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Tuesday 11am - 9pm Wednesday 11am - 9pm Thursday 11am - 9pm Friday 11am - 9pm Saturday 11am - 9pm Sunday 11am - 9pm

Basic Bird

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A counter service Korean Fried Chicken restaurant in the historic Beaverdale neighborhood

10/26/2026

A COUPLE GOOD BIRDS NEEDED 🐓

We’re looking for a couple of friendly faces to join our front of house crew at Basic Bird!

A little about the gig: we’re a casual, counter-service restaurant, so it’s pretty straightforward. Taking orders, chatting with guests, a little bussing, keeping things tidy, and making sure everyone has a great time!

The perks? Great hourly pay + tips, reasonable hours, no super late nights, and a laid back, locally owned, family-run workplace. Plus, we’re a growing little restaurant family. For anyone interested in making hospitality more than just a side gig, there’s potential to grow into opportunities at Harbinger and whatever we dream up next!

Mostly, we’re looking for kind, reliable people with good attitudes. Restaurant experience is great, but being someone people genuinely enjoy being around is even better.

Sound like your kind of thing? Shoot us a DM or email us at [email protected]. We’d love to meet you!

10/25/2026

Garry’s idea of sweater weather: squash tteokbokki🎃

Chewy Korean rice cakes, roasted squash, squash ssam purée, brown butter sage cream, and a crunchy almond + pepita crumble with warm hotteok spices🔥

A little sweet, a little savory, lots of brown butter. All the cozy fall things without a pumpkin spice latte in sight🍂

10/24/2026

If you’ve dined with us over the last two years, or picked up an order to go, you most certainly recognize Hannah!

She’s been with us since nearly the get-go and is a master at guiding people through a perfect Basic Bird order! Tonight is Hannah‘s last shift with us and she will definitely be messed around here, but we wish her luck with her next adventure. Help us give her, her much deserved flowers, as she moves on to bigger things!

10/22/2026

The scariest part of trick or treat night? Trying to squeeze in dinner before the candy fueled chaos 👻

Beaverdale, we’ve got you covered! It’s Kids Eat Free Thursday at Basic Bird, which means one FREE kids’ meal with every regular meal purchased. All day long!

Get some real food in those little monsters before they attempt to survive on reeses and sour patch kids 🍗🍬

🎃

10/19/2026

“Let’s just order a couple things for the table.”

Big portions, bigger cravings. Come hungry 🐓

10/18/2026

$1 WINGS! ALL DAY 🍗🏈

Football’s on, the weather is gorgeous, and the only spooky thing about today is the thought of doing your own dishes

After a very unwelcome internet outage stole an entire day of business from us earlier this week, we’re especially happy to be back doing what we love, and have some extra chicken than normal. Come hang out, eat some wings, and make our Sunday a little sweeter🎃

10/17/2026

Before you spend hours fighting the good fight with these piling up leaves, might we suggest some fried chicken?🍗

It’s a ridiculously gorgeous fall Saturday, college football is on tonight, and you’ve got a whole afternoon to spend moving leaves from one side of your yard to the other just for the wind to put them back🍂

Sounds like a job that requires some serious carb loading. Come fuel your annual battle with the foliage with a big plate of crispy Korean fried chicken, rice, and banchan. The leaves will still be there after lunch🍂

10/16/2026

We’re up and running (without internet), we can still accept cards, but cannot operate any online orders, we apologize for the inconvenience!

10/16/2026

Our internet decided to take a break, so we’re closed until 4pm today‼️

Fortunately, the honey butter fries would never, so we will you at 4 for Fryday!🍟

10/15/2026

It’s gloomy, it’s rainy, and cooking dinner sounds like a terrible idea. Good thing we do it for you!
Kids eat FREE every Thursday, all day long! One free kids meal with every regular meal purchased.

And consider this your official warning: our ramen salad and bap bowl are both on their farewell tour. We’ve got a new menu coming soon, so come get one last fix before these two make their exit!

Bring the kids. Skip the dishes. We’ll handle the rest. ☔️

Address

2607 Beaver Avenue
Des Moines, IA
50310

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 9pm
Wednesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 9pm
Friday	11am - 9pm
Saturday	11am - 9pm
Sunday	11am - 9pm

Website

http://www.basicbird.com/

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