We've Got A Few Great Ideas For Your Labor Day Plans

Labor Day Weekend is a a holiday to take some time for yourself to relax and enjoy a little down time with family and friends. It also happens to be the 3rd most popular holiday for BBQ (after the 4th of July and Memorial Day.) That gave us here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse a few ideas on how you can spend your Labor Day Weekend.  

Spend some of it with us.

We are open seven days a week at 11 am, so if you'd rather join us at the restaurant to enjoy your BBQ, come on by. We'll have sports on the TVs, freshly smoked meat coming out of the kitchen, and the friendliest staff in town ready and waiting to serve you. Eat 'til you're full, then we'll take care of the clean up for you. 

Enjoy a picnic in the park.

A soft blanket, some cold drinks, a few tasty sides, and a picnic basket full of BBQ makes for a great day out. What makes it even better is when you don't have to do the cooking! Give the best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines a call and place your order to go.    

Invite the gang to your place. 

If you enjoy throwing parties, this is a great holiday to invite all the family and friends over for an afternoon or evening full of food, drinks, and fun. Did you know that Wobbly Boots Roadhouse caters? If you give us at least 24 hours advance notice and spend over $100, we may even be able to deliver it to you. Check out our bulk to go menu, then email us or give us a call at 515-223-5700 to place your order.  

Visit Wobbly Boots Roadhouse at the Lake of the Ozarks!

We understand that a lot of our local residents love to travel to the Lake of the Ozarks over the Labor Day holiday. Totally understandable, because we love it there too. You don't have to miss out on having your favorite BBQ while you're away from home, because that's where the original Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach is located. You'll find many of your favorites from our restaurant, and most likely a few specials all their own. While you're there, invite all of their locals to visit us in Clive soon!

Have a Great Labor Day Weekend!

No matter what you do this Labor Day Weekend, all of us here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive wish you an extremely happy and safe one. Spend this weekend resting up, because before you know it, we're going to deep into football season, and you'll all want to be here for that! 

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Check Out Our Brand New Website: WobblyBootsRoadhouse.com!

Your favorite BBQ restaurant in Des Moines has a brand new look for our website and a brand new menu to go along with it! We're still the same awesome Wobbly Boots Roadhouse that you've come to know and love, we've just fancied it all a bit! Here is what you can expect when you click on over to our newly designed website. 

Our Story

If you don't know the story about how we made our way to Clive, then you've got a pretty good read waiting for you! This page clues you in on how Wobbly Boots BBQ was born at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, but we're raising this sibling restaurant right here in good ol' Iowa. We are not a chain, we are family.

Menu

You can read all about every mouth-watering menu item that we have for you before you even get in the front door. It's a good thing too, because we've stuffed this menu so full of the most amazing dishes that it's going to take you a little while to come to a decision.

Our advice is, come back often and try it all! There are over a dozen new dishes on our menu now. Just so you newbies get a taste of how large our lunch and dinner selection really is, it includes:

• Appetizers 
• Salads
• Wobbly Wraps 
• Big City Flatbreads
• BBQ Sandwiches
• Smoked Meat Plates
• Classic Bar-B-Que Dinners 
• Black Angus Burgers
• Down Home Sandwiches
• Southern Comfort Food
• Harvest Entrees
• Just For Kidz
• Home Style Side Dishes
• Soups & Bakers
• Smoked Prime Rib Dinner Special

Bulk To Go 

The next section of our website will take you directly to our catering menu. If you have a meeting full of hungry people or a big group at your home that needs to be fed, we'll cook something up for you to pick up and take to them. If you order is over $100, we have 24 hours advance notice, and you are within our delivery area, we'll load up your order in that handsome Wobbly Boots Roadhouse delivery van and bring it to you. 

Private Parties

We love it when people want to share their celebrations and get-togethers here with us. Let us know you are coming and we'll make sure to reserve a special spot for you. If you have a group of 25 or larger, you can reserve our private party space. Here you can order from the menu or take advantage of our in-house buffet, prime rib dinner, or platters of chicken wings, bacon wrapped shrimp, vegetables, fruits, and even dessert.

Gallery

Here you can get a glimpse at the inside of our West Des Moines BBQ restaurant, as well as how much fun everyone has while they are here! At the bottom of every page on our website, there are links to each of our social media channels too. Be sure to follow us on your favorites so that you always know what's going on at the Boot. We love it when our customers share their stories, pictures, and reviews with us. 

Location & Contact 

Now that you've seen the entire website and your mouth is watering for all of that tasty food you've been reading about, this page has a map for you to follow straight to us. You can also send us a message right here and we will get back to you as quick as we can. 

