Des Moines, IA

Des Moines, IA aerial view

Basic stats

Why Des Moines, Iowa? (blog post coming soon)
City population: 200k, Metro population: 570k
Approximate distance driven on trip: 7200 miles
Google Maps: Des Moines

General

The West End of the city has more to do for young professionals than other parts of the city

Coffee Shops

Cafe De Scala
Java Joes. Oldest coffee roaster in Des Moines.
Zanzibars Coffee

Bars

Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar

Companies

Gazette in Cedar Rapids (2 hrs away from Des Moines. Looking for data visualization analyst.

Incubators

Startup City Des Moines. Run by Tej Dhawan of Startup America.

People

Tej Dhawan. Regional champion for Startup America in Iowa.

Restaurants

Django. I mean, holy shit. I'm a Django developer so I have to go here.
Graziano Bros Italian Foods. Known for their sausages. In business since 1912.
Centro. For their pizza and bloody marys.
Dos Rios

Articles

Silicon Prairie

Misc

Cool Saturday morning farmer's market

Photo Attribution

Flickr Creative Commons License