Grandeur and glamour west of town

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Grandeur and glamour west of town

Ruth’s Chris Steak House’s upstairs dining room. When Jordan Creek Town Center was under construction the decade before its 2004 opening, developers told me they wanted to attract Ruth’s Chris Steak House so badly they offered incentives. At the time, the Dallas, Texas, company deemed West Des Moines too small. Earlier this summer, Ruth’s Chris opened the largest store in its entire chain on Jordan Creek Parkway.  It’s a magnificent validation o…