# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWmSvMqjamo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62154701-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-01T18:00:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

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When Scott Cosner talks about Flying Mango, the esteemed barbecue restaurant he recently bought in Des Moines, he doesn’t sound like a newcomer stepping into someone else’s legacy. He sounds like a man who’s finally arrived where he was meant to be.

Cosner bought the restaurant from longtime owner Mike Wedeking in January after Wedeking decided to retire.

“I believe in the brand. I believe in the food. I love barbecue,” he said, describing the winding, almost “divine” path that brought him from the south side of Des Moines to California’s music industry and back home again, this time as the owner of one of the city’s most distinctive barbecue spots.

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