Scoop: A funky new restaurant is coming to Des Moines' East Village

Dobre Tasting Room, a new restaurant opening soon in the East Village, will feature what collaborator David Hayden says is Des Moines' first fully handcrafted seltzer bar.

• It'll also serve up locally grown food, much of it prepared sous vide-style.

The menu will constantly change, but here are some expected highlights:

• The drinks: Iowa-grown fruits will be freeze-dried in a process to extract flavor for the handmade seltzers. One will use a lemon zest technique popularized by Benjamin Franklin.
• The food: Nothing pretentious but lots of eclectic items you won't find at other places. Think homemade cheese, mochi Japanese rice cakes and a Georgian cheese bread known as khachapuri.

Location: 503 E. Locust St. That's right, it's where Jett and Monkey's used to be before recently moving to a larger location.

• It will seat up to 44 people.

Hours of operation will be announced in coming weeks, according to owners Loyd Ogle and Brad Simms.

• Expect a July open date.