Welcome to The Empire, where an old school restaurant meets midwestern warmth. Located in the heart of Downtown Des Moines.
Join us at 7 am (8 am on Sundays) for coffee, energy drinks and pastries. …
First time eating from here. I was a little worried about if the food would be hot still when it arrived because we are much further out from them but both meals were perfect! My son has sensory issues and I was worried about him trying something new. I got the Chicken & Rice for him thinking it looked similar to our chicken & rice casserole I make at home and he loved it! It was a huge portion too! It's always a relief when I can find him something on the menu other than deep fried chicken nuggets, so thank you!!! I got the Hot Beef and it was the best I've had in a long time! It's so hard to find hot beef sandwiches let alone made well! Definitely a 10/10 from this family! We will order again and have to dine in soon too!
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Alexa F
3 contributions
Liked
• 4/18/26
• DoorDash order
The Hot Beef was AMAZING! Super tasty, the portion size was decent. The Cup Chili was also really really good, very flavorful!
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Megan G
Emerging Expert • 13 contributions
Loved
• 3/11/26
• DoorDash order
The breakfast casserole is very flavorful had the right amount of egg, cheese, and sausage along with tater tots. The salsa adds extra flavor! Hot pepperoni flat bread was great as well! Everything was fresh! Will order again
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Tina G
2 contributions
Liked
• 5/5/26
• DoorDash order
So good! They were not heavy-handed with the jalapeños, which I greatly appreciate. The lasagna soup came with these nice little oyster crackers that soaked up the soup very nicely, and the chai latte was delicious. I did order it with whip, but I should've remembered that with it being Delivery, the whip would probably melt into it, which is what happened. But it did sweeten up rather nicely.
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Crystl M
5 contributions
Liked
• 3/23/26
• DoorDash order
Loved the hot beef didn't care for the chicken and rice it was very bland. The cake was out of this world dangerous.soup was so good just wish I had more!
