Legends American Grille
A West Des Moines and Pleasant Hill Eating and Drinking Establishment since 1995

Kick back with your friends and enjoy our relaxing atmosphere while watching your favorite race or game on our big screen TVs.

  Choose from a host of appetizers, soups & salads, signature steaks, sandwiches, pasta or our legendary ribs.  Complete selection of imported and domestic wines and beers.   See you here!

Hours:

Monday thru Sunday
open at 11 a.m. daily


Check our our menu below!

Our new Pleasant Hill location at 1280 Copper Creek Drive also offers a spacious lakeside patio with barbeque grill and your favorite beverages.

5906 Ashworth Road
West Des Moines
(515)-267-8150

(and)

1280 Copper Creek Drive
Pleasant Hill
(515)-564-1100
(One mile east of the Fairgrounds on East University)

Appetizers       

Chicken Wings
Jumbo wings breaded spicy hot.   Served with ranch dressing and celery sticks.
6.50

Chicken Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla with cheddar cheese, bacon, green onions and grilled chicken.
6.75

Chicken Tenders
Large, tasty, homestyle chicken tenders.   Served with BBQ sauce, honey mustard or ranch dressing
6.25

Gourmet Stuffed Mushrooms
Fresh mushrooms stuffed with Italian sausage and cottage cheese, with loads of mozzarella cheese melted over the top.   Served with ranch dressing.  A meal in itsefl!
7.50

Chili Cheese Fries
A platter of Legends seasoned waffle fries covered with chili and melted cheddar cheese.  Just delicious!
7.50

Cheese Sticks
Lightly battered mozzarella cheese sticks served with marinara sauce.
5.25

Tortilla Chips
Served with Legends homemade salsa.
3.50

Onion Rings
Battered in buttermilk, our rings are thin-sliced golden brown delicious.
Full order:  5.99
Half order:  3.99

Chicken Gizzards
A favorite in these parts!  Served with peppered gravy.
5.99

Potato Boats
Filled with cheddar cheese, green onions, bacon bits and diced tomatoes.   Served with sour cream.
6.25

Breaded Mushrooms
The tasty original, hand breaded, and served with ranch dressing.
5.99

Buffalo Chicken Tenders
Invented in Buffalo, perfected at Legends!  Served with ranch dressing and celery sticks.
6.50

Extra Dressings:  Honey Mustard, Ranch, Sour Cream, BBQ  .25

Salads & Soups 
(French, 1000 Island, Bleu Cheese, Vinegar &  Oil,
Light Ranch, Light Italian, Honey Mustard or our special
tangy parmesan house dressing.)

Chicken Noodle Soup
Just like grandma used to make!   Large chunks of chicken, egg noodles, celery, onions, white pepper and a dash of Burgundy Wine Sauce.
Regular:  2.99
Large:  3.99

Soup Du Jour
Ask your server for our chef's feature soup of the day.
Regular:  2.99
Large:  3.99

Caesar Salad
Fresh cut romaine lettuce tossed with seasoned croutons, fresh grated parmesan cheeese and our own Caesar dressing.
5.99
Charbroiled chicken breast:  add 1.50
Cajun chicken breast:  add 1.50

Legends Cobb Salad
Fresh chilled lettuce with an arrangement of cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes, black olives, diced chicken breast, sliced eggs and bacon crumbles.
7.99
Crumbled bleu cheese upon request

Beef Taco Salad
Spicy Mexican beef, cheddar cheese, black olives, diced tomatoes, black beans and green onions tossed with fresh
lettuce mix and served in a tortilla shell with salsa and sour cream.
7.50

Chef Salad
Fresh chilled lettuce mix with ham, turkey, egg slices, tomatoes, black olives and shredded jack and cheddar cheese.
7.25

Salmon Caesar Salad
Chunks of salmon sautteed in olive oil and light cajun seasoning served over fresh cut romain lettuce, tossed with fresh grated parmesan cheese and our own caesar dressing!
7.99

Chicken Taco Salad
Shredded seasoned chicken breast, jack cheese, black olives, diced tomatoes, black beans and green onions tossed with fresh lettuce mix and served in a tortilla shell with salsa and sour cream.
7.50

Chicken Tortilla Soup
Fajita seasoned chicken with green and red peppers, onions, salsa.  Jack & Cheddar cheese with tortilla chips on the side.
Regular:  2.99
Large:  3.99

Legends House Salad
Fresh chilled lettuce mix with sliced red onions, black olives, diced tomatoes, shredded mozzarella and seasoned croutons.
Small:  3.25
Large:  5.25

Signature Steaks 
Our Signature Steaks are aged to perfection and hand-cut
fresh daily!  Served with dinner salad, choice of potato,
and steamed vegetables.  Side of sauteed mushrooms add 1.50

New York Classic
Grilled and served with sauteed mushrooms.
16.99

Smothered New York
Covered with sauteed mushrooms and onions, crisp bacon and smothered with mozzarella cheese.
16.99

Cajun New York
Slow-cooked on a cast-iron skillet with cajun spices.  Tender and juicy inside and spicy outside.
15.99

Sirloin Steak Tips
Juicy, tender, lightly seasoned steak tips served over sauteed mushrooms, peppers and onions.
11.99

Legends Ribeye
Legends 16 oz. Ribeye marinated in Legends own white wine marinade and cut thick from the center of our prime rib.
15.99

Filet Mignon
Bacon-wrapped.
Petite:  15.99
Legendary:  20.99

So thick rare to medium recommended

Legendary Ribs  
Served with dinner salad, steamed vegetables and
Legends Fries.  Slow baked for hours in Legends own
special marinade and served with tangy BBQ sauce.  Fall
off the bone delicious!
Full Rack:  16.99    Half Rack: 11.99    1/3 Rack   9.99

Specialties 
Served with dinner salad.

