The Garden

A LITTLE LOUD, A LITTLE BIT LIKE- IF WE DON'T KNOW YOU, GET LOST KINDA' FEEL. IT TOOK FOREVER AND EVER TO GET A DRINK. THE BARTENDERS WERE CUTE AT LEAST, BUT STILL! THERE WERE AS MANY STRAIGHT PEOPLE AS GAY PEOPLE, WHICH WAS A LITTLE ANNOYING. SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF REALLY YOUNG KIDS TOO. I HOPE THEY CHECKED IDS! I WOULD MAYBE GO BACK JUST BECAUSE DM DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO OFFER. OH YEAH, THE QUEENS WERE GORGEOUS.

We heard this was the place to go in Des Moines. What we found was the semblance of a gay bar where the gays where outnumbered by local 'straights' and an annoying busload of bachelorette party girls. The back dance area bar was cool until water leaking through the roof dripped into my companion's drink... ewww! Patio wasn't open but looked cool.

The Garden attracts a younger (21 - 25) crowd and occasionally hosts youth nights (18 - 21, with no alcohol served of course). The Garden is many bars in one, with a dance bar, a stage for drag shows, a section to just hang out and have a drink, and an enclosed patio open during the summer. The perfect hangout for the young, gay and beautiful.