him into the singer that he is today.  



Moving to Texas at the age of fourteen with his mom and brother, Jason toured with his church youth group, singing throughout Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida. A few years later he returned to Pleasantville, Iowa to live with his dad. That's when he began touring the Midwest fair circuit. He has fronted many different talented bands, learning from each and every person that has crossed musical paths with him. 

Jason has grown a broad and loyal fan base with songs that combine equal parts musical and vocal excellence and a love for all things Midwest. Sometimes he performs backed by a full band, other times alone with just his voice and his guitar. This Friday night, January 27, 2017, Jason will be playing an acoustic set on the Wobbly Boots Roadhouse stage with Greg Valentine beginning at 9:00 pm. If you'd like to hear a preview of what you can expect, head on over to JasonBrownCountry.com and have a listen.     


Dale Blue
You may have caught Dale Blue on our stage earlier this month. He shares a hometown with the Lake of the Ozarks Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, but they don't mind sharing him with us occasionally! 

Dale spent a portion of his musical career playing gigs in high-end hotels where they required him to play current popular songs while wearing suits and tuxedos. He absolutely hated it, and after suffering through three years of 5-6 nights a week of that torture, Dale promised himself - Never again! He made a vow to never play somewhere he didn't want to be or perform any music that he didn't love. 



Today, wherever you find Dale on stage, he'll be smiling from ear to ear, singing an incredible combination of blues and rock. As for his attire, he earned the nickname "The Barefoot Entertainer" because he prefers to perform comfortably without any shoes on! He's not the only one having a good time. Dale's humor and aura of fun is contagious when you see and hear him play. He loves passing around the tambourine and inviting the members of the crowd to join him on stage.

If you make your way down to mid-Missouri, you can find Dale playing regularly during the summer at the waterfront bar he co-owns in Linn Creek, MO, called The Fish & Company. He also has a talent for writing, and sometimes offers his outlook on various subjects for LO Profile Magazine at the lake. Come by the Boot this Saturday night, January 28, 2017 and check out this awesome entertainer for yourself.  


Join Us All Weekend at the Boot!
We'll be serving up the best BBQ in Des Moines all week long, but this Friday and Saturday, we'll be adding some of the best live music in the Midwest to it for our incredible customers. Mark your calendars now to be here both nights. Enjoy some dinner, order a few cocktails, and get ready to dance the nights away at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse


Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325
(515) 223-5700

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Menu Showdown: Savory Soups vs. Loaded Salads

The best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines has an excellent variety to offer when it comes to our extensive menu. This time of year, the weather makes a delicious, hot soup a popular item to order both as a meal or as a side dish. On the other hand, lots of New Year's resolutions involve eating healthy and losing weight, which causes many to turn to our yummy salads. Today, Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive will be comparing the wonderful benefits of each of these menu items. After that, the decision is all yours! 



When it comes to the soups and salads on our menu, they have a few things in common. Both are full of healthy ingredients, can tame a hungry appetite, and pair well with the best BBQ in Des Moines. They do differ in a few ways too. 

Soups
A hot bowl of soup is the perfect thing to enjoy on a cold winter morning. Especially right now, because January just happens to be National Soup Month. It's an amazing comfort food, warming you from the inside out. Alone, a bowl of any one of our hearty soups will fill you up, but they are also a wonderful side dish to add to an order. 



We offer our famous Baked Potato Soup seven days a week. It's rich and creamy, filled with chunks of potatoes and bacon, then garnished with cheddar-jack cheese, green onions, and more bacon. In addition to that popular flavor, our kitchen also prepares a hearty homemade Soup of the Day in a variety of delicious flavors. You can try a new one every time you come in.   

Salads
Salad isn't just a side dish at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse. (Although it does come that way too!) We take a crisp blend of healthy greens and add a variety of tasty ingredients. Salads are full of fiber plus essential vitamins and minerals. An easy way to get in your daily dose of vegetables. 

You can stay light with our Garden Salad topped with cheddar-jack & provel cheeses, tomatoes, and red onions. Simple and delicious! Of course, we also offer four other meal-sized salads topped with yummy add-ons, like our hickory-smoked meats and more. 



