Thursday, October 26, 2017

7 of the Most Popular Tailgate Party Foods

The best place to watch football in Des Moines is from the comfortable seats in our restaurant in front of our 17 TVs. That is if you're not watching from the actual stadium, of course. (Unless it's cold & rainy. Then it's much better here!) 

The Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu is full of mouthwatering treats, including 7 of the most popular foods to tailgate with. You can eat them here, or you pick them up to take with you to the parking lot of your team's stadium. Either way, you're going to want to get a plateful of these! 



Wings
This is a perfect food for tailgating because you are expected to eat it with your hands, meaning no silverware to mess with and plates are optional. (Of course, you'd better have a LOT of napkins handy!) If you're taking our Wobbly Wings to go, consider getting your favorite sauce on the side for dipping to make it a little less messy. If you're eating them here, we'll give you a plate and plenty of wet naps! 

Burgers
A big, juicy burger is a classic football food item. The toppings you add make a big difference, but it's how you prepare the burger that really matters. All of our burgers are made from 100% hand-pattied Black Angus ground chuck, grilled on a flat-top iron, and served on a fresh soft bun. The best in the Midwest!

Chicken
You can usually find quite a few people grilling chicken when you attend a tailgate, and as good as grilled chicken tastes, our hickory-smoked version is way better! We give you a half chicken that has been generously rubbed in our house spices and then slow-smoked. For the finishing touch, it's thrown on the grill and given a light glaze of our house BBQ sauce. Great on its own, but you can also order it paired with the next popular tailgate item on our list. 

Ribs
Much like chicken wings, you're going to eat these with your hands and you're going to get messy! (But isn't that part of the fun?) You can get as messy as you like when you eat our slow-smoked, dry-rubbed, Baby Back Ribs that are grilled and basted in our house-recipe BBQ sauce. It's easy to wash off when you're finished, and if you're eating it in the football stadium parking lot, well, you are outside. 



Pulled Pork
A heaping helping of hand-pulled, hickory-smoked pork on a fresh bun always hits the spot, and after all, why not have a little pig before watching your team throw around the "pigskin?" We love this particular meat so much, we even added it to the recipe for the next food on the list. 

Nachos
Chips, cheese, and jalapenos are usually enough for most football fans, but we couldn't stop there! When you order nachos at Wobbly Boots BBQ, you don't get just any old cheese. We use our homemade queso along with cheddar-jack cheese, plus add tomatoes, onions, baked beans, and our unbelievable pulled pork! The salsa, sour cream, and jalapenos on the side give them even more tasty flavor. 

Chips & Dip
It's always good to have some sides handy when you just want to munch, and chips & dips are perfect for this. Here at the Boot, we've got platters of Chips, Salsa, & Queso, and you can also order our house-recipe Spinach & Artichoke Dip.



We love it when a big crowd gathers in our Des Moines BBQ restaurant to watch football with us, but if you prefer to attend the games in person, pick up your favorite Wobbly Boots Roadhouse tailgate-ready foods to go on your way to the stadium. We also have catering available if you'll be throwing a football watching party at your place, and if you spend at least $100 and give us 24 hours notice, we'll deliver it to you! Your favorite team will provide the excitement, and we'll provide the delicious food to enjoy while you watch the game. 


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Thursday, October 19, 2017

5 Reasons That We Love Iowa in the Fall

We absolutely love working at the best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines this time of year because Iowa is an awesome place to experience the season of autumn. This blog is filled with some of Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's favorite things about fall, and we're willing to bet they are some of your favorite things too. 



Festivals 
If you're not tailgating, there's a good chance you're out picking apples or exploring a pumpkin patch. Des Moines has plenty of that to offer this time of year, and it's not hard to find a festival featuring those things and much more. You can find an entire list of things to do to fill your season with fun when you visit Fall in Des Moines online.  

