Where Is Fong's Pizza Now? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Des Moines, IA)
Current status
As of September 2026, Fong's Pizza has relocated to 317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed February 6, 2025. The original location is closed.
Last verified
What the source shows: The Des Moines Register quoted co-owner Jeff Bruning's on-record statement that Fong's Pizza was relocating from its downtown Des Moines location; KHAK's follow-up confirmed the new East Village location opened April 1, 2025, and Yelp's listing for the new address carries reviews updated through July 2026.
- Season / episode Season 9, Episode 17
- Address 317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Fong's Pizza & Tiki Bar, the Des Moines, Iowa location at 317 East Court Avenue, was featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate in the episode "One of a Kind" (Season 9, Episode 17), spotlighting the restaurant's Iowa-style thin-crust pizza and tiki-themed cocktail bar. The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, listed current hours (Sunday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-midnight, Saturday 10 a.m.-close) along with online ordering, catering, and gift-card options at the same East Court Avenue address, matching the existing mvf-307 database record for Fong's Pizza in Des Moines. According to the site, the business is also reachable at desmoines@fongspizza.com and (515) 323-3333, and links active Facebook, Instagram, and Yelp pages from its homepage.
"Food Paradise" featured Fong's Pizza in Des Moines, Iowa, in the 2013 episode "Pizza Paradise 2: Another Slice" (S4E14), spotlighting the restaurant's Asian-fusion pizza. Fong's Pizza operates at 317 East Court Avenue in Des Moines's East Village, according to the business's website, fongspizza.com, which lists current hours and online ordering. This entry records an additional Food Paradise appearance for the existing Fong's Pizza record already in the database, which shares the same name and Des Moines location.
Man v. Food's Des Moines episode featured Fong's Pizza for its Asian-fusion toppings on a traditional pizza crust, served in a tiki-themed dining room. Fong's operated for more than 15 years at 223 4th Street in downtown Des Moines before the Des Moines Register reported, in February 2025, that owner Jeff Bruning of Full Court Press Restaurant Group planned to relocate the restaurant because the original kitchen could no longer support the business. Fong's closed its downtown location in late March 2025 and reopened April 1, 2025, at 317 East Court Avenue in the East Village, the former home of Peace Tree Brewing Co., according to KHAK and the Des Moines Register. The new space added a patio, a pickup window, and additional menu items, including new pizzas, entrees, and cocktails, per a Fong's Pizza Facebook post cited by KHAK.
Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate
- Season / episode
- Season 9, Episode 17
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- One of a Kind
- What was featured
- Iowa-style pizza and tiki cocktails at Fong's Pizza & Tiki Bar
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Fong's Pizza
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 14
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Pizza Paradise 2: Another Slice
- What was featured
- Fong's Pizza's Asian-fusion pizza in Des Moines
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Fong's Pizza
- Show
- Man v. Food
- Original air date
- Episode title
- —
- What was featured
- Asian-fusion topped pizza in a tiki-themed room
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Fong's Pizza
Frequently asked questions
Is Fong's Pizza still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Fong's Pizza has relocated to 317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed February 6, 2025. The original location is closed.
What happened to Fong's Pizza after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
Fong's Pizza & Tiki Bar, the Des Moines, Iowa location at 317 East Court Avenue, was featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate in the episode "One of a Kind" (Season 9, Episode 17), spotlighting the restaurant's Iowa-style thin-crust pizza and tiki-themed cocktail bar. As of September 2026, Fong's Pizza has relocated to 317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed February 6, 2025. The original location is closed.
Where is Fong's Pizza located?
317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Fong's Pizza?
Season 9, Episode 17 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “One of a Kind”.
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Visit info
- Address
- 317 E Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
- Venue type
- pizzeria
- Official website
- fongspizza.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Iowa
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Sources
- fongspizza.com — https://fongspizza.com/
- khak.com — https://khak.com/fongs-pizza-des-moines-moving/
- desmoinesregister.com — https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2025/02/06/fongs-pizza-east-village-owner-jeff-bruning-outgrowing-downtown-des-moines-location-peace-tree/78254612007/
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