Our family friendly restaurant in Des Moines is open at 11 am, seven days a week, excited to serve up the most delicious food and amazing drinks you'll find anywhere in Iowa. Enjoy the website, then head on over to to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and let us take your order. You're gonna love it!

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

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Menu Showdown: Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin vs. Burnt Ends on a Bun

It's time once again for another showdown between two of the best items on the menu at our BBQ restaurant in Des Moines: the Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin versus our hickory-smoked Burnt Ends on a Bun. If you've dined more than once at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive, then there's a good chance you've tried both of these incredible sandwiches. If you haven't had them yet, it's time to get over here and figure out which one is your favorite!

Hand-Breaded Pork Tenderloin

The pork tenderloin is an Iowa tradition, and no restaurant in this state should be without an amazing version of one on their menu. Your Wobbly Boots Roadhouse kitchen has come up with one that will impress even the pickiest tenderloin aficionado. 

We start out with a more-than-generous portion of meat. This is one gigantic sandwich! The next step is is to hand-dip it in buttermilk, then bread it in our expertly seasoned flour and fry it to a beautiful golden brown. It takes a big appetite to tackle this gargantuan sandwich! Think you're up to the task? It tastes so good, it's hard to stop eating once you stop.  

Burnt Ends on a Bun

Our claims to fame are mouth-watering hickory-smoked meats and our house made BBQ sauce. You get a taste of both of these when you order our tender, juicy Burnt Ends. These savory beef chunks are carved right from the brisket point. Every order is seasoned, seared, and extra-smoked to the perfect captivating flavor. 

We pile those burnt ends high onto a fresh Kaiser roll, then smother them in our very own secret-recipe BBQ sauce. This is yet another unforgettable sandwich that will make sure you don't go home hungry. 

Burnt Ends pictured here alongside our Brisket

What's your vote?

So, what do you think? You may have a favorite simply from the description, but the best way to make an educated decision between our incredible Des Moines BBQ restaurant menu items is to taste them for yourself. Remember that these each come with your choice of a home-style side dish too, so be sure to come in hungry! 

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse is open seven days a week, ready and waiting to satisfy your appetite for the best food in Des Moines. These two unbelievable sandwich choices are just the beginning of the multitude of amazing flavors waiting for you. Come in soon and try them all! 

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

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

5 Tasty Drinks To Enjoy With Your BBQ

We talk a lot about our amazing, mouth-watering, hickory-smoked BBQ, but we've also got the best bar in Des Moines right here, ready to mix up delicious drinks to go along with your fantastic meal. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive features a full bar, and our talented bartenders know how to make the best-tasting drinks to complement that incredible BBQ flavor. 

From simple to extravagant, we're ready to mix up all of your favorite cocktails. If it's new to us, tell us what's in it, and if we've got the right stuff to make it, we'll give it a try. If you don't already have a favorite drink, here are a few tried-and-true classics that always taste just right. 

Long Island Tea

A delicious cocktail that tastes tame, but packs quite a punch. A mixture of 5 different spirits along with a dash of mixer brings this favorite drink to life. It's like enjoying a cool glass of iced tea, but with an extra, yummy kick. 

Moscow Mule

The Moscow Mule is a refreshing specialty cocktail made from vodka, lime, and ginger beer. The part that makes it extra special is the fact that it is served in a copper mug to keep it at the perfect, ice-cold temperature that brings out those amazing flavors. The Wobbly Boots Roadhouse drink menu offers a few yummy variations on the original recipe too. 

Bloody Mary

This drink isn't just for Sunday brunches (although it is perfect for that!) A rich and tasty Bloody Mary is a wonderful drink to stand alongside the bold, hearty flavors of our incredible BBQ. As an added bonus, you're getting some of your daily vegetable serving in while you drink. (Wait, isn't a tomato a fruit...)  

Margarita

It's always a good time for a margarita, and they are especially tasty in the summer when it's hot outside. Either frozen or on the rocks, it tastes great with everything on our menu. If it seems strange to you to drink this tequila cocktail without eating Mexican food, ease your guilt by having one with our BBQ Pork Nachos.  

Beer

While our bartenders don't have to mix anything to hand this ice-cold, refreshment, we simply couldn't leave beer off of our list. When you walk into Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and see those glorious 18 taps featuring all of the varieties of draft beer that we have available, not to mention the wide array of bottles we carry too, you're immediately thirsty for one. We even feature many local Iowa breweries in our selection. 

