A New Dumpling Place Has Arrived In Central Iowa

It's central Iowa's hottest new restaurant and Iowa dumpling place and we got the opportunity to speak with the owners! This was their first moment out of the store and we couldn't be happier. This Iowa Dumpling restaurant has turned heads of foodies in Des Moines and we were able to speak with them.

Centra Iowa Dumpling

What Is It?

Dumpling Darling is central Iowa's newest and hottest restaurant. It's located on Des Moines' east side and has entered the scene with a major bang.

Crazy Soft Opening

Their soft opening was met with chaos and unprecedented demand. Typically a soft opening is a testing period for a new restaurant. It's a great way for a restaurant to get their bearings as customers are welcomed to come and try the place out. In a soft opening, it's normal to have a few bumps in the road but Darling Dumpling completely ran out of food! 

They told us they had nightmares leading up to their opening that no one would come, but now that they're open, their nightmares have changed. NOW they fear keeping up at all. 

A post to the Des Moines Food Lovers group had a photo of a note on the window of Dumpling Darling which read: Dear Des Moines Dumpling Lovers, Thank you so much for all your support throughout our not-so-soft opening week. And thank you for eating all our food – literally! While we will continue striving to be open all day, every day, we have decided to close today to play catch-up. See you soon. -DD

Who?

The owners of this amazing Iowa dumpling restaurant are Brian and Lesley Triplett. Their menu includes a diverse selection of dumplings, but this isn't there first location. Their first restaurant started in Iowa City. 

For those new to dumplings, they suggest starting with the Pork and Cabbage dumpling or perhaps the fried Mac and Cheese Dumplings! 

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