Name: Bar Nico
Address: 428 E Locust St, Des Moines, Iowa, us
Telephone: (515) 243-0611
Price range: $$$

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Dedicated Gluten-Free

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✓ 4 independent public sources checked by staff · Jul 2026
✓ Their own words: "Proudly a Gluten-Free Kitchen" ↗

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Address

428 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone

(515) 243-0611

Website

http://www.barnicodsm.com/

Services

Takeout · Delivery · Reservations · Outdoor seating · Dogs welcome · Kid friendly

What we've seen

Public reviews and restaurant replies · not verified

Bar Nico has a steady paper trail of diner reviews in Des Moines. This is a dedicated gluten-free kitchen: everything on the menu is gluten free. The setting gets its own mentions: a casual room, patio seating and tables outside. For planning a visit, reviews mention a date-night following, a menu that shifts through the year and happy hour specials.

Diners describe this as an entirely gluten-free kitchen.5 diners

Diners report a separate gluten-free menu.2 diners

Diners mention gluten-free tacos, churros, cake and empanadas.

tacos11churros4cake2empanadas2

Gluten-free comes up in 22 observed reviews; 13 diners in the past year.

Latest gluten-free signal: 2026-07