The Perfect Way to Unwind - Happy Hour at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse!

We all need a break once in a while, and some weeks, more than one break is necessary! Specifically for that reason, every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm we host the best Happy Hour in Des Moines. When you've got great people to hang out with, delicious drinks to enjoy at a great price, and plenty of TVs playing all the games to distract you, your worries will begin to fade away, and Wobbly Boots Roadhouse knows how to distract you in all the right ways! 

Why We Love Happy Hour
There are lots of reasons why a good Happy Hour will improve your outlook on life. For one thing, it's a nice change from being stuck at work, and it can even make your job seem easier to handle if you invite a few co-workers along to get to know their fun side a little better. Once you work a visit or two to the Boot's Happy Hour into your regular schedule, that work week will seem to fly right by!

You might be surprised to learn that studies have been done which showed that spending time enjoying the company of others relieves built-up tension and lowers the risk of depression. Even if you don't know anyone when you get here, you're very likely to go home having a few new friends to add to your list. The staff is always friendly, and our patrons are always awesome!  

Great Drink Specials at the Boot
In addition to that awesome company you'll find at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, the special drink prices during Happy Hour will delight you too. First of all, we've got 18 delicious draft beers on tap, including quite a few tasty, local Iowa brews, and they are on sale. If beer isn't what you're thirsty for, we also offer incredible discounts on many of our mixed drinks. Pair your favorite cocktail with some of our awesome appetizers and the experience will be even better!

Stick Around for Dinner
If you fully take advantage of the entire Happy Hour, that means you're still at our Des Moines BBQ restaurant at 6 pm, which is the perfect time to go ahead and order dinner. You're already here, and the fact that you don't have to cook when you get home is an additional reason to be happy! If you've got a family at home to feed, order dinner for everyone to go to surprise them with. When you do that, the happiness goes home with you too! 

Happy Hour at Wobbly Boots BBQ isn't going to solve all of your problems, but it will give you the relaxing and enjoyable break you need to get back to real life. Call your friends and make it a regular meet-up that you can all look forward to weekly. Even if you show up outside of the designated "Happy" hours, we'll still make sure you have a great time! 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
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New Delicious Additions to the Wobbly Boots Roadhouse Menu

We're sure that all of you have your "go-to" orders when you visit your favorite BBQ restaurant in Des Moines, but just when you thought we'd given you all the deliciousness you could handle, we come up with even more! Recently we've added some new mouthwatering dishes to our Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu. You've simply gotta come in soon and give a few of these (or better yet all of them) a try!

Wobbly Wings Sauce Flavors
We've still got our classic wings sauces of BBQ, Dijon Hot, Jalapeno Garlic, and Chipotle Buffalo, but now you can also get your mouthwatering Wobbly Wings coated in Jamaican Jerk and Habanero BBQ!

Boneless Wings
Hand breaded fresh to order. A bountiful amount of all-white chicken breast cut into strips and fried to golden crisp perfection. They are available plain or tossed with any of our Wobbly Wings sauces, and they are served with your choice of bleu cheese or ranch dressing sauce.

Graziano Sausage Bites
Iowa's own Graziano Italian Sausage mixed with red peppers and cheddar & pepper jack cheeses. We then hand roll and add a light breading, then quick-fry to a golden perfection. This is served with chipotle ranch.

Basket of Homemade Cornbread
A basket of delicious freshly baked cornbread muffins served warm with a side of honey butter.

Jamaican Jerk Shrimp Wrap
Grilled jumbo shrimp with bacon, lettuce, tomato & cheddar-jack cheese, plus a touch of our homemade Jamaican jerk sauce, all wrapped up in a warm tomato basil tortilla.

Wobbly Melt
Our Farm Boy burger cooked to your liking, placed between two slices of toasted sourdough, with American & Swiss cheeses, crispy bacon, sautéed onions, and homemade honey mustard. DELISH!!

