#northenddiner

Another view of the front entrance to the North End Diner. Even though it has been closed a good 5 years the crome is cool.

The North End Diner and Best Western North Des Moines appear to be a playground for anyone keen on wrecking everything in sight. I am thinking the diner closed sometime in 2009 or late 2008 and the hotel was closed before with no intention on reopening. The hotel a former Ramada was refurbished in 2004 but all the reviews I read have this place listed as a dump. I guess that could be one portion of why it closed. It was a sprawling hotel with 4 separate room units, a huge pool, and entrance with the North End Diner all attached by a long walkway that was never heated or cooled. My wife had posted her pictures on FB and a local fire fighter had commented that they used the hotel portion for training and now it is so full of mold that it is unsafe to enter. I guess that is no reason for vagrants and kids to enter looking for something to smash as almost every window and door are make for an entrance now. The place will be gone at some point the hotel is a ehh who cares in my book but the Diner was a cool place to eat. And there seem to be less and less of the old school diners around to get the 50’s feel for your burgers.