While it's all about BBQ here at the Boot, our mixed drinks and beer selections are pretty incredible too. The best BBQ in Des Moines always tastes a little bit better when you have something delicious to wash it down with. Head on over to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse soon and tell our 'tenders what you'll have to drink. Join us for Happy Hour every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm, and we'll even give it to you at a special price. 

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

5 Things You'll Want to do After Dining on Wobbly Boots BBQ

Your plates that were just recently filled with the best BBQ in Des Moines have been cleared, your stomach is happy, as well as your taste buds, and it seems like there's nothing else to do but pay your bill and head home. Not true! We love having you here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse with us, so we've come up with 5 things that you can do after you eat to stick around a while longer.

Wash your hands.

We strongly encourage our customers to dig right in when we hand them a big ol' plate of BBQ. It's okay if you get a little messy. Heck, we expect it. We've got handy wet wipes available, but if you really enjoyed that meal, you may need to skip off to the restroom for some soap and water. Just don't forget to take a BBQ selfie before you clean up! Once that BBQ is cleaned off of your skin, you'll be ready for these next ideas. 

Try some dessert.

Our meals are quite a plateful, but if you plan ahead, you just might be able to save some room for dessert. We highly suggest you give our tasty treats a try. If you're worried about feeling too full, start out with the sweets and we'll give you a doggy bag to take your leftover BBQ home in. You only live once so have some fun, flip things around, and eat dessert first!

• Rustic Apple Tart
• Maple Layered Cheesecake
• New York Style Cheesecake
• Molten Lava Cake

Stick around for a cocktail. 

There is absolutely no rush for you to leave once your meal is over. Stick around and enjoy one of the amazing mixed drinks or local draft beers from our bar. An after-dinner drink is a great way to relax and let that great meal settle. We'll bring it to your table or you're more than welcome to take your party on over and pull up a seat at the bar. 

Catch a game.

If you time your dinner right and it's a game night, then you're definitely going to want to stick around after dinner and cheer on your team. There's baseball on every night right now, football is just around the corner, and the Olympics begin this week. Plenty of chances to catch some sports with us. 

Write a review. 

We do our very best to make sure your dining experience in our Des Moines area BBQ restaurant is the best it can possibly be. Eating everything on your plate is always a good indicator that you liked it, but hearing how you felt about your visit lets us know for sure. We love to hear what you think, and we encourage you to leave reviews for us on your favorite sites: Facebook, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Google, OpenTable... Let others know what a great experience they'll be missing if they don't come in. 

There are five great ideas on how to extend your visit at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse beyond your meal. Our customers are like family to us, and we want you to feel right at home while you're here. Come on in, stay for a spell, and let us treat you right. 

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

How Well Do You Know Your Wobbly Boots BBQ?

Your favorite BBQ restaurant near Des Moines has been around long enough for people to really get to know us. We decided a little pop quiz could be fun! (Don't worry, we're not grading it.) If you know our menu well, follow us on social media, and/or read our weekly Wobbly Boots Roadhouse blogs, this should be a piece of cake for you. If not, well, maybe you'll learn something new. 

1. Which one of the following sauces is available for your Wobbly Wings?

• A - Wasabi Ginger
• B - Chipotle Buffalo
• C - Cotton Candy
• D - Honey-Glazed

2. National BBQ Month is in...

• A - March
• B - May
• C - July
• D - November

3. When can you order our savory smoked Prime Rib Dinner? 

• A - 7 Days a Week
• B - Saturdays & Sundays
• C - Fridays & Saturdays
• D - Wednesdays

4. Which Iowa breweries do we sometimes feature? 

• A - Confluence
• B - Firetrucker
• C - Peace Tree
• D - All of the Above

5. A burnt end is:

• A - Flavorful meat cut from the point half of a smoked brisket.
• B - Bits and pieces scraped from the bottom of the smoker.
• C - The darkest looking cuts of any type of meat.
• D - What happens when the cook backs into the grill.

6. Our tender, juicy, hickory-smoked meats include:

• A - Baby Back Ribs
• B - Pit Ham
• C - Hand-Pulled Pork
• D - All of the Above

7. Which of the following is NOT a toppimg for our 100% hand-pattied Black Angus burgers?

• A - Bleu Cheese Crumbles
• B - Sauteed Mushrooms
• C - Anchovies
• D - Jalapenos

8. Where is the original Wobbly Boots Roadhouse located? 

• A - Chicago, IL
• B - Osage Beach, MO
• C - San Antonio, TX
• D - Memphis, TN

9. Which of our salads has been given the title of "King of Salads!"

• A - The Garden Salad
• B - Chicken Tender Salad
• C - Cowboy Cobb Salad
• D - None of the Above

10. How many individual pieces are on the Wobbly Boots Sampler appetizer?

• A - 12
• B - 16
• C - 26
• D - 32

How do you think you did? All of these answers can be found on either our Wobbly Boots BBQ menu online, and also found throughout the past year's blogs. You're welcome to study up and try again if you had trouble, or better yet, come on in to our family friendly restaurant near Des Moines and learn all about us in person. 