Mac & Cheese Burger
Finally, our number one burger of the week is on the menu full time! Yup, our Black Angus burger cooked to your liking, covered with our homemade mac & cheese and topped with cheddar jack, then served open-faced on Texas toast.

Mushroom Swiss Burger
Our famous burger topped with a bountiful amount of sautéed mushrooms & Swiss cheese.

Brisky
Our tender slow-smoked brisket & our delicious turkey breast with pepper jack cheese and a touch of house recipe BBQ sauce on a toasted bun. Delicious!

Sausage Philly
Our house-smoked sweet Italian sausage with sautéed green peppers and onions, topped with melted Swiss cheese and served on a toasted ciabatta.

Brisket Grilled Cheese
Our tender brisket generously layered between two slices of thick sourdough with BBQ sauce, sautéed onions, and good ol' American cheese.

Texas 2-Step
Smoked beef brisket with smoked sausage is drizzled with our house recipe BBQ sauce and served on two slices of golden Texas toast.

Hillbilly Cuban
Our house-pulled pork with smoked ham, melted Swiss cheese, pickles, & our own Jamaican jerk sauce served on a double toasted bun.

Jalapeno Garlic Shrimp Dinner
8 jumbo shrimp gently sautéed in our Jalapeno-garlic butter until perfect and then served with a side of Jalapeno-garlic butter.  

So, does that list make your mouth water? Just wait until you walk into our family restaurant in Des Moines and get a whiff of those delicious dishes cooking! We're still smoking great big pans full of those flavorful, hickory-smoked meats we're best known for here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, but our talented and creative cooks are experts at more than just BBQ. Come on in soon and find out for yourself. 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Enjoy Our Delicious Flatbread Creations For National Pizza Day

National Pizza Day falls on February 9, and you can celebrate right here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive with one of our amazingly delicious flatbread creations. People have been making flatbreads to enjoy for over 5,000 years. We've taken that tradition and proven that the best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines can also make a fantastic flatbread! 

Most pizza is made from yeasted flatbread and typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese, then baked in an oven, sometimes with additional toppings added. Flatbread pizza is generally made on a thinner, crispier crust using lighter toppings and sauce that is most often not tomato sauce. The best part about our recipes is the fact that most of them contain our mouthwatering, hickory-smoked meats! 

Crab Rangoon
Wobbly Boots' own crab rangoon filling slathered on our flatbread pizza crust, topped with our 5-cheese pizza blend and then finished with fried wontons and a sweet chili drizzle. Always a customer favorite!

B-L-T
We start with our thin flatbread pizza crust, spread our homemade cheese sauce on that, add our 5-cheese pizza blend, and then top it all with smoked ham, bacon crumbles, lettuce, & tomatoes. It's deliciously drizzled with ranch dressing before serving.

Buffalo Bacon Chicken & Jalapeno
Our flatbread covered in our chipotle buffalo sauce and topped with grilled chicken breast, bacon, & jalapenos plus our 5-cheese pizza blend and finished with ranch dressing.

BBQ Brisket
Our homemade BBQ sauce spread over our flatbread pizza crust and topped with slow-smoked brisket, red onion, and a combination of our 5-cheese pizza blend & cheddar jack cheese. An outstanding flavor that can't be beat!!

Spinach Artichoke Chicken
Our homemade spinach artichoke dip generously spread over our flatbread and topped with a 5-cheese mozzarella blend, chicken, diced tomatoes, and finished with Parmesan cheese.

Reading those recipes is enough to convince you that our family-friendly restaurant in Des Moines knows how to do more than just great BBQ. Of course, tasting these culinary creations is an even better way to know that the next time you're craving pizza, we can cure that hunger! 

We've got some great appetizers to enjoy before digging into your flatbread from the Boot, and they also go great with one of our fresh side salads, or better yet, share a flatbread and one of our meal-sized salads with a friend. And of course, if you're over 21, nothing washes down pizza better than an ice-cold beer! We've got all of your favorites in bottles, plus 18 taps which include some of Iowa's best craft beers. If you join us during Happy Hour every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm, you'll even get those tasty brews at a special price!

