In 2023, Des Moines watched as a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired building rose from the corner of 39th Street and Ingersoll Avenue. The calling cards of his designs — the vertical windows framing the street views, the flat roof, the transom windows letting in as much natural light as possible into the lounge, the natural materials — became apparent as the Prairie-style Oak Park restaurant came to completion in fall 2023. Since its highly anticipated debut, diners have discovered a special place that delivers the quality of service found in high-end restaurants in New York or Chicago, coupled with the delicate dishes made with hyper-local ingredients that are artfully decorated on the plate, the perfect painted palette admired before the first bite is taken. This week, the New American restaurant that leans into French cooking techniques made national news: Along with 44 other restaurants, oakparkdsm has been included in the 2025 USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year list. Tap the link in o...