Cheese Bar
Sides Tomato Soup Roasted Tomato Soup
3.00
with Cream and Pesto
Italian
6.00
baguette Baguette & butter
Soup Of The Day Call
5.00
and ask what the current soup de jour is!
Hand Cut French Fries
7.00
Pimento Cheese Housemade
15.00
pimento, crackers, pickels, olives
Cheese Curds Milton Curds, Surly Beer Batter, Tomato Pepper Sauce, Herbed quark
15.00
Chicken Liver
15.00
mousse House made chicken liver mousse, pickles, crostinis
House
15.00
sausage plate Seasonal house made sausage, kraut, house mustard
Dessert Vanilla Creme Brulee
8.00
Seasonal Creme Brulee Call
8.00
to ask about our rotating flavor!
Milk & Cookies 3 chocolate chip, brown butter, and almonds with milk to dip!
8.00
Cuban (Grilled Cheese) Smoked Pork, Ham, Yellow Mustard, Pickles, Local Cheese Blend
18.00
Bacon & Blue (Grilled Cheese) Bacon, Hook's Blue Paradise, Fig Spread, Local Cheese Blend
18.00
Sourdough Grilled Cheese Soulshine Sourdough, Jasper Hill Cheese Blend, Caramelized Onions
18.00
Prosciutto & Jam (Grilled Cheese) Prosciutto, Pepper Jam, Local Cheese Blend
18.00
Smorgasbord 3 Meats, 4 Cheeses, 1 Terrine and Accoutrements (Serves 3-5)
45.00
Deluxe Smorgasbord 5 Meats, 6 Cheeses, 2 Terrines and Accoutrements (Serves 5-8)
80.00
Accoutrements Bread & butter 4 slices of South Union White Baguette
6.00
Caramelized Walnuts
4.00
House Crackers
3.00
Gluten Free Crackers
3.00
Pepper Jam
2.00
Side Cheese
5.00
or Meat
Fig Spread
2.00
Mixed Pitted Olives Spanish
4.00
olive mix. * May Contain Olive Pits
Cornichons Little
4.00
pickles! aka Tart gherkins
Spanish Almonds
4.00
House Made Pickles Rotating
4.00
seasonal selection
Kraut House
4.00
made!
Cherry Spread
2.00
Drinks Hot Tea Black
2.00
or Green Tea
Light Roast Coffee Light Roast Coffee
2.00
Hop Water Lagunitas, or Surly
3.00
Iced Tea Iced Tea
4.00
Local Milk Sheeder Cloverleaf Dairysourcing signal
2.00
Local Chocolate Milk Sheeder Clover Leaf Dairysourcing signal
3.00
Millstream Root Beer Handcrafted
3.00
in Amana Iowa
Bottled Cola
4.00
Blenheim's Ginger Ale
5.00
Bubbly Water Mountain Valley
2.00
Make
50.00
at Home Make at Home Take 'N' Bake Mac & Cheese (8-10 People)
Take 'N' Bake Mac & Cheese (2-4 People)
25.00
Take 'N' Bake Mac & Cheese (1-2 People)
15.00
Menu as captured Aug 31, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 73 venues in Des Moines, IA and could score 14 of them. Positions are counted against those 14.
v1.7.4 15.6/100 = sourcing 15.2/50 (named-farm 3 distinct [sheeder-clover-leaf-dairy (producer (unevidenced -> unknown)/None) x0.36, unresolved (data error — see venue flags), unresolved (data error — see venue flags)], named-region 0 distinct, attribute 1 distinct [class=certification-word x1.00], buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.5/18. DATA ERROR: PARTIALLY UNLINKED: 2 named-farm signal(s) with no venue_farms.signal_id citation — scored at the neutral 0.6 weight: Side Mac Frisian Farms; Milk Sheeder Cloverleaf Dairy
farm
Side Mac Frisian Farms
Named farm“Side Mac Frisian Farms gouda, Hook’s 4 year cheedar, Rustichella d’Abruzzo Rigontoncinin pasta, Mornay sauce and bread crumbs”
on the menu · source ↗
dairy
sourcing
Organic
Attribute“Mac & Cheese Boards Accoutrements Drinks Make at Home Fondue and Raclette Raclette Board Spring Brook Farm Reading Raclette, Melted Over Organic Fingerling Potatoes with Berkwood Ham, Cornichons, Salad and Bread Crumbs (Serves 1 -2) * May Contain Olive Pits”
on the menu · source ↗
See the week▾
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11am – 9pm |
| Wednesday | 11am – 9pm |
| Thursday | 11am – 9pm |
| Friday | 11am – 9pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 9pm |
Page carried 2 separate day/time blocks; the highest-scoring one was used. Days not named in it are 'unknown', not 'closed'.
Hours checked Aug 31, 2026 · source ↗ · these hours were read from the page text rather than published schedule data, so we show the week instead of calling it open or closed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Call (515) 277-7828No online booking — reservations by phone.
Coverage
- Catch Des Moines: Best Restaurants in Greater DSM restaurant guide entry: Cheese Bar ↗
Catch Des Moines: Best Restaurants in Greater DSM
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