Tavern Pizza & Pasta Grill

1755 50th St, West Des Moines
(515) 223-6700

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Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
Italian Sausage Sandwich
Special Grinder Pizza
Homemade Onion Rings
Garlic Cheese Bread
The Italian Grinder
Chicken Parmesan
Chicken Alfredo
Creamy Parmesan
Cheese Supreme

Menu

Appetizers
Home-Made Onion Rings
Sliced thin, lightly breaded and cooked to order.
Toasted Ravioli
Home-made with our Italian meat stuffing, served with red sauce.
Home-Made Toasted Cheese Sticks
Mozzarella sticks, double-rolled in our own special breading, served with delicious pasta sauce. None better!
Meatball Marina
4 generous meatballs with sauce, cheese - and just a tiny kick!
Grinder Cheese Dip and Chips
Our famous grinder meat mixed with melted cheddar cheese and served with corn tortilla chips.
Garlic Cheese Bread
A Tavern tradition! Garlic butter spread on our freshly made, freshly baked hoagie roll, topped with mozzarella cheese and toasted to perfection. Extras for an additional charge.
Garlic Bread
Garlic butter spread on freshly made and freshly baked Italian bread. Simply delicious.

Salads
Classic Dinner Salad
Caesar Dinner Salad
Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast on a bed of lettuce, with carrots and our homemade croutons.
Crispy Chicken Salad
Crispy chicken breast on a bed of lettuce, with carrots and our homemade croutons.
Caesar Salad
Fresh romain lettuce with Caesar dressing and topped with shredded cheese, and homemade croutons.
Grilled Chicken Cesar Salad
Grilled chicken breast with fresh romain lettuce with Caesar dressing and topped with shredded cheese, and homemade croutons.
Taco Salad
Our ground chuck beef cooked and seasoned with our special spice recipe, served in a 10" taco shell basket, then filled with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, black olives and sour cream.
Chef's Salad
Turkey, ham, mozzarella and American cheese, tomatoes, and our homemade croutons on a bed of fresh lettuce.

Sandwiches
Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
The Tavern's version of this classic Iowa favorite.
Italian Meatball Sandwich
Served with provolone cheese. Delicious meatballs dressed with our pasta sauce and served on our fresh hoagie roll.

Grinders
The Italian Grinder
Home-made Italian sausage simmered in a special sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and oven baked on a fresh hoagie bun.
The Special Grinder
Add green peppers, onions and mushrooms at no charge.
The Sting Grinder
Served with jalapeno peppers and hot pepper cheese. Add sweet roasted or hot fried peppers for an additional charge.

Hot Hoagies
Turkey and Cheese Hoagie
Ham and Cheese Hoagie
Italian Club Hoagie
Capicola, salami, ham.
Tavern Club Hoagie
Turkey, Canadian bacon and pepperoni.
Reuben Hot Hoagie
A Tavern classic! Corned beef brisket, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and our creamy Parmesan dressing on rye bread, toasted to perfection.
Chicken Paremesan Hot Hoagie
Italian breaded chicken breast covered in pasta sauce topped with provolone.

Towering Tavern Burgers
Bacon Mushroom Swiss Burger
Mushrooms, crispy bacon and Swiss cheese.
BBQ Bacon Cheddar Burger
Served with crispy bacon, cheddar cheese and BBQ sauce.
Bacon Cheeseburger
Served with crispy bacon and American cheese.
Cheeseburger
Made with American cheese.
Classic Hamburger
In addition to lettuce, tomato and pickle, all Tavern burgers are toped with our fantastic onion rings!

Thin Crust Pizza
Cheese Pizza
Add toppings for an additional charge.

Specialty Pizzas
The Works Pizza
Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms and onions.
The Meat Eater Pizza
Pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, and ground chuck.
BBQ Chicken Pizza
A delightful combination of roasted chicken, sliced onions and our own tangy BBQ sauce.
Taco Fiesta Pizza
A true festival of home-made flavor, taco meat (ground chuck), specially seasoned with our own exclusive spice recipe, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, taco chips and our amazing fiesta sauce.
Taco Fiesta Grande Pizza
Served with sour cream and black olives.
Cheese Supreme Pizza
This pizza is a must for cheese lovers. It blends mozzarella, American, hot pepper, and Swiss cheese taking it from the ordinary to the extraordinary. You'll love it!
Spinach Alfredo Pizza
Made with TLC, this pizza uses our Alfredo sauce as the base. Our spinach is sauteed in garlic and olive oil, blended with cheese, then baked to perfection.
Chicken Alfredo Pizza
Roasted chicken and sliced onions combined with Alfredo sauce creates a great flavor profile.
Bavarian Pizza
A perfect blend of ham or ground chuck and sauerkraut, complemented by our delicious pizza sauce.
Vegetarian Pizza
Green peppers, sliced onions, mushrooms, black or green olives.
Hawaiian Pizza
The flavors that are created with Canadian bacon, pineapple, our pizza sauce and cheese really make you think of the great foods of the tropics.
Italian Grinder Pizza
A unique blend of our own Italian sausage, red sauce and seasonings, topped with mozzarella cheese. It's as good as the authentic grinder sandwich.
Special Grinder Pizza
Green peppers, onions, and mushrooms available on request.
Grinder Sting Pizza
Italian Grinder with jalapeno peppers and hot pepper cheese.
Italian Philly Steak Pizza
Tender marinated Italian roast beef, peppers and onions.
Meatball Pizza
Italian meatballs and our pasta sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
For that real cheeseburger flavor, this pizza features a ketchup or mustard sauce.
Cheeseburger Pizza
Ground chuck, sliced onions, pickles and American cheese with the Tavern's ketchup or mustard sauce.
Italian Special Pizza
Mama MIA! Enjoy the Tavern's own Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, sweet roasted red peppers and capicola.
Honey Garlic Pizza