Salads never looked, or tasted, so good! You can top them with any of our dressing choices: Ranch, Bleu Cheese, Chipotle Ranch, Honey Mustard, French, 1000 Island, Italian, or Fat-Free Ranch.  

Cowboy Cobb
The king of salads! A chilled bowl of crisp greens generously topped with smoked ham & turkey, crumbled bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, and cheddar-jack & provel cheeses. Available in a half-portion too.

Bacon-Shrimp Salad
A chilled salad bowl filled with mixed greens, bleu cheese crumbles, diced tomatoes, red onions, a hard-boiled egg, and finished with our amazing bacon wrapped shrimp.

Chicken Strip Salad
Our large chilled salad bowl filled with mixed leafy greens, generously topped with tomatoes, red onions, mozzarella & provel cheeses, and finished with our hand-breaded tender chicken strips. Also try your chicken "buffalo style" for a spicier version. Available in a half-portion too.

Grilled Chicken Salad

Our giant chilled salad bowl filled with mixed greens, diced tomatoes, red onions, cheddar-jack cheese, mozzarella-provel cheese, bacon, and a hard-boiled egg.



Have both!
In all honesty, both our soups and salads are an excellent choice to order, so we let you have both when you take advantage of our Soup & Salad Combo. You'll get a bowl of soup and a garden salad, or you can even choose to have one of those along with a toasted sourdough Ham & Swiss of Turkey & Swiss sandwich. 

Another option would be to have a cup or bowl of soup along with a half-portion of one of our "meal" salads. You could even bring a friend in with you, order full versions of both, and share. There are lots of delicious possibilities when you dine at the best restaurant in the Des Moines area! No matter what your food preference is, Wobbly Boots BBQ will always serve it up fresh, tasty, and with a smile. 



Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse
1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325
(515) 223-5700

Friday, January 13, 2017

Check Out Our Delicious Down Home Sandwiches

We've become well-known for having the best BBQ in the Des Moines area, but there's more to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse than just that type of savory meal. Our menu is filled with a variety of delicious things to eat. Each one is more than tasty enough to satisfy any hunger cravings you may be having. Get a load of these taste-tempting selections.

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ, down home sandwiches menu

FAMOUS TENDERLOIN
An Iowa tradition! This generous cut of pork tenderloin is tenderized, hand-dipped in buttermilk, and then breaded in our seasoned flour and bread crumbs. As big as the plate...We are proud of this one!!!

SOUTHERN STYLE PORK
Our traditional pulled pork sandwich with a Carolina twist - it's topped with our creamy cole slaw.

SMOTHERED BRISKET
Hickory-smoked beef brisket smothered with sauteed mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers, then topped with melted Swiss cheese.

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ, down home sandwiches menu

THE GRILLER
A customer favorite! Two slices of sourdough bread, American & Swiss cheeses, crisp bacon, smoked ham & turkey, all grilled to perfection. 

WOBBLY STYLE CLUB
Hickory smoked ham, turkey & bacon with lettuce, tomato, Mozzarella cheese and avocado mayo served between two pieces of sourdough toast. 

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ, down home sandwiches menu

WB CHICKEN
Our all white chicken breast, charbroiled to perfection, topped with our double smoked ham and Swiss cheese on a toasted bun with a side of honey mustard.

BUFFALO CHICKEN
An all white chicken breast, breaded & fried to golden perfection, smothered in chipotle buffalo sauce and topped with crispy bacon and pepper-jack cheese. 

CATFISH BLT
A southern-style catfish filet coated in seasoned corn meal and fried to a golden brown. We serve it on a ciabatta roll with bacon, lettuce, tomato and chipotle mayo.

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ, down home sandwiches menu

STEAK SANDWICH

A six-ounce choice top sirloin steak seasoned and charbroiled to your liking, served open faced on golden Texas toast. It's topped with sauteed onions and mushrooms. A perfect lunch sized steak.

PRIME RIB FRENCH DIP

Smoked prime rib and melted Mozzarella cheese served on a lightly toasted ciabatta roll with a side of au jus.

PRIME RIB MELT

Succulent, house-smoked shaved prime rib topped with Swiss cheese on grilled sourdough bread. Served with our house-made horsey sauce on the side for an extra kick!