Fajitas
Succulent prime rib, steak or seasoned chicken served sizzling hot on a bed of onions and peppers.  Served with lettuce, cheddar cheese, rice, black beans, salsa, sour cream and warm flour tortillas.
(Does not include dinner salad)
Prime Rib:  11.99
Steak:  10.99
Chicken: 10.99

Chicken New Orleans
Grilled cajun chicken breast laid over cajun tomatoes and covered with sauteed fajita veggies and melted jack cheese.
11.99

Smothered Chicken
Tender grilled chicken breast smothered with sauteed mushrooms and onions, bacon strips and melted mozzarella cheese and served with rice and steamed vegetables.
11.99

Cajun Chicken
Blackened on a cast iron skillet and covered with melted mozzarella cheese and stuffed mushrooms.  Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
11.99

Pastas 
All pastas are served with dinner salad and bread.

Cajun Chicken Alfredo
Tender chicken breast with fresh mushrooms seasoned with cajun spices and tossed in our creamy alfredo sauce and served over fettuccine.
12.55

Penne Pasta
Legends marinara sauce, red and green peppers, mushrooms, mozzarella and parmesan cheese served over piping hot penne past with Italian sausage.
10.99

Creole Seafood Fettuccine
Shrimp, scallops and Alaskan Snow Crab sauteed with garlic and cajun spices tossed in a spicy marinara sauce with mushrooms.
13.55

Fettuccine Alfredo
Creamy alfredo sauce over steaming fettuccine.
8.99
Add chicken:  10.99
Add shrimp:  11.99

Sandwiches 
Served with our seasoned Legends fries.

French Dip
Prime rib sliced thin covered wtih melted swiss cheese.  Served au jus on a warm hoagie.
7.25

Legends Chicken Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast covered with sliced ham, pepperoni, bacon and melted jack cheese.
8.25

Cajun Chicken Sandwich
Chicken breast blackened cajun style. Covered with melted mozzarella cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise.   Served on a warm hoagie.
7.99

Chicken Parmesan Sandwich
Lightly breaded Parmesan chicken breast covered in marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese.  Served on a warm hoagie.
7.25

Garden Burger
a 100% beef free vegetable pattie.   Served on a kaiser bun with a side of pasta salad.
5.99

Breaded Pork Tenderloin
Hand breaded and deep fried in pure canola oil.  Served on a kaiser bun.
7.50

Charbroiled Pork Tenderloin
Jalapenos & cheddar cheese top this Midwestern favorite!
Served on a kaiser bun.
7.25

Legends Grilled Club Sandwich
A triple decker grilled sourdough club.   Layered with ham, turkey, bacon, tomatoes, shredded lettuce and Swiss cheese.   Served with a rye middle and flavored with dijonnaise sauce.
6.99

Big BLT
The original favorite!
5.99

Classic Reuben Sandwich
Thin-sliced corn beef, melted Swiss cheese and sauerkraut.  Served on grilled rye bread and flavored wtih 1000 Island dressing.
6.50

BBQ Beef Sandwich
BBQ beef brisket piled high on a warm kaiser and smothered in melted cheddar cheese.
6.25

Turkey Cheddar Melt
Thinly-sliced turkey breast smothered with melted cheddar cheese with crispy bacon strips on sliced, grilled sourdough bread.
6.25

Dijon Chicken Melt
Charbroiled chicken breast topped with thin-sliced ham, melted Swiss cheese and dijonnaise sauce.  Served on a warm kaiser.
7.50

BBQ Bacon Chicken Melt
Charbroiled chicken breast with strips of crispy bacon smothered in BBQ sauce and mild cheddar cheese.  Served on a warm kaiser.
7.50

Charbroiled Chicken Breast Sandwich
Charbroiled chicken breast.  Served with a side of mayo on a kaiser bun.
6.50

Turkey Burger
Mediterranean garlic pepper turkey burger served with a side of mayo on a kaiser bun with a side of pasta salad.
6.50

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Chicken breast dipped in our hot buffalo sauce and served with ranch dressing.
7.25

Extra Toppings:  green peppers, choice of cheese, mushrooms, sauteed
onions - .50   Bacon:  1.00

Burgers 
Legends burgers are extra lean, half pound, USDA choice
chargrilled to medium well or to your special request.
Served with seasoned Legends fries.

Chili Burger
Spicy homemade chili smothered generously with melted cheddar cheese.
6.50

Cheeseburger
Half pound burger smothered with melted American cheese.
6.00
Add bacon:  1.00

Monte Carlo Burger
Jack cheese melted over a mound of sauteed mushrooms.
6.50

Kyle Burger
Quarter pounder served with American Cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion.
4.99

Ranch Burger
Swiss cheese, crumbled bacon, and ranch dressing make this a Legends favorite!
6.99

Extra toppings:  Green peppers, mushrooms, sauteed onions,
add .50   Bacon:  1.00