Truman's Pizza Tavern
Des Moines, IA
400 SE 6th St, Des Moines, IA, 50309-512498 itemsUpdated July 6, 2026
Structured menu data
Beer - Bottles 12 oz
Bud Light
$4.00Corona
$5.00Miller Lite
$4.00Beer - Cans 12 oz
Athletic Brewing Run Wild
$5.00Non-Alcoholic IPA
Big Grove Seltzer
$6.00Blood Orange
Busch NA
$4.00High Noon
$7.00Pineapple, Mango, Peach, Watermelon
White Claw
$5.00Black Cherry, Mango
Wilson's Caramel Apple Cider
$6.00Beer - Cans 16 oz
Blue Moon
$6.00Budweiser
$5.00Busch Light
$5.00Coors Light
$5.00Michelob Ultra
$5.00Old Style
$5.00Beer - On Tap
Anheuser-Busch • Busch Light
$5.00Lager-American Light, St. Louis, MO
Anheuser-Busch • Michelob Ultra
$5.00Lager-American Light, St. Louis, MO
Barn Town • Seasonal Rotator
$8.00Fruited Sour (Gluten-Free) West Des Moines, IA
Big Grove • Citrus Surfer
$7.00Fruited Wheat, Iowa City, IA
Big Grove • Easy Eddy
$8.00IPA-New England, Iowa City, IA
Big Grove • Juicy Jam Sour
$9.00Fruited Sour, Iowa City, IA
Boulevard • Unfiltered Wheat Beer
$7.00American Pale Wheat, Kansas City, MO
Confluence • Des Moines Ipa
$7.00IPA-American, Des Moines, IA
Exile • Ruthie
$7.00Lager-Pale, Des Moines, IA
SingleSpeed • Zach's Mexcian Doughnut
$6.50Spiced Oatmeal Stout, Waterloo, IA
West O • Coco Chocolate Stout
$7.50Sweet Milk Stout-Nitro, Okoboji, IA
Breakfast
BGP (Biscuits & Gravy Pizza)
Truman's homemade sausage gravy, breakfast sausage, and Graziano's sausage on this masterpiece. Topped with mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, and buttermilk biscuit crumbles.
Biscuits + Gravy
Freshly made buttermilk biscuits topped with our homemade sausage gravy made from breakfast sausage and local Graziano's sausage.
Breakfast Sandwich
$11.00Choice of bacon, sausage, chorizo, or Canadian bacon served with fried egg, cheddar cheese, and Truman's sauce on toasted buttery croissant. Served with hash browns.
Breakfast Tacos
$11.00Two homemade puffy tacos filled with scrambled eggs, chorizo, breakfast potatoes, and cheddar jack cheese. Served with fire roasted salsa and hash browns.
Build Your Own Omelette
$10.00Three eggs with shredded cheddar jack cheese. Add meat for $2, veggies for $0.75, and cheeses for $0.50. Served with hash browns and choice of bread.
Burnt Ends Benedict
$15.00Toasted English muffin with poached eggs, juicy, perfectly seasoned pork belly burnt ends and then topped with KC BBQ sauce and hollandaise sauce. Served with hash browns.
Burrito Royale
$12.00Guajillo-grilled flour tortilla with cheesy eggs, chorizo, crispy fried potatoes, grilled red and poblano peppers, and homemade taco sauce. Served with hash browns.
Caprese Eggs Benedict
$15.00A toasted English muffin topped with poached eggs, Roma tomatoes, freshly cut basil, mozzarella cheese, and then covered with Hollandaise sauce and a balsamic glaze. Served with hash browns.
Chicken Fried Steak
$14.00Our perfectly fried chicken steak topped with our homemade sausage gravy. Served with two eggs, hash browns, and a choice of bread.
Eggs Benedict Pizza
Truman's hand-crafted crust with garlic butter, chopped spinach, Canadian bacon, and mozzarella cheese. Baked with 3 or 5 (dependent on size) poached eggs added and baked again to finish. Topped with hollandaise and chopped spinach.
French Toast
$11.00Made with thick-cut brioche, flash fried, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar then finished with caramel and strawberry sauce. Served with bacon and hash browns.