Football
If you're not a fan of college football in Iowa, then you are missing out on a truly amazing experience. The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones always keep things exciting for us, and the best place to watch football in Des Moines is right here at the Boot! We've got 17 televisions placed all around the restaurant so there's not a bad seat in the house, and a family friendly atmosphere so that even the youngest football fans can enjoy a game with us. As a matter of fact, our customers are the best fans around, so if you can't get to the stadium in person, watching right here is definitely the next best thing! 


Vibrant Colors
Autumn in the Midwest is a sight to behold. The leaves are changing into all kinds of gorgeous colors everywhere that you look. The scenery doesn't get much better than an autumn view of the Iowa countryside. There are plenty of places to enjoy a leisurely drive through the country, and Des Moines boasts over 600 miles worth of trails where you can stroll or take a bike ride and enjoy nature's show.
Crisp, Cool Air
The temperatures are awesome too. Summers can get extremely hot around here, and winters can be incredibly cold, but fall is just right! Sunny days have just a slight chill to them, and the humidity levels drop noticeably. It's perfect for enjoying an afternoon outside or an evening by the campfire.  

Hot, Tasty Treats
Once you head indoors from the cooler weather, a hot delicious meal is the perfect thing to warm you up from the inside out. This is especially true at Wobbly Boots BBQ, where our hickory-smoked meats are just the thing to do the trick! Our Southern Comfort Food menu items really hit the spot on a chilly day, like the Smoked Meatloaf or the Smoked Turkey Dinner. (Both year-round favorites!) We've even got bowls of the best Baked Potato Soup in Des Moines hot and ready for you. 



Plan a day for yourself to get out and experience everything that there is to enjoy about the Des Moines area this time of year. If you make it happen on a Saturday when college football is playing at Wobbly Boot Roadhouse, you can get all of these awesome things accomplished at once! It's a great time of year to be in Iowa, and we want to enjoy it with you. 


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Thursday, October 12, 2017

The History of the Classic Club Sandwich

There are lots of "classic" dishes on the menu at our Des Moines BBQ restaurant that most people are familiar with without having to read the description. Even though we put our own delicious Wobbly Boots Roadhouse twist on these dishes, they're still recognized by nearly everyone. While the names are well-known, the history of these dishes often remains a mystery. 

That's where we come in! Learning the origins of the different foods we choose to serve at Wobbly Boots BBQ is kind of a hobby of ours, and we love sharing our findings with all of you. Today we're turning our inquiring minds towards the piled high, chock full of flavor, Club Sandwich. 



Club Sandwich Basics
The basic ingredients that you are most likely to find in a Club Sandwich, no matter where you go, are: 2-3 slices of bread (often toasted,) turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo. It's kind of like a super-sized BLT with poultry added. 

It can be cut into halves or quarters, and it needs to be held together with toothpicks to contain the goodness piled inside. Depending on where you go, these ingredients will vary slightly. (Just wait until you see what we put in ours! Keep reading...) 

Club Sandwich Origins
As with just about every food we delve into the history of, there are conflicting origin stories. One source states that the sandwich may have been invented by the chef at the Union Club of New York City. This is because the earliest known real-life reference was a recipe that began, "Have you tried the Union Club sandwich yet?" The earliest reference to the fictional sandwich appeared in "Conversations of a Chorus Girl" by Ray Cardell in 1903. 

Other sources swear that the Club Sandwich made its first appearance in the late 19th century in an exclusive Saratoga Springs, New York gambling club. Regardless of who gets the credit, this incredible sandwich has been spotted on menus across the United States as far back as 1899. 

Historically, chicken was used instead of turkey, but over time turkey won out as the more popular choice. The sides most often served with Clubs are coleslaw, potato salad, or french fries.  



The Wobbly Style Club 
Our version of the Club Sandwich has everything that a regular Club should, but we didn't stop there! We add a couple of delicious twists that makes our Wobbly Style Club stand out from the rest. 

