Is Proudfoot & Bird Worth the Price?
A few mishaps at Proudfoot & Bird prevent me from giving this beautiful restaurant my highest accolades. Still, there's plenty here to admire.
Review of:
Proudfoot & Bird
1000 Walnut Street (in the Hotel Fort Des Moines)
Open nightly for dinner.
(515) 957-2400
Menu: Entrees range from $32 to $70; wines by the glass range from $9 to $25
I stopped covering restaurants just before the pandemic and picked it up again last year. During this break, I’d somehow forgotten what a tricky business it is. That’s especially true when you just know that a place has great potential, but alas, the night you visit, the experience ends up falling short for somewhat random reasons. While I want to give the restaurant its due, I cannot overlook missteps—because I cannot mislead readers.
Fortunately, I’ve been doing this long enough to know when an overall culture of quality is present in a restaurant. Such is the case with Proudfoot & Bird. Honestly, I think it could very well be among our city’s best restaurants, even if, on my recent visit, a few things were off.
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