Account

Welcome

Sign in to save places, build lists, and keep your score.

Search
  1. Cheese Bar

    Cheese Shop

    Save to a list Write a review On the Way Around

    A cheese bar and small-plates spot on Ingersoll Avenue where the main event is a massive charcuterie board piled with Iowa cheeses and cured meats. The team also does fondue, raclette, grilled cheese with roasted tomato bisque, and a cast-iron skillet mac, so the menu is essentially every dairy dream you've had in one room. Wine, beer, and cocktails round things out. It's the kind of place where you go for a snack and leave having eaten a full meal you didn't plan on.

    The awards strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 65

    How we score

    The dishes from the writeups

    • Monger boards

      “Bienert and his team of experts showcase the best Iowa cheeses and cured meats on their signature massive monger boards, alongside house-made pates, jams, and crackers.”

      Eater
    • Fondue

      “For happy hour, fondue, and raclette steal the show.”

      Eater
    • Raclette

      “For happy hour, fondue, and raclette steal the show.”

      Eater
    • Cast-iron skillet mac and cheese

      “And if dinner is on the agenda, you can’t miss the cast-iron skillet mac and cheese.”

      Eater

    Save to a list Write a review On the Way What's Around
    Address
    2925 Ingersoll Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa · Des Moines
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    • Monday Closed
    • Tuesday Today 11 AM to 9 PM
    • Wednesday 11 AM to 9 PM
    • Thursday 11 AM to 9 PM
    • Friday 11 AM to 9 PM
    • Saturday 11 AM to 9 PM
    • Sunday Closed
    Phone
    (515) 277-7828
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

    Reviews

    Sign in to write a review.

    No reviews yet

    Reviews never count toward the Eat Score.

The neighbors closest first

Something wrong with this entry? Tell us. Closed, moved, miscategorized: we want to know.

Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

    How we score →

    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

      How we score →

      Stay Score

      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

        How we score →

        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

          How we score →

          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.