The Rook Room also plans to have food from Cory Wendel of Lachele's fame, cocktails, tournaments and more when it opens.

The Rook Room Game Lounge & Café is set to open at 300 SW 5th St in Des Moines this spring, taking over the former St. Kilda Café & Bakery location. "This really is the culmination of a dream we ...

Now Tarnowski and her business partner Tony Tandeski plan to open The Rook Room Game Lounge & Café in March inside the former St. Kilda Café & Bakery space at 300 S.W. Fifth St. in Des Moines.

Tony Tandeski and Annelise Tarnowski plan to open The Rook Room Game Lounge & Café in March in Des Moines with more than 700 board games, as well as card games, tabletop role-playing games ...