French Toast Donut Holes
$9.00Perfectly fried donut holes with a buttery maple filling and seasoned with cinnamon sugar. Served with maple syrup.
Hangover Pizza
Beer cheese queso base, Mexican mild and spicy chorizo, smoked mozzarella, cheddar and Monterey jack cheese. Finished with poached eggs, green onions, fresh cilantro, pico de gallo, and a homemade salsa. Finished with a poblano habanero sauce drizzle.
KC Rise + Swine Calzone for Two
$26.00This is the ULTIMATE breakfast for TWO! 14" calzone stuffed with pecanwood bacon, breakfast sausage, mild and spicy chorizo, scrambled eggs, Monterey jack cheese, cheddar cheese, and a touch of beer cheese queso. Served with beer cheese queso, salsa, and homemade sausage gravy on the side.
Kitchen Sink Pizza
Beer cheese queso and homemade Pimento cheese spread with roasted red pepper, scrambled eggs, bacon, Monterey and jack cheese, mild and spicy chorizo, and sage breakfast sausage. Finished with parmesan, cilantro, green onions, and chipotle tabasco drizzle.
Loaded Hash Brown Skillet
$13.00Hash browns with onions, green peppers, choice of bacon, sausage, or chorizo. Topped with three eggs served your way and cheese. Served with toast.
Mexican Eggs Benedict
$15.00Toasted English muffin with Mexican mild and spicy chorizo, poached eggs, homemade spicy Hollandaise, and jalapenos. Served with hash browns.
Mile High Omelette
$12.00Three eggs with Canadian bacon, roasted red peppers, green peppers, white onion, and sharp cheddar cheese. Then topped with Fumella smoked mozzarella. Served with hash browns and a choice of bread.
Nashville Hot Breakfast Pizza
Beer cheese queso base, garlic butter, chicken tenders tossed in Nashville hot sauce, Pecanwood bacon, mozzarella, and cheddar cheese. Topped with parmesan, Italian seasoning, green onion, cilantro and a hot honey drizzle.
Penny's Pancake Platter
$15.00Five Golden buttermilk pancakes, three eggs the way you like them, your choice of a breakfast protein & a trio of sauces (maple, strawberry & hot honey)
Red Smoke Pizza
Mutiny smoked sweet heat sauce as the base topped with fluffy scrambled eggs, Pecanwood bacon, breakfast sausage, diced Romas, roasted peppers, smoked mozzarella & pepper jack cheese. Baked & topped with parmesan blend, Italian seasoning, cilantro & slivers of fresh celery. Finished with a drizzle of Mutiny bloody mary smoked sweet heat sauce.
Rise & Shine Pizza
Truman's hand-crafted crust topped with our homemade sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, Graziano sausage, cheddar, Monterey jack, homemade bacon jam, fried sage, parmesan and Italian seasoning.
Sicilian Sunrise Breakfast Pizza
Our 10" or 14" hand-crafted crust topped with homemade Alfredo based infused with garlic butter, scrambled eggs, Graziano sausage, roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, and smoked mozzarella. Baked and then garnished with Parmesan blend, Italia seasoning, green onions, and a homemade Poblano Ranch dressing drizzle.
Smashed Avocado Toast & Eggs
$16.00Fresh avocado spread served over your choice of toasted brioche or wheat bread. Topped with your choice of eggs, Pico de gallo, tomato, and shredded cheddar jack cheese. Add bacon for just $1 more.
Soprano Breakfast Pizza
Our 10" or 14" hand-crafted crust topped with homemade Marinara, capicola, roasted red peppers, banana peppers, dice Roma tomatoes, and mozzarella. Finished with poached eggs, green onions, basil, parmesan, and Italian seasoning.
Southern Eggs Benedict
$14.00Freshly baked buttermilk biscuits topped with sausage patties, poached eggs, homemade Graziano sausage gravy, bacon jam, and cilantro. Served with hash browns.
Southwest Breakfast Bowl
$16.00Crispy fried potatoes topped with spicy chorizo, salsa, pico, jalapeños, cheese, choice of two eggs and with our without spicy hollandaise on top. Served with two corn tortillas.
