Drake Diner - Des Moines
Diner
This homage to midcentury dine...
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FRI 07:00 AM - 11:00 PM 
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Menu
This menu was last updated on
6/25/18.
Although we have many accurate menus, they change often
and it should be assumed this menu is not 100% accurate.
If you want to be sure the dishes are still offered or confirm the prices are
correct, please call the restaurant by tapping the call button above.
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Gluten Free
Vegetarian
Vegan
Blue plate dinners
Served every evening from 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Hot Roast Beef, Turkey or Homemade Meatloaf Sandwich
Tender roast beef, hand-carved turkey or our own meatloaf, sandwiched between two slices of good white bread and covered with home made. Served with skin-on smashed potatoes and vegetable of the day.
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$8.99
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Eggs
Substitute fresh fruit compote for your hash browns for only 1.69 more.
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No. 2*
Two eggs any style served with Iowa ham, bacon or sausage and toast.
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$7.29
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No. 5*
The whole shebang! Two eggs, hash browns, Iowa ham, bacon or sausage, two buttermilk pancakes and your choice of toast.
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$11.29
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No. 3*
Two eggs with hash browns and your choice of Iowa ham, bacon or sausage — and toast, of course!
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$9.29
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No. 1*
Two eggs served any style with hash browns and your choice of toast.
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$6.29
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No. 4*
Two eggs and your choice of Iowa ham, bacon or sausage, served with two buttermilk pancakes.
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$8.29
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Omelets
Served with hash browns and toast. For fresh fruit instead of hash browns, add 1.69.
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Denver
Stuffed full of Iowa ham, fresh green pepper, onion and grated cheese.
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$9.49
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Diner Special
Our signature omelet includes Iowa sausage, mushrooms and grated cheese.
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$9.99
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Ham and Cheese
Ham it up with your choice of two cheeses: Swiss, Cheddar, American, Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack.
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$9.29
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Vegetarian
Loaded with portabella mushrooms, spinach, tomato, onion and Monterey Jack cheese — who says healthy can’t taste good?
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$9.79
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Whole Hog
Go hog wild! Ham, bacon and sausage with Monterey Jack cheese.
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$10.29
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Flipside
Add Iowa sausage, ham or bacon to any Flipside item for only 2.99 more.
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Cinnamon Swirl French Toast
Our own homemade cinnamon roll, sliced, soaked in egg batter and grilled until golden, served with REAL butter and warm maple syrup. Four slices $8.29 Two slices $6.29
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$6.29
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Cap’n Crunch French Toast Sticks
Our thick sourdough bread, dipped in egg and coated with crunched-up cereal, then fried until soft inside and super crispy outside. Served with warm maple syrup for dipping.
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$7.29
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Belgian Waffle
Served with REAL butter and warm maple syrup. For bananas add $1.39 For pecans add $1.99 For warm strawberry topping and whipped cream add $1.39
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$5.99
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Chicken & Waffles
A golden, juicy fried chicken breast up on top of our crispy waffle. Drizzle on some syrup for a down South taste sensation!
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$9.49
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Potato Pancakes
Hearty potato pancakes served with applesauce and sour cream. Tall stack (3) $6.49 Short stack (2) $5.49
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$5.49
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Buttermilk Pancakes
Our light and fluffy buttermilk pancakes, served with REAL butter and warm maple syrup. Tall stack (3) $6.49 Short stack (2) $5.49 With blueberries in ‘em add $0.69 For chocolate chips or cranberries or bananas or warm strawberry topping and whipped cream, add $1.39 For pecans, add $1.99
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$5.49
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Pumpkin Pancakes
Better than pie! Served with REAL butter and warm maple syrup. Tall stack (3) $6.99 Short stack (2) $5.99
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$5.99
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Skillets
Served with white, wheat or marble rye toast
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Bacon, Egg & Cheese*
Seasoned home fries cooked up with bacon and cheese, topped with two eggs any style.
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$9.99
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Western
Our seasoned home fries with ham, fresh greenpepper, onions and cheese, topped off with twoeggs any style.
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$9.49
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Everything*
Two eggs on top of seasoned home fries and ham, sausage, mushroom, green pepper, onion, tomato and cheese.
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$10.49
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Burgers
All burgers include crispy Diner fries, sweet potato fries, homemade onion rings or a house salad. If you want your burger a la carte, we’ll take off 1.50
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Bacon Cheeseburger
With melted Swiss and crisp Iowa bacon.
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$10.49
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Maytag Burger*
owa’s best Maytag blue cheese, sauteed onion and Monterey Jack cheese.
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$10.99
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Plain*
Nothing but a pickle.
