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"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.
"Oak Park plans a harvestable prairie, debuting next to the Prairie Style restaurant
When Kathy Fehrman decided to open Oak Park on Ingersoll Avenue, she originally thought the 5,000-square-foot plot of land to the west of the restaurant would become a retail space. Maybe a meat...
