Comedian-filmmaker Kevin Smith bringing pop-up restaurant to Des Moines
Mooby’s, the fictitious restaurant-turned-pop up from film director and comedian Kevin Smith, is heading to Des Moines’ East Village this month. A post on the Mooby’s Pop Up Facebook page says the fictional fast-food empire will make its Des Moines debut March 31 through April 7 at Up-Down Arcade Bar, 500 E. Locust St. Named for its Mooby the Golden Calf mascot, Mooby’s appears in Smith’s movies "Dogma," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "Clerks II." An image on both the Mooby's Facebook page and in the Up-Down tweet depicts Smith and a pitchfork-wielding Mooby posed in a parody...