"Eater: The 36 Best Restaurants in Des Moines, Iowa"
Iowa isn’t just about fried food on a stick, loose meat Maid-Rite sandwiches, and butter cow photo ops at the Iowa State Fair. One visit will tell you there’s more to the Hawkeye State than corn...
"Oak Park's farmers market plans to return in 2025 with produce, products from its vendors"
This isn’t a normal farmers market with a collection of arts and crafts, produce, and food vendors. Eleven months after the restaurant opened, owner Kathy Fehrman and her team shared their own...
"Des Moines Is More Than Corn Fields and the State Fair — Here’s What We Love About This Midwest Capital"
For a year before the debut of Kathy Fehrman’s seasonal modern-American restaurant, the Oak Park management team tested and perfected recipes, all studied for and passed their level one sommelier...
"Wine Spectator honors 8 Iowa restaurants, including two newcomers, with accolades"
One of Oak Park’s goals when it opened was to carry at least 500 wine labels, maybe growing that number to 1,000 within the first year with 7,000 bottles on hand to pair with the new American food...
"Oak Park kitchen scraps feed pigs that are now on the menu at the restaurant"
Ever since Oak Park opened eight months ago on Ingersoll Avenue in Des Moines, the staff has been saving its scraps. Maybe it’s carrot peels, tomato cores, cherry pits or not perfect lettuce.
