Cuisines and Dishes at Famous Dave's:
- Barbecue
Famous Dave's
4351 Merle Hay Rd,
Des Moines
IA
50310
famousdaves.com (515) 331-3300
Menu for Famous Dave's
Appetizers
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Dave's Sampler Platter
St. louis-style spareribs are just the starter. add fried chicken tenders, chili-roasted corn fritters, onion strings and traditional or boneless wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
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Chicken Tenders
crisp, golden-brown chicken tenders tossed in dave's special seasoning and served with our own honey bbq sauce.
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Chili-Roasted Corn Fritters
classic southern favorite with jalapeno and chili roasted corn. served with clover honey for the perfect sweet heat combination.
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Loaded BBQ Chips
dave's fresh made chips loaded with jalapeno bacon and diced tomatoes, topped with tangy bleu cheese dressing and crumbles.
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Smoked Salmon Spread
our own hickory-smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers and chipotle peppers makes this a spread worth swimming upstream for. served with fire grilled flatbread.
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Southside Rib Tips
a full pound of tips, hickory smoked and fire grilled with a memphis-style dry rub. served on a bed of our famous fries with a side of jalapeno pickled red onions, hell fire pickles and our southside bbq sauce.
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Not'cho Ordinary Nachos
Dave's version includes wilbur beans, famous chili, jalapenos, rich & sassy and your choice of Texas beef brisket, georgia chopped pork or barbeque pulled chicken. nachos grande. nachos for two.
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Onion Strings
lightly breaded and flash fried, served with new orleans-style remoulade sauce.
Salads & Soups
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Dave s Sassy BBQ Salad
your choice of barbeque pulled chicken, texas beef brisket or georgia chopped pork on a bed of crisp greens, smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and shoestring potatoes. tossed with our house made honey bbq dressing.
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Crispy Chicken Salad
garden greens topped with fried chicken tenders, crisp bacon, grated cheddar, tomatoes and shoestring potatoes tossed with our house made honey bbq dressing.
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Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
a chilled platter of crisp romaine lettuce tossed in our own caesar dressing topped with sliced, grilled chicken breast. without chicken
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Smoked Salmon Caesar Salad
dig into the ultimate caesar salad: featuring crisp romaine lettuce freshly tossed in dave's own caesar dressing and topped with chilled, hickory smoked salmon.
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BBQ Chopped Salad
iceberg and romaine tossed with cilantro, shredded cheddar, tomato, roasted corn, black beans, fried tortilla strips and our own lime chipotle ranch dressing then drizzled with rich & sassy. with hot grilled chicken breast.
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Side Salad
(fresh garden or caesar).
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Cup Of Soup
with side salad (fresh garden or caesar).
- Dave's Famous Chili
- Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Sandwiches
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Georgia Chopped Pork Sandwich
our award winning, slow smoked chopped pork topped with rich & sassy bbq sauce.
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Barbeque Pulled Chicken Sandwich
hand pulled chicken tossed in rich & sassy and topped with melted jack cheese.
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Hickory Chicken Sandwich
marinated chicken breast, grilled and topped with jack cheese and two strips of smoked bacon.
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Cajun Chicken Sandwich
grilled chicken breast with pepper jack cheese, piled high with fried onion strings and topped with new orleans style remoulade sauce.
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Char Grilled Chicken Sandwich
marinated chicken breast with crisp lettuce and tomato.
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Hot Link Sausage
smoked and spicy a mouthful of hollers on a bun.
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Beer Battered Cod Sandwich
beer battered and breaded with a special blend of cornmeal and panko breadcrumbs. served on a toasted bun and topped with sharp american cheese and our house made spicy pickle tartar sauce.
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Texas Manhandler
the sandwich that separates the men from the boys. texas beef brisket and zesty hot link sausage, sliced thin, piled high and crowned with hell-fire pickles.
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Texas Beef Brisket Sandwich
piled high with hand-seasoned, hickory smoked texas beef brisket.
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Smoked Sirloin Tri-Tip Sandwich
sliced hickory-smoked tri-tip served on a toasted hoagie roll with texas pit horseradish sauce.
Dave s Famous Burgers
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Ultimate BBQ Burger
a juicy ground beef patty beneath a pile of georgia chopped pork with two strips of jalapeno bacon, melted sharp american cheese and our signature beam & cola bbq sauce.
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Devil s Spit Burger
careful, this cow kicks a seasoned burger slathered with devil's spit bbq sauce and topped with melted pepper jack cheese, jalapeno bacon and hell fire pickles.