Instead of three slices of bread, we only use two toasted pieces of sourdough. This leaves more room in the middle for the really good stuff! The turkey and bacon are both prepared in our smoker, and we've also added our incredible hickory-smoked ham to the recipe. We use fresh lettuce and tomato, but we've also added Mozzarella cheese, plus traded out plain mayo for our amazing avocado mayo. 

As for side dishes, our homestyle choices do include creamy coleslaw, gourmet potato salad, and seasoned fries, but you are free to pick from our other options too. These include: baked beans, green beans with bacon, smashed potatoes & gravy, cheesy corn & ham, baked potato, and homemade mac & cheese. In our opinion, as well as our happy customers, those are all excellent choices! 

So the next time you are enjoying a gigantic Wobbly Style Club from the best family restaurant in Des Moines, you'll know that this awesome sandwich has a long history with many variations, but none quite as tasty as we do it here at Wobbly Boots BBQ! Just be warned, you need to either come hungry, bring a hungry friend to share with, or expect to be taking home a doggy bag! 


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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Celebrate Seafood Month at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

October is National Seafood Month, and our BBQ restaurant in Des Moines is an excellent place to celebrate it. While a BBQ place might not be the first joint to pop into your mind when you are hungry for a seafood dinner, maybe it should be. All you need is fresh ingredients and talented cooks with great recipes, and Wobbly Boots Roadhouse has all of that!


Tastes Good AND Good For You!
Health enthusiasts recommend that you eat at least 2 servings of seafood every week. It has many incredible benefits for keeping your body in great shape. It's all an excellent source of protein. Shrimp offers key nutrients like selenium, Vitamins D and B12, and zinc, plus it also contains important antioxidants. 

Crab gives you Omega-3, which is great for protecting your body from heart disease, and it aids brain development. Crab actually contains 12 times the selenium found in beef! Catfish is another seafood that we cook up at the Boot. It is low in mercury, but high in B12. It also contains the healthy fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6.

Seafood at the Boot
Shrimp, crab, and catfish are all seafood that are featured in the delicious menu items we have at Wobbly Boots BBQ. The next time you come in, give one of these tasty dishes a try. 


Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Five jumbo shrimp individually wrapped with our hickory-smoked bacon and grilled to perfection.

Bacon-Shrimp Salad

A chilled salad bowl filled with mixed greens, bleu cheese crumbles, diced tomatoes, red onions, and a hard-boiled egg, then finished with bacon wrapped shrimp. Delish!!!!

Grilled Shrimp Wrap

Grilled jumbo shrimp with bacon, lettuce, tomato & cheddar-jack cheese all wrapped up in a warm tomato basil tortilla.


Crab Stuffed MushroomsA bountiful blend of crab meat, cream cheese, cheddar-jack cheese, and special seasoning stuffed in large mushroom caps and baked to a golden brown, all topped with Provel cheese.

Crab Rangoon Flatbread

Wobbly Boots own crab rangoon filling slathered on our flatbread pizza crust, topped with mozzarella & Provel cheeses, then finished with fried won tons and a sweet chili drizzle. A Customer Favorite!




Surf and Turf
A 6-oz. top sirloin steak grilled to your liking, topped with sautéed onion and mushrooms, accompanied by three jumbo bacon wrapped shrimp grilled to perfection. Two great items on one platter... Outstanding!!!

Sauteed Shrimp Dinner

Six Jumbo Shrimp gently sautéed in garlic butter until perfect.

Catfish Dinner

Two Southern style catfish fillets hand-breaded and fried to a delicious golden brown. Served with lemon wedges and tartar sauce. A real southern treat.

Breaded Shrimp Dinner
Six jumbo shrimp lightly breaded and fried to golden perfection.


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




So you see, seafood lovers and BBQ lovers can both get delicious food to satisfy their cravings at our family restaurant in Des Moines. No matter what you're in the mood for, you're bound to find something that will hit the spot when you dine at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse!



Award-winning BBQ right here in Des Moines! 

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


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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700