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Monday 5pm - 11pm Wednesday 5pm - 11pm Thursday 5pm - 11pm Friday 5pm - 2am Saturday 5pm - 2am Sunday 5pm - 11pm

The Garden

Awarded DSM's BEST LGBTQ+ restaurant, lounge, and rooftop patio bar! Come with us!
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Proudly serving our community for over 40 years. 2026 is a with a new logo, new look, new menu, and new event offerings.

11/03/2026

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11/01/2026

Happy hour pricing till close.

11/01/2026

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲! #𝑺𝒊𝒑𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝑽𝒐𝒕𝒆

Last night was everything! Today is to bite the hair of the dog. Come on down to The Garden for a little !

💃🏽 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵:
👉🏽 Nickelodeon & Disney Drag Brunch
ℹ️ Sat., Nov 21st - 10am
ℹ️ Your favorite 90's & 2000s nostalgia + DRAG
ℹ️ Disney movies, musicals, Disney & Nickelodeon stars, etc.!
🎟️ Visit our website

𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬: Open at 5pm
$4 tall boys all day!

10/31/2026

The Garden Rooftop will be open tonight, rain or dry. 4 shows tonight which includes the Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight at the Garden and Kitchen open till close.

10/31/2026

𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐔𝐏! 🩸 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲? 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳.

𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬: EXTRA HOUR AT THE BAR!
🎃 ICIA: Haunted Garden benefit @ 6pm
🎃 Big Momma's Haunted Haus of Hunks @ 8pm
🎃 Horror Under the Big Top Drag Show @ 10pm
🎃 Rocky Horror Picture Show after the drag show

10/31/2026

Choose wisely! We love seeing your faces every weekend!

10/30/2026

👻 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒅 - 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆!🩸

💃🏽 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵:
👉🏽 Nickelodeon & Disney Drag Brunch
ℹ️ Sat., Nov 21st - 10am
ℹ️ Your favorite 90's & 2000s nostalgia + DRAG
ℹ️ Disney movies, musicals, Disney & Nickelodeon stars, etc.!
🎟️ Visit our website

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬: Open at 3pm
Happy hour: 3-7PM: $4 wells & $3 b**r!
🎃 Unholy Gala Event @ 8pm ($20)
🎃 Rocky Horror Picture Show @ 10pm
🎃 Jean's Double Feature show after Rocky

10/29/2026

Halloween week started at the Garden yesterday for Open Stage. Tonight the rooftop will be open for happy hour pricing for closed as we don't have a show tonight, including $4 well cocktails of vodka, rum, tequila, wh***ey or gin. The kitchen will be open till closed. And do check the garden page or grdn.com for all the events happening at the Garden this weekend for Halloween

10/28/2026

🎃 IT'S FINALLY SPOOKY WEEK! 👻

💃🏽 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵:
👉🏽 Nickelodeon & Disney Drag Brunch
ℹ️ Sat., Nov 21st - 10am
ℹ️ Your favorite 90's & 2000s nostalgia + DRAG
ℹ️ Disney movies, musicals, Disney & Nickelodeon stars, etc.!
🎟️ Visit our website

𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬:
$4 Seltzers ALL NIGHT!
Happy hour: 3-7PM: $4 wells & $3 b**r!
🎃 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 @ 9𝗽𝗺

𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬:
$4 well cocktails ALL NIGHT!

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬:
Happy hour: 3-7PM: $4 wells & $3 b**r!
🎃 Unholy Gala Event @ 8pm ($20)
🎃 Rocky Horror Picture Show @ 10pm
🎃 Jean's Double Feature show after Rocky

𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬: EXTRA HOUR AT THE BAR!
🎃 ICIA: Haunted Garden benefit @ 6pm
🎃 Big Momma's Haunted Haus of Hunks @ 8pm
🎃 Horror Under the Big Top Drag Show @ 10pm
🎃 Rocky Horror Picture Show after the drag show

𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬:
$4 tall boys all day!

Address

525 E. Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA
50309

Opening Hours

Monday	5pm - 11pm
Wednesday	5pm - 11pm
Thursday	5pm - 11pm
Friday	5pm - 2am
Saturday	5pm - 2am
Sunday	5pm - 11pm

Website

https://www.grdn.com/

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