Restaurant - Benchwarmers - Ankeny, Iowa

About Us

Happy Hour

Monday-Friday 3pm-6pm

Drink Specials:

$3 Domestic Draws

$3 Tall Boys

$3 Bacardi

$3 Captain

$3 Fireball

$2.50 Wells

$2.50 Domestic Bottles

Food Specials:

$5 Burger & Fries

$10 Single Topping Pizza

Bottomless Wings & Fries $10

(11am-1pm)

Daily Specials & Events

Monday:

Monday Night Trivia 8pm-10pm

$0.50 Boneless or Traditional Wings*

Tuesday:

Tuesday Night Karaoke 8pm-11pm

Half-off ALL Appetizers 6pm-close

Wednesday:

ALL Day Happy Hour*

$1 Tacos (While supplies last)

Thursday:

$2 Wells All Day & Night

$4 Bombs

Friday:

Free Pitcher With Purchase of a Specialty Pizza

Saturday:

$3 Tall Boys All Day & Night

$3.50 Screwdrivers

$11.99 Steak Special. (6oz Sirloin steak, garlic mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables)

Sunday:

Two for $20 Pizza*

$3.50 Bloody Mary's

$15 Domestic Buckets

*Monday Wings, Minimum 4 wings per sauce.

*Wednesday Happy Hour is same Happy Hour as Monday-Friday Special.

*Sunday Pizzas are single topping, $0.50 for each Additional Topping. $25 if carry-out order.

Social Media Specials

During every Cubs home game stop in and get $7 Bud Light & Ultra Pitchers!

Also, check out Benchwarmers on social media for more specials during sports seasons!

Menu

Starting Line-Ups

Hangover Fries

$11

Parmesan fries, queso, jalapeños, tomatoes, bacon, sour cream, with two eggs sunny side up.

Nachos

$11

You pick, shredded chicken, beef or sausage to start, nacho chips, tomatoes, black olives, jalapeños, queso cheese, topped with sour cream and guacamole.

Buffalo Wings

$11

Chicken wings smothered in our signature wing sauce, served with celery, ranch or bleu cheese.

Sauce Flavors:

Naked-Buffalo-BBQ-Sweet Chili-Parmesean Garlic-Hot

Boneless Wings

$11

Chicken wings smothered in our signature wing sauce, served with celery, ranch or bleu cheese.

Sauce Flavors:

Naked-Buffalo-BBQ-Sweet Chili-Parmesean Garlic-Hot

Fried Pickle Chips

$8

Served with ranch.

Chips & Cheese

$6

Tortilla chips and con queso cheese.

Add Graziano sausage for $1.50

Cheese Fries

$8

Shoestring fries topped with con queso cheese.

Cheddar Nuggets

$8

Breaded and fried cheese balls, served with ranch.

Pretzel Breadsticks

$7

Three giant Bavarian breadsticks served with con queso and marinara.

Cheese Sticks

$9

Served with marinara dipping sauce.

Breaded Mushrooms

$8

Breaded mushrooms, served with ranch.

Sandwiches

Served with your choice of Benchwarmer's own shoe string fries, chips or cottage cheese. Upgrade to onion rings for $1.50 more.

Philly Chicken

$10

Italian marinated fresh chicken breast strips, sautéed green peppers, onion and provolone cheese. Served on a warm Italian roll.

Philly Steak Sandwich

$10

Lean slices of sirloin steak, green peppers, onions and melted provolone. Served on an Italian roll.

Turkey Melt

$10

Lean, smoked turkey, lightly grilled with pepperjack cheese, bacon and tomatoes. Served on a warm focaccia bread.

Breaded Tenderloin

$10

Hand-breaded in house. Topped with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles.

(Grilled on request)

Grinder

$10

House-made Italian sausage, loose meat style, served with sweet or hot peppers and provolone cheese, all melted into a Italian roll.

Grilled Chicken

$10

Italian marinated fresh chicken breast, with pepper jack cheese on a grilled ciabatta bun.

Italian Sausage

$10

House made italian sausage served with your choice of sweet or hot peppers, provolone, marinara sauce on grilled focaccia.

Pastrami Sandwich

$10

Pastrami beef layers with jalapeños and melted pepper jack cheese, served with honey mustard on warm focaccia bread.

Meatball Sandwich

$10

Italian roll with meatballs, marinara and provolone cheese.

Burgers

Our burgers are half-pound certified Angus beef: fresh not frozen- and served with your choice of Benchwarmers own shoe string fries, chips or cottage cheese. Upgrade to onion rings for $1.50 more.

All- American Burger

$9

You make the call; American, swiss, cheddar, provolone or pepper jack cheese, served with lettuce, tomato, pickles and onions.

Bench-Burger

$11

Half pound burger, bacon, egg, pepper jack cheese and our special sauce.

Bacon- Cheeseburger

$10

Hold pound burger, bacon, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion.

Con- Queso Burger

$10

Served open faced, smothered in our con queso cheese sauce.

Pizza

Choose from one of Benchwarmers all star pizzas, available in 14" only. Or choose your toppings below to create your own 7" or 14" masterpiece.

Benchwarmers' Sweet Pepper-oni

$18

House favorite with double pepperoni, grazino sausage, piled high with banana pepper, pepper jack cheese and house made tomato sauce.

Meatlovers

$18

Sausage, pastrami, ground beef and pepperoni.

Chicken Pizza

$18

Your choice of BBQ chicken or buffalo chicken. Add onion if you'd like (We recommend it!)

The Supreme

$18

Sausage, ground beef, pepperoni, mushrooms, green pepper, onions, green olives and black olives.

The Philly

$18

Everything you love about the philly cheesesteak- on a pizza. Steak, green peppers, onions and montery jack served with au jus.

Taco

$18

Red sauce, seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, mozzarella and taco chips.

Chicken Bacon Ranch

$18

Alfredo, ranch seasoning, bacon and chicken.

Build Your Own Toppings

$6

Toppings for 7" pizza

$1 for each meat topping

$0.50 per veggie

Choose as many toppings as you'd like:

Ground beef- pepperoni- canadian bacon- meatballs- chicken- sausage- black olives- green olives- jalapenos- onions- tomato- mushrooms- pineapple- sauerkraut- green peppers- mixed peppers- banana peppers

Build Your Own Toppings

$13

Toppings for 14" pizza

$1 for each meat topping

$0.50 per veggie

Choose as many toppings as you'd like:

Ground beef- pepperoni- canadian bacon- meatballs- chicken- sausage- black olives- green olives- jalapenos- onions- tomato- mushrooms- pineapple- sauerkraut- green peppers- mixed peppers- banana peppers

*Thoroughly cooking the foods of animal origin such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, pork, poultry or shellfish reduces the risk of food borne illness. Individuals with certain health conditions may be at higher risk if these foods are consumed raw or undercooked. Consult your physician or public health official for further information.