Oak Park Restaurant at 3901 Ingersoll Ave. in Des Moines will open to the public on Oct. 17. The newly built 100-seat restaurant anchors a project to redevelop the 3900 block of Ingersoll Avenue. In 2021, businesswoman Kathy Fehrman, a managing partner in Fehrman Investments LLC, purchased property at 3901 and 3913 Ingersoll Ave. that included a medical office building and residence. The buildings were razed. Construction of the restaurant, designed to resemble a residential home with an enclosed, wrap-around porch, was recently completed. An edible garden on the property inspires the restaurant’s seasonal menu. An additional 3,000 square feet of retail space is planned to the west of the restaurant.

More details about Oak Park
General manager: Damon Murphy, who for 16 years was general manager at 801 Chophouse.
Chef: Ian Robertson, who left Iowa in 2017 to hone his skills in New York and Chicago.
Pastry chef: Jess Robertson, who worked at Baru 66 in Windsor Heights as well as Eleven Madison Park in New York.
Wine director: Sam Tuttle, a Certified Sommelier, will spearhead the curation of a 7,000-bottle wine cellar.
Director of operations: Billy Dohrmann, who has a decade of fine dining experience.
Hours: 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations can be made at tock.com.

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