The Grimes Brief
Grimes has four pizza places: Northern Lights, Papa Johns, Godfather's, and Orlondo's, plus pizza on the sit-down menu at Destination Grille. Here is what each one posts.
250 SE Destination Dr, Suite 200, (515) 446-2986. A Des Moines-area chain with nine stores. The menu is built on its hand-tossed TastyCrust, with crust flavors like asiago, sesame, Cajun, garlic butter, and Parmesan, plus garlic butter breadsticks, cavatelli, and thin, deep dish, gluten-free, and cauliflower crusts. It delivers in Grimes; order online or in its app.
Tip: no weekday lunch here, since doors open at 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday. Its specials page lists two medium pizzas for $11.99 each at its traditional stores and notes that online deals vary by location, so check the Deals tab when you order.
825 NE Gateway Dr, Suite 104, (515) 263-0508. Delivery and carryout, and the late-night pick in town.
200 SE Gateway Dr, Suite 111, (515) 986-2228. A company-owned store, per Godfather's own site. We could not find posted hours for the Grimes store, so call ahead.
1601 NE 12th St, Suite 140, (515) 537-2533. A newer name on the Chamber directory, in the same building as The Outside Scoop. Its Chamber listing promises thin-crust pizzas, Italian sandwiches, cavatelli, and its salad dressings. Its website still showed an under-construction page when we checked in October, so call to confirm hours before you go.
Destination Grille (2491 E 1st St, 515-355-1153) is the sit-down option. Pizza shares a menu with steak, seafood, burgers, and pasta, and the restaurant says the menu is extensively gluten-free with zero gluten in its fryers. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, and it takes reservations by phone or OpenTable. A good call when the table cannot agree on pizza alone.
Northern Lights Pizza (250 SE Destination Dr), Papa Johns (825 NE Gateway Dr), Godfather's Pizza (200 SE Gateway Dr) and Orlondo's Pizza (1601 NE 12th St) all make pizza in Grimes. Destination Grille also serves pizza on a full sit-down menu.
Yes. The Grimes store at 250 SE Destination Dr delivers and takes online orders. It opens at 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday and at 11 a.m. Friday to Sunday.
Papa Johns at 825 NE Gateway Dr lists delivery until midnight Sunday to Thursday and until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Yes. Northern Lights offers a gluten-free crust, and Destination Grille says its menu is extensively gluten-free, with no gluten in its fryers.
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