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    4.9 (24 reviews)

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    Prensa Libre.  Cuban Sandwich... Shaved Pit Ham, Mojo Marinated Pork, Yellow Mustard, Pickle, and Swiss Cheese on thick sliced yellow bread.
    Dan T.

    This has become one of my favorite places to grab lunch! It's not far from my work and the food is really good. Yesterday we were in the middle of an outage and my boss looked at me and said... "You hungry yet?" Lol I ran up to Hot Off The Presses and placed a quick to go order. A Daily News, a Prensa Libre, and two bowls of tomato basil bisque. The Daily News is described on their site as follows: "Shaved pastrami, pickle, and white cheddar cheese with horseradish aioli on sourdough bread." The Prensa Libre: "Our Cuban sandwich... Shaved pit ham, Mojo marinated pork, yellow mustard, pickle, and Swiss cheese on thick sliced yellow bread." The owner (Jed) here is a great guy! Personable and friendly! I was a little frazzled with all that was going on at work and he struck up a conversation with me and I kind of forgot what was going on for a moment...until I was in my car and back on my way back to work. Turns out I used to work with his wife at a previous employer. I remember her and her sister well! Lots of memories. Good coworkers and fun people! Hot Off The Presses is one of those success stories where the business originally started as a food truck and moved to a brick and mortar location. The restaurant opened in December of 2024. It's a smaller space in a strip of businesses. Plenty of parking and a few low top tables and chairs for dine in seating. Order and pay at the front counter. Cash or card. There is an online ordering system available and they have a rewards program. The wait for our food was a short one and I was back on my way. Usually I try to take decent pictures to accompany a review, but these really don't do Hot Off The Presses justice. It's hard to capture quality or flavor in a photo... And I think HOTP excels in both of these areas... I guess I did capture the physical business itself, the deep color of the hearty tomato basil bisque and the epic cheese pull that is typical of a HOTP sandwich... I'll have to give them a redo on a less hurried and stressful day. Hot Off The Presses is really a great lunch spot! Especially if you grew up with grilled cheese and tomato soup as comfort food... This is next level of course! But it can evoke the same feelings. Just two kids, a pile of grilled cheese, and some soup when life was much simpler. If you haven't already... You should stop in and check them out. https://www.hotoffthepressesdsm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HotOffThePressesDSM/

    The Big Cheese
    Eric C.

    The thing is, it's so simple. It's grilled cheese sandwiches with extra stuff. Sometimes simple is sublime. Let's start with the place. It's still very simple. You go up, put in your order, get your drinks and sit down. It's very plain. Who cares, the food more than makes up for any lack of visual delight. Lizzie had the Prensa Libre, their version of a Cuban, and the Tomato Bisque soup. If the sandwich had been just the ham and other toppings, it would have been good. The marinated pork takes it to a whole new level. It is as good as any pulled pork I have had in the best BBQ joints in town. It is rich and seasoned amazingly. Just brilliant. The Tomato Bisque is creamy and smooth and thick and so tasty. It's comfort in a bowl. I had the Big Cheese. Once again, so simple. Massive amounts of gooey cheese, with some lovely grill burns on the edges here and there. Three slices of thick cut bread. A lot of thick cut bacon. That's it. And it's perfect. The bread is grilled perfectly, the cheese is incredibly tasty, and the bacon takes it to the top. We will go back again. This place is incredible.

    Caprese grilled cheese add bacon

    Amazing!!! Group of 5 all loved what we ate. Great taste, clean, friendly and awesome. This establishment knew people by name. We would all go again.

    Turkey Fiesta Wrap
    K W.

    We really liked the Fiesta Turkey Wraps and the Street Corn Soup. Very nicely seasoned and the veggies in the wrap were fresh and tasty. Great Job! We (and our puppies) will be back.

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    Heidi H.

    I have been to their food truck, so was excited to try the restaurant. My dinner partner and I decided to try them out on a Friday night. We got there about 7pm, they close at 8. About half of the tables were full. We had no idea what to get. The woman working the counter greeted us. We were both debating what to get. We asked her what her favorite was. She offered us suggestions. My dinning companion got the soup of the day (french onion) and the Daily News sandwhich. I got the Prensa Libre (recommendation of the worker.) I tried his Daily news. The meat had a nice flavor and was moist (sometimes pastrami cut like that is dry.) I didn't try his soup. He said it was ok. I had the Prensa Libre, a cuban sandwhich. The worker told me the cooked the ham in house. The sandwhich had great flavor. I think there was a little too much mustard for my liking......so I scraped some off. The worker had told us about the grilled cheese bread bowls, but we both wanted sandwhiches. Definitely want to go back and try some soup in one of these bread bowls.