Hopefully these questions piqued your interest and maybe even made you hungry. Head on in to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse soon so we can fill your bellies and teach you an interesting thing or two about our incredible BBQ.  

ANSWERS:
1. B - Chipotle Buffalo, BBQ, Original, & Teriyaki. Hmmm... Cotton Candy flavored for dessert maybe? Nah!! 
2. B - Officially May, but we celebrate every month here.
3. C - Every Friday & Saturday after 5 pm we have these big boys cooked up and ready for you. 
4. D - We love to feature the flavors of Iowa breweries among our 17 draft beers.
5. A - Extra-smoked, seasoned, and seared to perfection. We put a pot holder in the cook's back pocket to keep D from happening anymore. 
6. D - Those 3 meats are just a small portion of the deliciousness we have available to you 7 days a week.
7. C - Would you seriously order anchovies on anything? 
8. B - Osage Beach, MO in the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks is where we learned everything we know about BBQ.
9. C - Our Cowboy Cobb boasts smoked ham & turkey, bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, & cheese... oh, and lettuce. 
10. B - Enough to feed the farm! 4 Wobbly Wings, 4 onion rings, 4 bacon wrapped shrimp, & 4 baby back ribs. (But the answer is D if you buy 2 of them!) 

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

Menu Showdown: Ribs vs. Wings

Just as a parent doesn't have a favorite child, we love each of our savory Des Moines BBQ restaurant dishes equally. Incredible amounts of love, care, and nurturing go into every Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu item, so you couldn't possibly ask us to choose one over the other. 

You, on the other hand, CAN have a favorite! As an impartial judge, we would love to know how you feel about a couple of our most popular BBQ creations. Today we are pitting our jumbo, juicy chicken wings against our tender, meaty ribs. See if you can decide who is the tastiest.

Baby Back Ribs

When the word "BBQ" is uttered, who doesn't picture a big ol' rack of ribs? Here at the Boot, we know how to cook them up to be the most tender, most juicy, most mouth-watering ribs you've ever put in your mouth. 

For our classic BBQ dinner featuring this incredible creation, we start with a 2-pound slab of meaty ribs. Our chef then coats them with our specially formulated dry rub before slow-smoking them over hickory.

Once they are perfectly smoked, we lightly grill them and baste them with our own homemade secret recipe sauce. You'll need a lot of napkins handy when you dig into a plate of these ribs filled with tender, delectable, fall-off-the-bone goodness. 

Wobbly Wings

At the top of our appetizers section of the menu, you will see our award-winning Wobbly Wings prominently featured. These jumbo, bone-in chicken wings get a similar treatment our those tasty ribs, but come out with a flavor that's all their own. 

The first step is to coat each wing in that special dry rub of ours. They are then slow-roasted in our hickory pit. Once they come out of the smoker, the juicy, taste-tempting flavor that they posses without sauce is unbelievable on its own. 

To up the flavor ante even more, we have 4 of the best wing sauces ever made to coat them in. 

• BBQ - Our house recipe sauce. A great addition to anything!
• Original - A sauce like no other. Try it, you'll be hooked. 
• Chipotle Buffalo - Our version of traditional buffalo.
• Teriyaki - Sweet meets heat. Delicious!  

Having trouble deciding? 

We don't blame you one bit. Simply describing these amazing menu items has us drooling already. Once you come in to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and get a whiff of that hickory-smoked aroma, it will be ever tougher to decide! 

If it's truly too hard for you to pick between these two, we've got you covered. There is a Ribbies & Wings plate made especially for this reason. Two of our best dishes on one plate: 4 ribs and 5 wings. The only problem with ordering this sampler plate is that it will probably leave you craving more! No worries, we've got enough coming out of the smoker daily to feed even the biggest appetites. 

No matter which Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu item that you decide to order, we know you will leave satisfied, full, and with a big smile on your face. Don't put too much thought into your order, because it's all fantastic. You'll just have to come back to the best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines often and try something new each visit. 

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!

Like us on Facebook!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700