# @dmregister on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DePhxXfnFh4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71420499-dmregister-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T18:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) — https://gondola.cc/DMRegister

## Caption

It’s been more than a year since Bar Louie closed in West Des Moines south of Jordan Creek Town Center. The upscale American casual-dining restaurant and bar chain, self-described as the “Original Gastrobar,” closed in September 2025.

A replacement is ready to begin construction. Ugly Dumpling takes over the former Bar Louie location. The new Shanghai-style street food restaurant is listed as “coming soon.”

The rapidly growing fast-casual chain specializes in handcrafted soup dumplings (xiao long bao), dim sum, wontons and noodle dishes.

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