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True Bleu Cheeseburger
bleu cheese lovers, meet the cheeseburger of your dreams a flame-grilled patty on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion and topped with both tangy bleu cheese dressing and crumbles.
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Dave's Turkey Burger
a meaty burger that's really lean now you're talkin' turkey premium ground turkey on a toasted bun loaded with lettuce, tomato, red onion and our special bbq mayo.
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Dave's Favorite Burger
melted jack cheese, two strips of smoked bacon and dave s favorite sauce rich & sassy atop a char grilled burger.
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Char Grilled Cheeseburger
a classic burger, served with lettuce, tomato and your choice of melted jack or sharp american cheese. without cheese.
Chicken Wings
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Traditional Wings
dave's traditional wings specially seasoned and tossed in your choice of sauce.
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Dav's Amazingly Boneless Wings
no bones about it these bbq wings are amazingly meaty all the way through. tossed in your choice of sauce.
BBQ Classics
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Georgia Chopped Pork
smoked for up to 12 hours and chopped to order, our award-winning bbq pork is juicier than a georgia peach.
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Southside Rib Tips
a full pound of tips, hickory smoked and fire grilled with a memphis style dry rub. served with a side of jalapeno pickled red onions, hell fire pickles and our southside bbq sauce.
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Beer Battered Cod
beer battered and breaded with a special blend of cornmeal and panko breadcrumbs. served with our house made spicy pickle tartar sauce.
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Chicken Tenders
crisp, golden-brown chicken tenders tossed in dave's special seasoning and served with our own honey bbq sauce.
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Hot Link Sausage
a real mouthful of hollers twelve ounces of hot link sausage best served with an ice cold beer to douse the flames.
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Texas Beef Brisket
our classic texas beef brisket is rubbed with brown sugar, coarse black pepper and dave's secret spices, then slow smoked over hickory until it's juicy and tender.
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Country Roasted Chicken
lemon pepper marinated half chicken, roasted and char grilled to perfection.
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Barbeque Chicken
our country-roasted chicken flame kissed and slathered with rich & sassy.
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Traditional Or Boneless Wings
our award winning wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
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Smoked Sirloin Tri-Tip Platter
tri-tip seasoned with our own sweet and spicy rub, hickory smoked then sliced and served over texas toast.
Feasts
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All American BBQ Feast
a full slab of st. louis-style spareribs, a whole country-roasted chicken, 1/2 lb. of either texas beef brisket or georgia chopped pork, creamy coleslaw, famous fries, wilbur beans, four corn-on-the-cob and four corn bread muffins. served family-style for 4-6.
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Feast For Two
all the flavor, but half the size of our all american bbq feast. served family-style for 2-3.
Combos
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Meat Selections
texas beef brisket, georgia chopped pork, southside rib tips barbeque or country roasted chicken, chicken tenders, hot link sausage traditional or boneless wings, smoked sirloin tri tip.
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St. Louis Rib-N Meat Bbq Combo
don't just stick to your ribs, add to them get a 1/3 slab of our award-winning spareribs plus your choice of any one meat selection.
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Baby Back N Meat Bbq Combo
lip smacking' 1/2 slab of baby backs and your choice of any one meat selection.
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Two Meat BBQ Combo
double your pleasure with any two different meat selections.
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Rib N Rib BBQ Combo
create your own full slab. pair up a 1/2 slab of hicko4ry-smoked st. louis-style spareribs with a 1/2 slab of our lip smackin baby backs.
Citrus Grill 660
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Citrus Grilled Salmon
what a catch a beautiful 6-ounce salmon fillet grilled to perfection and drizzled with our honey chipotle lime glaze.
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Citrus Grilled Shrimp
honey chipotle lime glaze gives these plump, luscious shrimp skewers a real kick in the tail.
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Steak Tenderloins
lean cuts, grilled and lightly-seasoned are sinfully delicious, melt in your mouth tender.
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Dave s Naked Ribs
4-bones the bare fact of the matter is dave s ribs are so juicy and tender they don't even need sauce to make your mouth water.
Bar B Que
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The Big Slab
served with corn bread muffin and your choice of two sides. (the big slab 12 bones, 1/2 slab 6 bones, 1/3 slab 4 bones).
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Baby Back Ribs
slow smoked, seasoned with our chicago style rib rub then sauced with sweet & zesty one bite of these babies, and you ve got a mouthful of hollers.
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Big Baby
(full slab).
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Halvin My Baby
served with corn bread muffin and your choice of two sides. (1/2 slab).
