TV Restaurants in Iowa
21 restaurants and bars in Iowa have been featured on Bar Rescue, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Paradise, and Man v. Food. 13 open · 6 closed.
Map of TV restaurants in Iowa
Interactive map — loads when it scrolls into view.
Everything on this map is also in the list below.
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- Open
- Closed
- Renamed / relocated / new ownership
- Unknown
- Numbered circles are clusters — click to zoom in
1 of 21 Iowa records have no confirmed coordinates yet and are listed below but not on the map.
Every tracked location in Iowa
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Amana, IA
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Ames, IA
Man v. Food
Closed verified Checked -
Cedar Rapids, IA
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Relocated verified Checked -
Council Bluffs, IA
Bar Rescue
Closed verified Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open reported Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Best Thing I Ever Ate · Food Paradise · Man v. Food
Relocated verified Checked -
George The Chili King Drive-In
Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Man v. Food
Open reported Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Food Paradise · Man v. Food
Open verified Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Patton's Restaurant & Catering
Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Man v. Food
Open reported Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open reported Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Closed verified Checked -
Des Moines, IA
Food Paradise
Open reported Checked -
Dubuque, IA
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Johnston, IA
Man v. Food
Closed verified Checked -
Urbandale, IA
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Iowa 80 Truck Stop (I-80 North)
Walcott, IA
Food Paradise
Open verified Checked -
Mi Patria Ecuadorian Restaurant
West Des Moines, IA
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Open verified Checked
Shows filmed in Iowa
- Bar Rescue — 1 location in Iowa
- Best Thing I Ever Ate — 3 locations in Iowa
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — 6 locations in Iowa
- Food Paradise — 8 locations in Iowa
- Man v. Food — 6 locations in Iowa
How to use this map
Each pin is one restaurant or bar in Iowa that appeared on a show we track. Pin colour is the status we have on file — open, closed, changed, or unknown — and clicking a pin opens its dated status and a link to the full page. Where pins sit close together they collapse into a numbered cluster; click it to zoom in until the individual pins separate.
The two dropdowns above the map filter the pins and the list below in the same move, so you can narrow to, say, closed locations from one show without losing your place. The list is the accessible version of the map: it carries the same 21 records in the same order, is fully keyboard-navigable, and "Show on map" on any card flies the map to that pin.
Status is never a live feed. Each card shows the date we last checked it — for Iowa that is September 7, 2026 on the most recently reviewed record — and the source page it rests on. Confirm with the business before you drive anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
How many TV-featured restaurants in Iowa are still open?
13 of the 21 Iowa records we track are recorded open, 62% of the state's total, each with its own dated source. 6 are recorded closed.
What TV shows have featured restaurants in Iowa?
Bar Rescue, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Paradise, and Man v. Food.
Something on this page is wrong. What now?
Tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it. If we can't reach a confident answer within about a week, we lower the page's confidence label rather than leave a disputed claim standing.