    Stephanie P.

    This place started a a truck and man I was a loyal follower. He makes the very best grilled cheese in the land! Plus the owner is a very kind and authentic person... Today was my 1st time in the new storefront and I will be back frequently. I enjoy nothing more than supporting local especially good people! They are working on artwork for the walls so I expect next time I am there it will be complete! They will be serving 2 soups each day. Always tomato basil and one other. I tried a new Sammie tonight and had the Hot Hammin... it had great flavor and I would recommend it . My mother had my personal favorite 'Fancy'. 4 different cheeses on sourdough. No funky cheese like blue cheese and it make my very happy ... lol This place will not disappoint...plus you can order online and pick up to take home to eat in front of the tv in your pjs...

    Texas grilled cheese and ceasar salad wrap
    Kade V.

    Someone said in the reviews here that simple is sublime. And I can tell you the band sublime couldn't even make this place even more sublime. Amazing lunch spot, delicious food, good price. You will love it

    Hot Hamm'in

    HUGE sandwich that hits all the right notes for a grilled ham and cheese. Friendly and knowledgeable service. Cute lil spot in WDSM. Delish!!!

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    Thanks for stopping in, safe travels!

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    5 months ago

    Food was so good! Customer service wonderful!!! Great deal for a $10 lunch. They are quick and food is super fresh!

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    Thanks Jamie, safe travels!

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    8 months ago

    Delicious food and friendly service! Will definitely stop again. Glad Yelp helped us to find this place.

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    4 months ago

    great sandwiches and the friendliest people you'll even meet. try the cuban sandwich. it is delicious!

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    1 year ago

    Amazing food, great and friendly staff. Answered all our questions and got us our amazing food in good time. Will definitely be back!

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    1 year ago

    Great food with options to meet any craving! Very clean. They brought the kid's food out first which was very helpful.

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    4.8* (out of 5) Food: 4* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 5*…read more Service: 5* Would I go back / Recommend?: 5* (Definitely) Total check/person: $40 05/08/2026 Our primary reason for stopping by tonight was to update information at www.happyhourdesmoines.com. We ended up quite impressed with the value and our server, Kelbe was fantastic - offering great suggestions off of the Happy Hour menu! Overall, this is a top-tier venue for your next Happy Hour trip (especially once they get the rooftop opened)! To share as much as we could about their Happy Hour, we sampled as many food dishes as we could comfortably eat, with all of them being solid options that we would order again. We started with a Margarita (see picture) and a Raspberry Mule (see picture) and while both were very good, it is hard to beat the value for the Margarita. For our food options, we tried all of the following shown in order of my preference (see pictures for each): Shrimp Street Tacos, Carne Asada Street Tacos, Wings (Tropical Habanero sauce), Lettuce Wraps and Buffalo Rangoons. A few comments to understand the priority order: I love street tacos, the wings were good but could have used a bit more sauce, the lettuce wraps were very good - but oh, so messy with the rice and just a bed of lettuce rather than a wrap and the rangoons were good, but a bit too overbrowned. If you found this review helpful, please show your appreciation with a Like or a Follow.

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    Pulled up to Capriotti's while heading back to Omaha (from Des Moines) expecting a solid sandwich,…read moreand they definitely delivered -- anything with turkey here is a guaranteed win. Ambience and customer service were just... there. Nothing offensive, nothing memorable. It's giving "get your order and go," which honestly works if the food's this good. If you're in it for the sandwich game, don't let the dry vibe throw you off -- the flavor makes up for the rest.

    The sandwiches were absolutely incredible--honestly some of the best I've ever had, no question…read more But the wait was beyond frustrating. We were driving through from Colorado back to Minnesota and did everything right: ordered online a full 30 minutes ahead so we could just swing in and pick up. We arrive, my sister (who also ordered ahead online) is already walking out with her food. My brother orders in-person right when we get there, and his sandwich--plus two other walk-in customers' orders--come out before ours even starts being made. We ended up waiting over another 30 minutes. More than an hour total from when we placed the order. What is the point of online ordering if the system doesn't hold your spot in line and just lets in-store orders and later arrivals jump ahead of you? It completely defeats the whole purpose. Still... those sandwiches really were exceptional. Almost worth the headache.

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