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Kelly's Little Nipper

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The Historic Kelly’s Little Nipper. Great Food, Signature Drinks and Live Music! Located just east of downtown along E. Grand Ave.

KLN is one of the oldest drinking establishments in Des Moines. We have been a bar and grille sine 1940

Kelly's Little Nipper serves your favorite beer, mixed drinks & delicious home-made food! We have a pool table, flat screen TVs, and TouchTunes jukebox to entertain everyone. Our patio is warm and friendly a bit of a "secret garden" with a nice 70 inch tv for all your favorite games too

Try our famous Giant Tenderloin, a Graziano's Sausage Sandwich, our hand cut homemade onion rings or the ever famous Kelly's Corn! Join us every Friday night for the best live music with a great mix of local and national acts. Happy Hour is every weekday from 2-7pm - All drinks and beers on sale. We serve breakfast every Saturday and Sunday from 10AM to 1PM

11/05/2026

Always our privilege to feed the Bulldogs after a nice home win ! 101-48 Dogs !!

11/01/2026

🏈 4 TEAMS. 4 WINS. FREE DRINKS! 🍻

Drake, UNI, Iowa, & Iowa State ALL brought home a WIN this week! 🏆

We’re celebrating at the Nip, Sunday 11/1, with FREE b**r & cocktails from 12–4 PM! 🎉

Must be wearing a shirt representing one of the four teams to enjoy the free drinks! 🍻

10/31/2026

We will be closing at 5 today so all the staff can have fun on Halloween! C u soon at the Nip !!

10/31/2026

Rainy and chilly outside but always warm and cozy at the Nip!!! Hawks, Bulldogs, Panthers and Clones all in action today. Below is the very first Hawkeye License plate issued. My good friend Jeff Schrader gave this to us for the Nipper. Jeff’s grandfather won a lottery for this epic first Hawkeye license plate. How cool is that? Extra nice of my pal Schrader !! Thank you Jeff.

10/31/2026

🏈 ONE COMMENT = CHANCE TO WIN $50!

UNI vs INDIANA STATE at 1PM 💜💛

Drop your final score prediction before 1PM kickoff for a chance to win a $50 Kelly's Little Nipper Gift Card!

Congrats to our 3-way tie last week - Jody Molnari, Kelly McCann, and Ted Hartman!

GO PANTHERS! 💜💛

10/30/2026

It was the best of times, it was the worse of times… Now again the best of times as our one and only Kevin Best is playing at the Nip 7-10 PM today. I am sure he’s gonna love the pics in this post….. maybe Not 🤣🤣🤣

10/29/2026

With Halloween only days away, we want to see some of your favorite Halloween memories! Whether it’s a costume you wore, your kids dressed up, a group costume with friends, or even your pet!
Share your favorite Halloween costume or memory in the comments! 🎃👻

10/29/2026

Your final score from the Knapp Center. Lady Bulldogs and the Nipper with the W!!!

Address

1701 E Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA
50316

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 12am
Tuesday	10am - 12am
Wednesday	10am - 12am
Thursday	10am - 12am
Friday	10am - 12am
Saturday	9am - 12am
Sunday	9am - 12am

Telephone

+15152652031

Website

https://kellyslittlenipper.com/

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