Come on in this Friday, February 9 and celebrate National Pizza Day at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse. Don't worry if Friday isn't good for you, because we're happy to serve you one of our amazing flatbreads anytime that you like, any day of the week! 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Our Favorite Football Foods to Enjoy During the Game

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse will be closing early this Sunday at 3:00 pm (Feb. 4, 2018) but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy some of the best BBQ in Des Moines while you watch the game. You can throw the most amazing watch party in town when you order all of your Boot favorites to go! Here are a few suggestions that football fans always love. 

Wobbly Wings  
Jumbo Chicken Wings coated with our house dry rub, then slow-roasted over hickory, ensuring only the most flavorful juiciest wings possible. We can serve them plain or with your choice of one of our signature sauces in orders of 5, 10, 20, 30, or more! (Stock up, because they disappear fast during the game!) Sauce choices include:

• Teriyaki - Our own house-made sweet and sticky glaze.
• Hot Dijon Sauce - A little hot mustard + buffalo sauce + some sweet = Delish!
• Jalapeno Garlic - Minced jalapenos combined with garlic in a butter sauce. 
• Chipotle Buffalo - Buffalo sauce infused with chipotle peppers making a buttery, smoky Buffalo sauce. 
• Bar-B-Que - Our own, homemade in-house BBQ sauce. A perfect addition to those tender, smoky wings! 

Boneless Wings
Hand-breaded fresh to order! You get a bountiful amount of all-white chicken breast cut into wing-size and fried to golden crisp perfection. They are available plain or tossed with any of our Wobbly Wings sauces.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp individually wrapped in our hickory-smoked bacon and grilled to perfection.

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

Our house blend of spinach, artichoke hearts, & three different kinds of cheese, combined with our secret spice blend. Serve it bubbling hot with crispy pita chips.

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

Homemade Chicken Strips
All-white chicken tenders, buttermilk dipped, hand-breaded, and fried to a golden brown. Tender and Delicious! We've got ranch or honey mustard dipping sauces available, but we highly suggest dunking these strips in our house-made BBQ sauce for a real treat.

Hickory-Smoked Meats
(Small orders or buy in bulk!)
You'll definitely want to stock up on our most popular item - those mouthwatering hickory-smoked meats! You can set out plates of a few different ones alongside some slider buns and let your guests build their own sandwiches. Have a couple of bottles of our housemade BBQ sauce sitting there next to them for additional yumminess! 

• Pulled Pork
• Applewood Smoked Ham
• Smoked Sweet Italian Sausage Links
• Smoked Turkey Breast
• Beef Brisket
• Burnt Ends
• Chicken
• Tender Baby Back Ribs

**Please note, if you're throwing a party for the big game and will be needing large quantities of food, we may need some advance notice to meet your requests. Don't forget a few sides too! We can dish up our homestyle side dishes by the pint or even the quart. 

Please give us a call at 515-223-5700 as soon as possible to make arrangements to have the best BBQ in Des Moines for your guests. Remember, we will be closing early on Sunday, February 4, 2018, so orders will have to be picked up before 3:00 pm. That gives you plenty of time to grab your to-go order from Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and still get back home in time to get everything ready before the game starts! 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

3 Reasons To Stick Around After You're Done With Dinner

You've just enjoyed a delicious dinner (or possibly lunch) at our friendly Des Moines BBQ restaurant. Just because your food is gone, that doesn't mean that you have to leave! We love having you hang out here with us at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive, and today we've got 3 great reasons why you should stick around after your plates have been cleared. 

Save Room For Dessert
Enjoying a great big plate of the best hickory-smoked meats in Des Moines may make it hard to leave room for something sweet afterward, but if you plan ahead, you just might be able to save a little space for one of our delectable desserts. If you're worried about getting too full, ask for a doggy bag for part of your meal. That way you get a sweet treat after you eat, plus a bonus treat of leftovers for lunch tomorrow! (Maybe even a late-night snack. We know how irresistible our dishes are!) Order some dessert, enjoy it with a cup of coffee, and hang around for a little while longer. 

