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The Garden Awarded DSM's BEST LGBTQ+ restaurant, lounge, and rooftop patio bar! Come with us!
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Proudly serving our community for over 40 years. 2026 is a with a new logo, new look, new menu, and new event offerings.

The rain is expected to be out of here by the time we open at 3pm. The current plan is to be open from 3-7pm or so. Toda...
09/07/2026

The rain is expected to be out of here by the time we open at 3pm. The current plan is to be open from 3-7pm or so. Today is the last day of our Pirates themed patio bar event. $4 well rum drinks. Should anything change, we'll update this post. Otherwise, we'll see you at The Garden!

09/06/2026

Join us for a great discussion.

We'll be opening early today to host the Disability Visibility Round Table at 1pm. Come find a seat at the table in the ...
09/06/2026

We'll be opening early today to host the Disability Visibility Round Table at 1pm. Come find a seat at the table in the show lounge and hear what our amazing panelists have to say.

โญ๏ธ Mamma Mia Drag Brunch! โ€ข Sat., Sept. 19th
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.grdn.com

๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฌ:
$4 tall boys all day!
$4 well Rum drinks - patio only
๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ PIRATES IN THE CARIBBEAN ROOFTOP PATIO PARTY
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ @ 1๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ @ 5๐—ฝ๐—บ

๐™ฐ๐š๐š๐š! ๐šˆ๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š๐šž๐š— ๐š•๐šŠ๐šœ๐š ๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š. ๐šƒ๐š˜๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š’๐š• ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—! โญ๏ธ Mamma Mia Drag Brunch! โ€ข Sat., Sept. 19th๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.grdn.com๐—ฆ๐—”...
09/05/2026

๐™ฐ๐š๐š๐š! ๐šˆ๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š๐šž๐š— ๐š•๐šŠ๐šœ๐š ๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š. ๐šƒ๐š˜๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š’๐š• ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—!

โญ๏ธ Mamma Mia Drag Brunch! โ€ข Sat., Sept. 19th
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.grdn.com

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ: Open at 3pm
$4 well Rum drinks - patio only
๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ PIRATES IN THE CARIBBEAN ROOFTOP PATIO PARTY
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ 66 ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐— ๐——๐—ผ๐—บ'๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† @ 6๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ @ 8๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ 90'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ @ 10๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜!

๐€๐‡๐Ž๐˜ ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„, ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐˜! ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Yee ever be seein' an Emo Drag Pirate? Tonight might be yer chance! Who be knowin'?On the patio ...
09/04/2026

๐€๐‡๐Ž๐˜ ๐“๐‡๐„๐‘๐„, ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐˜! ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Yee ever be seein' an Emo Drag Pirate? Tonight might be yer chance! Who be knowin'?

On the patio all weekend we've got PIRATES IN THE CARIBBEAN ROOFTOP PATIO PARTY serving up $4 rum drinks.

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐—š ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—›:
โญ๏ธ Mamma Mia โ€ข Sat., Sept. 19th
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.grdn.com

๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ:
Happy hour: 3-7PM: $4 wells & $3 beer!
$4 well Rum drinks - patio only
๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ PIRATES IN THE CARIBBEAN ROOFTOP PATIO PARTY
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ @ 8๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ @ 10๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜!

Happy Hour at the Garden will be in the Show Lounge til 8pm due to the heat. $4 well cocktails and $3 Busch Light cans t...
09/03/2026

Happy Hour at the Garden will be in the Show Lounge til 8pm due to the heat. $4 well cocktails and $3 Busch Light cans til close. Flick Fest will start upstairs after 9pm.

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525 E. Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA
50309

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Thursday 3pm - 2am
Friday 3pm - 2am
Saturday 3pm - 2am
Sunday 3pm - 2am

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