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What Happened to Patton's Restaurant & Catering? (Des Moines, IA)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21 Des Moines, Iowa Closed February 2017

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Patton's Restaurant & Catering has closed — confirmed via tripledlife.com, February 26, 2017.

What the source shows: tripledlife.com, citing the Des Moines Register, states Patton's Restaurant & Catering closed permanently on 2017-02-26, and a Yelp listing for the address, updated 2026-06, still marks it permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

On the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episode 'Chicken Chowfest' (aired 2014-11-28), Patton's Restaurant & Catering showed off its Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean-jerk-spiced take on Southern soul food, built around scratch-cooked chicken dishes. Owner Pamela Patton opened the restaurant in 2010 on East Grand Avenue on the east side of Des Moines, Iowa, and paired a casual dining room with a full catering operation that served weddings, business functions, and other celebrations across the metro area. According to Triple D Life, citing the Des Moines Register, Patton's Restaurant & Catering closed permanently on 2017-02-26. A Yelp listing for the East Grand Avenue address, updated 2026-06, still shows the business marked as permanently closed, and no successor restaurant at the address was identified in the sources reviewed.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 21

Episode 11
Aired
Title: Chicken Chowfest · What was featured: Cajun, Creole, and Caribbean-jerk-spiced Southern soul food chicken dishes
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. tripledlife.com https://tripledlife.com/restaurant/pattons-restaurant-catering/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/pattons-des-moines
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