Truman's Breakfast
$12.00Three eggs cooked how you like, sausage or bacon, choice of brioche toast, wheat toast, muffin, or biscuit. Served with hash browns.
Breakfast Cocktails
Caramel Irish Coffee
$10.00Couch Town Coffee, Irish Whiskey, butterscotch schnapps and coffee liqueur. Topped with whipped cream, chocolate, and caramel syrup
Dirty Bee Chai
$11.00An adult version of a dirty chai - 477 Distilling Chai Liqueur, Midnight Bean Espresso Liqueur, Honey Simple Syrup & Milk over ice with an Espresso float & a cinnamon stick garnish
Kelce Crunch
$11.00Couch Town Coffee, Bailey's Cinnamon Churro, Vodka, Coffee Liqueur and a splash of heavy cream. Topped with whipped cream and cinnamon toast crunch cereal
Mimosa
$8.0010 oz Mimosa – champagne with your choice of juice. Add flavor for $1: strawberry, blackberry, mango, or blueberry
Mocha Monarch
$12.00Crown Royal Chocolate, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream, Midnight Bean Espresso Liqueur, heavy whipping cream, Couch Town coffee, whipped cream, chocolate syrup & brownie chunks
Morning Cookie Crunch
$11.00Couch Town Coffee shaken with Revel Stoke Smoregasm Whiskey, Bailey's Cookies & Cream, Grind Mocha Espresso liqueur & heavy cream over ice. Served in a chocolate-swirled glass & topped with whipped cream & Cookie Crisp cereal
Pina Colada Mimosa
$9.00Champagne paired with coconut puree, Malibu rum, pineapple juice, and a float of grenadine
Strawberry Shortcake Mimosa
$8.00Smirnoff whipped vodka, champagne, strawberry purée, strawberry/white cranberry juice, strawberry drizzle. Topped with whipped cream & graham cracker crumbles
Truman's Bottomless Mimosa
$20.00Served with orange juice. Upon request: pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, OR lemonade
Wake & Shake
$10.00Baileys Coffee Toffee Oat Milk Cream blended with heavy whipping cream, Couch Town coffee, Midnight Bean Espresso Liqueur & topped with shaken cold foam & brown sugar
Cocktails
Des Moines Michelada
$9.00A pint of Exile Maria mixed with Mutiny Bloody Mix from Norwalk, IA. Finished with a Tajin rim & dashes of Wicked Pickle Hot Sauce
Spicy Mamacita
$10.00Jalapeno and cilantro infused vodka complemented with Mutiny Bloody Mix and Brown Dogs Farm Habanero hot sauce
Truman's Bloody Mary
$9.00House vodka, Mutiny Bloody Mix from Norwalk, IA, Olives, Pickles, Celery, Lime, Bacon, and a Beef Stick with a Tajin + Lawry's combination rim
Wicked Pickle Bloody Mary
$11.00Pickle Shots Vodka and Mutiny Bloody Mix (from Norwalk, IA) infused with Wicked Pickle Hot Sauce from Norwalk, IA. Garnished with a pickle spear, breaded spicy pickles and a beef stick. Pickle Beer Back $2
Pitchers
Margarita Pitcher
$17.00Original Margarita $17 | Flavored Margarita $19
Moscow Mule Pitcher
$17.00Moscow Mule $17 | Flavored Mule $19
Truman's On Tap Pitcher
$18.00Rotating Cocktail
Pizza
Meatball Margherita
Homemade Marinara sauce with meatballs, mozzarella, and fresh basil.
South Sider
Homemade Marinara sauce, Graziano sausage, mushrooms, pepperoni, green peppers, and onions.
The French Dip
Our hand-crafted crust topped with a blend of our homemade Alfredo and au jus sauce, with a touch of cream cheese. Topped with sautéed mushrooms, onions, mozzarella, and a generous portion of marinated ribeye. Served with au jus.
The Mahomes
You don't have to do anything other than be yourself with this pizza! Marinara sauce covered with sausage, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, ground beef, and bacon.
The Podolak
Graziano sausage, pepperoni, red bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, pineapple, and mozzarella for this Super Bowl winner, WHO was the second round pick for the Chiefs and an Iowa native.