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ, down home sandwiches menu

All of these Down Home Sandwiches are served with one of our home style side dishes, or you can choose to substitute a garden salad, cup of soup, half-order of onion rings, or a half order of Texas fries for a small additional charge. 

Don't forget, if you're in the sandwich mood but can't resist Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's mouth-watering BBQ, you can get all of our hickory-smoked meats topped with housemade BBQ sauce served sandwich-style on a fresh toasted bun too! Join us at Des Moine's best family-friendly restaurant any day of the week, and we'll help you find something on our menu to satisfy what you're craving. 

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse
1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325
(515) 223-5700

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Can You Master the Wobbly Boots Roadhouse Quiz?

It's a bright, shiny new year full of possibilities, and our brains are already working on the wonderful things that we can share with all of you in the coming months. While brainstorming new ideas, we took a look back at the Wobbly Boots Roadhouse blogs that were written in 2016, and we came up with some fairly easy questions about a few of the fascinating things our Des Moines BBQ restaurant wrote about. Easy, that is, if you've been reading! 

Seriously though, it's really not that hard, and you might even learn something new. How many do you think you can answer correctly? 


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1. Our hickory-smoked Wobbly Wings are a local favorite. In what city was this classic appetizer originally created?

A: Anchorage, Alaska
B: Buffalo, New York
C: Cincinnati, Ohio
D: Dallas, Texas

2. The best place to watch sports in Des Moines is right here with us. How many television screens do we have in the restaurant for you to view all of the action?

A: 8 
B: 12
C: 17
D: 21

3. BBQ sauces can be made in a variety of ways. Our house-made BBQ sauce recipe is a well guarded and delicious secret, but do you know what the very first BBQ sauces, hundreds of year ago, were most often made from?

A: vinegar & pepper
B: ketchup & brown sugar
C: mustard & vinegar
D: grape jelly & chili sauce

4. The very best Happy Hour in Des Moines happens here every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm. Which of the following Iowa beers will you most likely find among our 18 draft beer selections?

A: Confluence Brewing Company
B: Exile Brewing Company
C: Peace Tree Brewing Company
D: All of the above


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5. Another popular beverage from our bar comes in a copper mug. What is the name of this cocktail?

A: Moscow Mule
B: Denver Donkey
C: Hawaiian Horse
D: None of the above

6. While we are known for having the best BBQ in Des Moines, our extensive menu is also filled with a variety of additional dining options, including Southern comfort foods like our smoked meatloaf. What is the name of the food that modern-day American meatloaf originated from?

A: haggis
B: escamol
C: scrapple
D: khash


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7. Seafood lovers can even find something tasty to eat at the Boot! Which of the following do we serve?

A: crab
B: shrimp
C: catfish
D: All of the above

8. Kids can eat for free one night of the week from 5-8 pm with the purchase of an adult meal while dining in the restaurant. Which day of the week do we offer this special?

A: Monday
B: Tuesday
C: Wednesday
D: Thursday

9. The word "barbecue" came from the Caribbean word...

A: parilla
B: braai
C: barbacoa
D: barbican

10. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse hosts some amazing musicians on our stage. Who will be entertaining our crowds on two different occasions (January 7 & 28) this month? (Don't worry, we hope to bring the rest back throughout 2017 too!)

A: Dale Blue
B: Damon Dotson
C: Jim Stockberger
D: Brian Collins


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Piece of cake, right?
See, that wasn't so hard! If any of those answers did happen to stump you, or if they managed to pique your interest to learn more, take a look back at our 2016 blogs. We'd also love to hear from all of you about the types of subjects you would like our Wobbly Boots Roadhouse blog to cover in 2017. 

If you want to know more about something involving the best family restaurant in Des Moines, anything Iowa, or a particular food that we serve, we'd love to fill you in. Keep reading this year, and even more importantly, keep visiting us here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive. Serving our awesome customers is our favorite thing to do every year!  

ANSWERS:
1 - B
2 - C
3 - A
4 - D
5 - A
6 - C
7 - D
8 - B
9 - C 
10 - A

  
Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse
1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325
(515) 223-5700