Jethro's Bbq Southside - Des Moines

I hadn't been to this one yet. I went there nostalgic about the Orlando's that used to be there and left feeling good about the change. The onion rings were awesome, and my partner's burger was great! My ribs tasted like cooking fuel, though, and were overdone. Generous portions and good presentations for everything and the service was outstanding. Open Floorplan and updated styling gave it a sportsbar atmosphere, and I will be back!

Dry rub siracha wings for the win. Tuesday, buy 10, get 10 wings, are the best in town. And when you ask for extra bleu cheese, they don't play aroundParking: Plenty of spacesWheelchair accessibility: Ramps and automatic doors

I had the brisket and rated it an 8 out of 10, but after adding their Carolina White Sauce to it solid 10. Friendly and prompt staff with a great atmosphere. A return visit is assured!!!

Went to this restaurant during lunch and ordered the half pound shrimp with potato salad, mashed potatoes and gravy and toast. Absolutely delicious, mashed potatoes were so good as was everything else, highly

Disclosure: I’m picky about my BBQ. If you ain’t, then disregard. If you are a fellow ‘Q’ connoisseur, however, keep reading! I ordered the Brisket Basket which comes with sliced brisket, chopped brisket, and burnt ends. It also comes with a corn muffin or toast and two sides. I chose green beans and the jalapeño creamed corn with a corn muffin. The sliced brisket was tender enough and plenty juicy, as was the chopped BBQ which is seasoned with a house rub, which was not the case with the sliced brisket. I preferred the chopped over the sliced brisket and burnt ends, as the seasoning made up for my biggest gripe with the other two options. Hardly any smoke! I’m sorry, but unless you can put a deep smoke ring in your meat, your BBQ is just ‘Meh’ to me. My personal opinion, but I think it’s a valid point. The sliced and the burnt were just too bland for me. The burnt ends were also a little too dried out to call good, unfortunately. The jalapeño creamed corn? VERY good! Surprisingly, it had a HEAVY smoke on it. I mean, what, the, actual, cuss??? How do you put such a great smoke on the corn and then blow it on the meat??!! Baffling. I would also suggest actually putting jalapeño in it, as I detected zero in the flavor profile, nor did I see any jalapeño bits of any kind. No one who is worried about something being spicy is going to order it anyway, so you might as well give it a little zing, right? It was still quite good, however. I would give Jethto’s a solid 3.5 stars. I give them high marks on overall quality and freshness (except for the burnt ends), but unfortunately they fall very short on flavor. It’s just super ordinary. And hey, maybe that’s a thing for some people. Just not me.