Have An After-Dinner Drink
If you're too full for more food, you may be able to find some room for a refreshing after-dinner drink. We've got a fully-stocked bar and talented bartenders that are able to mix up your favorite cocktails. There's a wonderful variety of ice-cold beers both in the bottle and on tap here too. 

We have 18 draft beers available that change periodically, but you will always find a nice selection of local Iowa brews among the mix. If you're sticking around after a late lunch, you may even be able to catch our Happy Hour, which happens every Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm, featuring beer and mixed drink specials.

Catch Some Sports Action
There is always something sporty going on, whether it's a game or something sports-related, and we've always got it playing. You'll find 17 TVs conveniently placed throughout the restaurant, so you don't have to belly up to the bar to catch a game. You can enjoy watching from any seat in the house! 

After you're finished eating, feel free to hang out and watch the rest of your game with us. We're sports fans too, and it's always more exciting when you get to watch with a bunch of other fans. As a matter of fact, you might even want to check your favorite teams' schedules so that you can plan your trips to join us at the best place to watch sports in Des Moines ahead of time. (Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner!)  

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse is open 7 days a week at 11:00 am, ready to serve you a delicious lunch, dinner, Happy Hour snack, and everything in between! Once you step through our doors, we consider you to be a part of our Wobbly Boots family, so don't just come for the best BBQ in Des Moines (although that's an excellent reason on its own) but stay for the company. We love hanging out with you, and we hope that you love joining us often at the Boot. 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

What Hits the Spot in the Winter? Warm, Southern Comfort Foods!

It doesn't have to be cold outside for you to enjoy Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's delicious Southern Comfort Food menu, but eating a great big hot plate of it on a winter's day seems to make it taste even better than usual! Our Des Moines BBQ restaurant is the perfect place to go when you're craving a mouthwatering meal to combat winter's icy chill. 

In addition to being served hot so that it warms your body up, "comfort foods" also offer a cozy feeling that resembles a great big hug to warm up your soul too. The dictionary describes comfort as " a state of ease and satisfaction; a feeling of relief or consolation; to soothe, console, reassure, or bring cheer to." A comfort food is categorized as a dish that is fairly simple to prepare (especially when you let Wobbly Boots BBQ take care of the cooking) and has some type of nostalgia associated with it for you. You know, the stuff like Mom used to make! 

Comfort Foods at the Boot

Three of the four fantastic menu items below are prepared in that wonderful smoker that also makes our hickory-smoked BBQ so irresistible. The last one is hand-breaded and deep-fried to perfection. YUM!   

Smoked Meatloaf
Not exactly like mom made, but every bit as delicious! Our handmade meatloaf is slow-roasted over hickory. Absolutely one of our best dishes and a customer favorite. It is served open-faced with homemade smashed potatoes, brown gravy, and green beans.

Smoked Turkey Dinner
A generous portion of our all white meat smoked turkey breast served open-faced with smashed potatoes, then covered with delicious turkey gravy and paired with a side of our homemade cheesy corn.

Prime Rib Hot Beef
Our house-smoked Prime Rib thinly sliced and served open-faced on white bread with smashed potatoes, beef gravy, and green beans. Stick to your ribs delicious!

Chicken Fried Chicken
A juicy chicken cutlet tenderized and hand-breaded, then fried to golden perfection. Next we add some of those incredible smashed potatoes and slather it all with white country gravy and serve it with a side of green beans.  

Does That Make You Hungry? 
It should! If you've had the pleasure of dining at our family restaurant in Des Moines before, you already know that we only serve the most delicious, handmade dishes full of incredible flavor from our kitchen. If this is your first exposure to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive, you should know that even though everything from our Southern Comfort Food Menu sounds and looks awesome, that's nothing compared to how amazing it actually tastes! 

