Dave's Hot Chicken and Bonchon opening in West Des Moines

Openings and moves

🥘 Desi Fresh opened last week in Waukee at 1475 SE Bishop Drive. The Desi grocery store also serves food, including kabob, tandoori and biryani.

🥤 Lifestyle Juices in the Drake neighborhood moved into a new space next door at 2420 University Ave.

Closings and rebrandings

🥲 Django officially held its last day of business this last weekend. We'll pour one out as we mourn the loss of the best fries in town.

🏀 Mitzi's in West Des Moines is reopening on March 17 as False Nine Social Club, "a matchday-inspired social club experience" for watching sports, per their Facebook.

Future openings

🔥 Dave's Hot Chicken is planning another location in the metro, this time in West Des Moines at 6330 Mills Civic Parkway, the former Noodles & Company site, the Des Moines Register reports.

🍗 Bonchon, a popular Korean fried chicken chain, finally set an opening date of April 29 for its location at 6880 EP True Parkway in WDM.

• The strip is becoming a hub for Asian foods, including Tous le Jours, 3Bears Tea and IndyMart, which is also opening a halal butcher shop, the Register reports.