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$8.99
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Cheeseburger*
You pick the cheese — Swiss, Cheddar, American, Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack — and we’ll throw in the pickle.
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$9.49
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California Burger
Our broiled burger with everything — lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo. You can do the ketchup. You want cheese? $9.99 please
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$9.49
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Chili Burger*
Our homemade chili, cheese and onions top an open-faced burger.
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$10.29
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Rarebit Burger
With our spicy Cheddar cheese sauce, served open-faced (not in your face).
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$9.79
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Patty Melt*
Swiss cheese, sauteed onion and Thousand Island on grilled marble rye.
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$10.49
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Bulldog Burger*
Sauteed onion, mushrooms and Monterey Jack cheese.
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$9.99
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BBQ Burger
Mushrooms, Iowa bacon, Monterey Jack cheese and lots of BBQ sauce.
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$10.99
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Soups
We make ours from scratch the way Grandma used to.
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Soup and Half a Sandwich
Only the sandwiches listed are available, so don’t even think about it! A bowl of Vegetable Cheese or Soup of the Day and your choice of half a sandwich: Tuna Salad, BLT, Grilled Cheese, Cheese Frenchie or French Dip. Or sub chili for $0.79
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$7.29
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Soup and Salad
Our house salad with Vegetable Cheese or Soup of the Day, and a warm garlic breadstick. Or sub chili for $0.79
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$7.29
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Our Famous Chili
Cup $3.49 Bowl $5.49
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$3.49
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Vegetable Cheese Soup
Vegetarian friendly Cup $3.29 Bowl $4.49
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$3.29
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Soup of the Day
Cup $3.29 Bowl $4.49
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$3.29
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Specials
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Eggs Benedict*
Two poached eggs and your choice of Canadian bacon or Iowa sausage on a great big Wolferman’s muffin with Hollandaise sauce and hash browns.
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$9.49
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Chicken Fried Steak & Eggs*
Our homemade sausage gravy over chicken fried steak, served with two eggs, hash browns and toast.
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$11.29
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Sunshine Express
Our own breakfast sandwich on a buttery croissant or freshly baked biscuit, with egg, cheese and your choice of sausage, bacon or Canadian bacon. For hash browns with your Sunshine Express, add $1.99
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$5.49
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Biscuits & Gravy
Homemade country sausage gravy served over our freshly baked biscuits.
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$6.99
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Santa Fe Grits*
We mix grits with sausage, cheddar cheese and green chilies, then grill ‘em and serve ‘em with two eggs and toast.
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$8.79
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Corned Beef Hash*
A Diner tradition! Our corned beef hash is grilled, then crowned with two poached eggs and served with toast.
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$9.29
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Huevos Rancheros*
A soft flour tortilla topped with two eggs, green tomatillo salsa, black bean relish, cheese and sour cream.
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$8.49
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Veggie Bene
Two poached eggs on top of spinach, tomato and a big Wolferman’s muffin, covered with Hollandaise and served with hash browns.
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$8.99
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Sides
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Fresh Fruit Compote
Chunks of honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon and grapes.
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$4.79
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Yogurt Smoothies
Lowfat vanilla yogurt, orange juice and fresh fruit.
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$4.49
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Very Berry Smoothie
Blueberries and strawberries
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Citrus Smoothie
Pineapple juice and mandarin oranges
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Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Bananas and strawberries
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Breakfast Banana Split
Banana, low fat vanilla yogurt and fresh fruit garnished with granola.
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$5.99
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Yogurt
Lowfat vanilla yogurt all by itself with a sprinkle of blueberries.
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$2.49
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Iowa Meats
Sausage, hickory-smoked bacon or honey-glazed ham.
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$3.79
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Waffle Dogs
Just like being at the fair! Two sausages on sticks, coated in waffle batter and deep fried, with syrup for dipping.
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$4.79
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Toast
White, wheat or marble rye $1.99 Thick sourdough or raisin $2.79
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$1.99
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Bagel
Toasted, with REAL butter on the side. $2.29 With cream cheese $2.79
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$2.29
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English Muffin
A great big Wolferman’s muffin, double toasted so it’s nice and crispy.
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$2.59
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Hash Browns
Lightly seasoned and full of good crispy bits! With cheese and sauteed onion, add $0.99
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$3.29
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Side Grits
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$1.99
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Oatmeal
With brown sugar and skim milk, 2% or half & half. Want raisins or cranberries? Add $0.59
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$2.99
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Half order Biscuits & Gravy
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$3.49
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Grilled Biscuit
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$1.99
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Side Corned Beef Hash
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$4.99
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Two Eggs*
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$1.99
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One Egg*
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$1.39
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Homemade Cinnamon Roll
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$3.99
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