The Victoria
Truman's hand-crafted crust with homemade spicy garlic Alfredo sauce topped with Graziano sausage, meatballs, roasted red peppers, and smoked mozzarella. Finished with parmesan blend, Italian seasoning, and fresh basil.
Specialty Cocktails
Arrowhead Punch
$8.00Smirnoff Peach, Amaretto, orange juice, and cranberry juice
Black Berri Tea
$8.00Smirnoff Raspberry, triple sec, rum, blackberry purée, sour, and Sprite
Fiery Mango Marg
$9.00Lalo Tequilla Blanco margarita infused with fresh jalapenos, oranges and mango purée. Garnished with an orange slice, a lime wedge, and a salted rim
Juicy Pear
$8.00Western Son Prickly Pear Vodka simple syrup, lemon juice, and sprite
Moscow Mules
$8.00Vodka, ginger beer, and fresh lime juice. Flavor Options: Blackberry, Strawberry, Blueberry, Mango, Pomegranate. Try it with Revelton Mulberry Gin for $1 more
Strawberry Sunrise
$9.00Smirnoff Pink Lemonade vodka, St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, Strawberry Puree, and Lemonade
Starters
Bacon Boomsticks
$14.00Eight jalapeno, bacon & cream cheese firecracker wontons fried golden & dusted with fresh cilantro. Served with sweet chili & homemade hot honey sauce.
Boneless Wings
$13.00Fried to order. All wings are served with celery and carrots with the option of ranch or blue cheese. Served Naked or with your choice of sauce: KC BBQ • Alabama White BBQ • Buffalo • BBQ Dry Rub • Parmesan Garlic • Korean Chili Pepper • Nashville Hot • Mutiny Bloody Mary (sweet heat with rebellious smoke flavor)
Breaded Mushrooms
$11.00Baby Portabella mushrooms, breaded and fried golden. Served with ranch.
Cheeseballs
$12.00Pepper jack cheese bites. Hand-breaded and fried golden. Served with a choice of marinara or ranch.
Cheesy Garlic Bread
Served with choice of marinara, ranch, or both.
Funnel Cake Fries
$6.00Topped with powdered sugar and served with sea salt caramel sauce and strawberry sauce.
Onion Rings
$10.00Hand cut, lightly floured and fried golden. Served with ranch.
Pretzel Bites
$11.00Buttery, sea-salted pretzel bites served with hatch chile pepper queso sauce, caramel sauce, and Truman's Sierra Nevada spicy mustard.
Smashburger Egg Rolls
$15.00Crispy egg rolls stuffed with seasoned ground beef, American cheese, diced pickles & caramelized onions, wrapped up like your fav smashburger! Served hot & melty with our homemade Truman's fry sauce for dipping
Spicy Pickles
$11.00Freshly sliced pickles, double-breaded and infused with Tabasco red sauce. Served with Pablano Ranch.
Truman's Quattro
$16.00Hand-breaded pepper jack cheese balls, spicy pickles, onion rings and breaded Portabella mushrooms fried golden. Served with homemade marinara, poblano ranch, and ranch. Please, no substitutions.
Truman's Queso Flight
Choose from Tortilla Chips, French Fries, or Pretzels served four different samples of Queso that are uniquely Truman's. Steak Queso (beer cheese queso topped with ribeye and caramelized onions), Chipotle Queso (beer cheese queso topped with a chipotle campfire sauce), Bacon Queso (beer cheese queso topped with pecanwood bacon chunks), and South Side Queso (beer cheese queso topped with Graziano sausage, pico de gallo, and Roma tomatoes).
Truman's Totchos
$15.00On a bed of golden tater tots covered with our beer cheese queso sauce, Monterey jack & cheddar cheese, our homemade taco meat, tomatoes, jalapenos & green onions. Served with our fire roasted salsa & sour cream on the side.
Wings
$16.00Fried to order. Served with celery and carrots with the option of ranch or blue cheese. Served Naked or with your choice of sauce: KC BBQ • Alabama White BBQ • Buffalo • BBQ Dry Rub • Parmesan Garlic • Korean Chili Pepper • Nashville Hot • Mutiny Bloody Mary (sweet heat with rebellious smoke flavor)