Calzones
Cheese Calzone
Add toppings for an additional charge.
The Works Calzone
Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms and onions.
The Meat Eater Calzone
Pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, and ground chuck.
BBQ Chicken Calzone
A delightful combination of roasted chicken, sliced onions and our own tangy BBQ sauce.
Taco Fiesta Calzone
A true festival of home-made flavor, taco meat(ground chuck), specially seasoned with our own exclusive spice recipe, shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, taco chips and our amazing fiesta sauce.
Taco Fiesta Grande Calzone
Served with sour cream and black olives.
Cheese Supreme Calzone
This calzone is a must for cheese lovers. It blends mozzarella, American, hot pepper, and Swiss cheese taking it from the ordinary to the extraordinary. You'll love it!
Spinach Alfredo Calzone
Made with TLC, this pizza uses our Alfredo sauce as the base. Our spinach is sautéed in garlic and olive oil, blended with cheese, then baked to perfection.
Chicken Alfredo Calzone
Roasted chicken and sliced onions combined with Alfredo sauce creates a great flavor profile.
Bavarian Calzone
A perfect blend of ham or ground chuck and sauerkraut, complemented by our delicious pizza sauce.
Vegetarian Calzone
Green peppers, sliced onions, mushrooms, black or green olives.
Hawaiian Calzone
The flavors that are created with Canadian bacon, pineapple, our pizza sauce and cheese really make you think of the great foods of the tropics.
Italian Grinder Calzone
A unique blend of our own Italian sausage, red sauce and seasonings, topped with mozzarella cheese. It's as good as the authentic grinder sandwich.
Special Grinder Calzone
Green peppers, onions, and mushrooms available on request.
Grinder Sting Calzone
Italian Grinder with jalapeno peppers and hot pepper cheese.
Italian Philly Steak Calzone
Tender marinated Italian roast beef, peppers and onions.
Meatball Calzone
Italian meatballs and our pasta sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese.
Bacon Cheeseburger Calzone
For that real cheeseburger flavor, this pizza features a ketchup or mustard sauce.
Cheeseburger Calzone
Ground chuck, sliced onions, pickles and American cheese with the Tavern's ketchup or mustard sauce.
Italian Special Calzone
Mama MIA! Enjoy the Tavern's own Italian sausage, mushrooms, onions, sweet roasted red peppers and capicola.
Honey Garlic Calzone

Pasta
Pasta Dinner
Served with red sauce. Choose from spaghetti, penne, cavatelli, angel hair or fettuccine noodles. Substitute Alfredo sauce or Barcelona sauce (Italian sausage and Alfredo) for an additional charge.
Baked Cavatelli with Cheese
Served with red sauce.
Italian Lasagna
Pure authentic Italian bliss - sauce, noodles, meat, spices and mozzarella cheese. Simply the best!
Chicken Parmesan
It's the home-made breading that makes our version of this classic so delicious! It is breaded, and served over fettuccine noodles with salad and garlic bread.

Kid Stuff
Kids Pepperoni Cheese Melt
On fresh-baked hoagie bread.
Kids Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Served with french fries.
Kids Pasta
Spaghetti or cavatelli noodles with garlic bread.
Kids Chicken Strips with French Fries

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Recent Reviews

1st time coming here. The grinder pizza and onion rings were fantastic! And the service was awesome! Will definitely be coming back to eat and have drinks here again soon!😋🤤😃
September 2025
Normally love the tavern but not the best experience this trip. Our server was great, but food came out slow, our onion rings were just crumble, food was ok, none of the dishes came out at the same time.
We were there to visit so we were fine. We'll be back probably a one time thing. Just not the best visit this trip.
July 2025
I love this place, it's right down the street, good for good prices and an atmosphere like you won't believe, used to come here as a kid all the time after Black Friday shopping with my parents and to this day will be my favorite restaurant of all time
September 2024

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Tavern Pizza & Pasta Grill

1755 50th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
(515) 223-6700