# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXXN1RHII_M
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64526842-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-20T18:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

## Caption

For decades, Orlondo’s was shorthand. Say the name and people nodded knowingly: pizza, pasta, dressing by the bottle, a place you went before a bike ride, after a bike ride or instead of a bike ride altogether. 

Patrick Orlondo Renda fed Des Moines for roughly 45 years, first near Drake University, then along the south side bike path and even in West Des Moines — each iteration threaded into the routines of whoever lived nearby.

Now Orlondo’s is coming back — not to the south side, at least not yet, but to Grimes, just off soccer fields that bustle year-round with whistles and cleats and families looking for somewhere better than a drive-thru once the game ends.

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#Grimes #Iowa #DesMoinesFoodie #DesMoinesEats

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desmoineseats, desmoinesfoodie, grimes, iowa

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