The same can be said about our entire menu full of a wonderful variety of dishes made to please everyone in your group. Call your friends or load your family in the car and get everyone here for a fantastic meal that will leave you all anxious to come back again soon for even more! 

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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

DID YOU KNOW... Iowa Food Fun Facts

While Iowa's official nickname is "The Hawkeye State," we are also known as "the Corn State." We're also well-known for the many hogs that inhabit our great state, and of course, that famous sandwich. (You know the one we're talking about!) You'll find all 3 of these popular Iowa items at our BBQ restaurant in Des Moines, so we thought we'd share some interesting information about each in today's blog. 

Corn

DID YOU KNOW that farming encompasses about 90% of the land in Iowa? It's true! Many of those farms have helped to make Iowa the nation's leading producer of corn and corn byproducts. Our unofficial state song is "The Corn Song," which clearly states that "that's where the tall corn grows!" 

The Cheesy Corn & Ham from our list of delicious homestyle side dishes incorporates this popular Iowa vegetable. The flavor is intensified by adding cheese and ham, the latter of which happens to be the next item on our list.    

Pork
The main ingredient in hog feed is corn, and since we have an abundance of that here in Iowa plus acres upon acres of farmland, it should come as no surprise that we are the country's leading producer of hogs. We are responsible for raising just about 1/4 of the nation's pigs. As a matter of fact, they outnumber the humans in Iowa nearly 4 to 1!

We have a high regard for the incredible pig here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse because that glorious animal is the reason we are able to give you the most tender, flavorful, hickory-smoked Pulled Pork you've ever tasted! Not only is that one of our most popular menu items to order on its own (on a plate or as a sandwich,) we also use it as an important ingredient for many of our other delicious dishes. Some of these include: 

• Bar-B-Que Pork Nachos
• The Wrangler Wrap
• Southern Style Pork Sandwich
• Wobbly Boots Big Loaded Baker
• Ham, Egg, & Cheese Burger (features our applewood-smoked Ham instead of Pulled Pork)

The Famous Tenderloin
This traditional food is sure to be found an any good menu in Iowa. It's been a staple in our state's classic cuisine for as long as we can remember! Even though Indiana claims to be where this delicious dish was created, the very special people here in Iowa have perfected it! 

The very best pork tenderloin in Des Moines can be found right here at Wobbly Boots BBQ. First, we start with a more-than-generous portion of meat. The next step is to hand-dip it in buttermilk, then bread it in our expertly seasoned flour and bread crumbs before frying it to a perfectly beautiful golden brown. It takes a huge appetite to tackle this big boy, but it tastes so good, you'll end up finishing it without any trouble. (Although you may need a doggy bag to take it home!)  

More Famous Foods From Iowa
While corn and hogs are our biggest exports, this research uncovered a couple of other foods that have ties to our great state. 

• Sliced Bread - Before the invention of pre-packaged sliced bread, people had to get out a knife and slice it themselves. Well, this must have seemed like a waste of time to Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa. He created the very first loaf-at-a-time bread-slicing machine that was introduced to the world in 1928. It was deemed "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped," which eventually led to the well-known phrase, "the greatest thing since sliced bread." Thanks to this invention, we save precious time not having to slice our sandwich bread and can instead focus on creating those hickory-smoked delicacies we place on it instead.  
• Ice Cream - In 1994, Le Mars, Iowa was designated as the Ice Cream Capital of the World! (Not the country, but the world!) This town is home to Wells Enterprises, Inc., makers of Blue Bunny Ice Cream, and it contains the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor & Museum. If you're up for a road trip to Le Mars, you can search the city for more than 50 ice cream sculptures. Here at the Boot, we have ice cream available to top your dessert and to use in our amazing Root Beer Floats.  

Now that you know more about some of Iowa's most well-known foods, head on over to our BBQ restaurant in Des Moines and taste a few for yourself. The menu is full of them, alongside many other items that are well-known favorites from 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!!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700