Wheel House Pizza Pub, First Business in Former Bowling Alley

Wheel House Pizzeria & Pub will be the first business to open in the renovated bowling alley at First and State streets.

Denny Elwell Co renovated the building into retail space about a year ago. One of the Wheel House co-owners, Dave Haworth said the restaurant should open sometime in May.

Haworth and partner Chandler Evans named the pub after a wheel house on a ship, but the pub will not have a maritime theme. The name is metaphorical, Haworth said.

There will be wheels about though.

Haworth said the pub will be “very bicycle oriented” and will include custom bike racks for residents and people passing through Ankeny on the High Trestle Trail.