Choose Your Sauce
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Rich & Sassy
dave's original sauce with a blend of hand-picked herbs and spices. heat level - mild.
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Buffalo
our traditional buffalo-style sauce with a nice flavorful kick. heat level - medium.
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Devil's Spit
a devilishly good hot sauce loaded with chili peppers and spices. heat level - medium high.
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Pineapple Rage
grilled pineapple blended in a sauce with habanero peppers. hot, sweet and dangerously delicious. heat level - medium high.
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Wilbur's Revenge
makes our devil's spit sauce seem downright tame in comparison. warning: that sizzlin sound might just be your tongue. heat level - explosive.
Lunch Early Bird Specials
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Real Que Sandwich Specials
georgia chopped pork, texas beef brisket, barbeque Pulled chicken with jack cheese sandwiches served with your choice of one side.
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Platter And Combo Specials
choose one meat from below choose two different meats from belo st. louis style spareribs, georgia chopped pork, texas beef brisket, hot link sausage, country roasted or barbeque chicken, traditional or boneless chicken wings, chicken tenders, southside rib tips, beer battered cod, smoked sirloin tri-tip combos and platters served with corn bread muffin and your choice of one side.
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Lunch Size Salads
smaller versions of our entree salads served with a corn bread muffin. dave s sassy bbq salad, crispy chicken salad, grilled chicken caesar salad.
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Soup Salad And Potato Specials
choose two from below. served with a corn bread muffin. cup of soup or dave s famous chili side salad (fresh garden or caesar) loaded baked Potato with your choice of whipped butter, sour cream, cheddar cheese and bacon pieces.
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Bbq Stuffed Potato
loaded baked potato topped with choice of texas beef brisket, georgia chopped pork or barbeque pulled chicken.
Side Dishes
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Wilbur Beans
baked beans loaded with smoked pork, brisket, hot link sausage and jalapeno peppers.
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Creamy Coleslaw
a zesty slaw that s pineapple sweet with a hint of horseradish.
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Garlic Red Skin Mashed Potatoes
red skin potatoes mixed with milk, butter and garlic.
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Potato Salad
potatoes with red onion, celery, hard cooked egg, mayonnaise and a hint of mustard.
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Drunkin Apples
warm apples sauced in cinnamon and amaretto.
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Corn On The Cob
buttery, super sweet cobettes.
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Firecracker Green Beans
green beans with bacon, onion, garlic and crushed red pepper.
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Fresh Steamed Broccoli
simply seasoned to bring out its natural flavor and tenderness.
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Famous Fries
crispy fried, thick cut, skin on russet potato wedges.
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Dave's Cheesy Mac & Cheese
our homestyle version blended with four cheeses, corn and a jalapeno kick.
Desserts
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Dave's Famous Bread Pudding
melt in your mouth, scratch-made bread pudding and pecan praline sauce served warm with vanilla bean ice cream.
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Hot Fudge Kahlua Brownie
warm, walnut covered chocolate brownie soaked with kahlua liqueur and topped with vanilla bean ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream.
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Sweet Dixie Minis
save room for one of dave's after dinner minis. choose famous bread pudding, kahlua brownie or strawberry shortcake, each served with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream.
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Better Than Mom's Pecan Pie
sticky, rich georgia pecan pie, served warm with vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream.
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Famous Sundae
vanilla bean ice cream drizzled with hot fudge or pecan praline sauce and topped with whipped cream.
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Ratings and Reviews for Famous Dave's
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Nov 26 2011
Luke V. via Yelp
The low rating is an acculmunation, of how a bad restaraunt should be run. The first time I went the bbq was okay, but everyones sides were not good, how...read more
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Mar 21 2011
Doug M. via Yelp
I have eaten here a couple times for lunch and found it to be pretty good. I got the platter and combo special each time trying different sides and meats...read more
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Nov 05 2009
Diane A. via Yelp
On the very last day of my boyfriend visiting from California, Famous Dave's was our last spot to visit before dropping them off at the airport. We came...read more
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In Short
Famous Dave's recipes began as a hobby for Dave Anderson, who opened his first 'cue shack in Hayward, Wisc., in 1994. Now a national phenomenon, the restaurants cater to diners who dig into finger-licking-tasty meat. The menu features chopped pork, Texas brisket, baby back ribs and fire-kissed chicken slathered with signature sauces like vinegary Georgia Mustard. Entrees, some of which arrive atop a garbage can lid, come with corn on the cob, drunken apples, baked beans or slaw.
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