Jean Berger at Jethro’s BBQ & Bacon
Jean Berger is the executive director on the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union, the only sports organization in America dedicated to girls’ sports, plus speech and music competitions. She [...]
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Posted May 05, 2021in Lunch With...
Posted March 31, 2021in Lunch With...
Alex Hall at St. Kilda’s
Alex Hall is a London-born, Melbourne-raised kid who opened five restaurants in New York City before moving to Des Moines. Another five restaurants later, and he is only 47 years [...]
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Posted March 03, 2021in Lunch With...
Joe Logsdon at La Mie
Joe Logsdon is owner of the French-style bakery and café La Mie. He is part of a local restaurant family that also includes his brother Steve (Lucca) and nephew Andy [...]
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Posted February 03, 2021in Lunch With...
Jim Cownie at St. Kilda’s
I met Jim Cownie about 65 years ago on a sandlot baseball field. He was the kid all other kids wanted to be — the best at every sport. I [...]
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Posted January 06, 2021in Lunch With...
Fabiola Schirrmeister at El Fogon
Fabiola Shirrmeister is a Sonoran-born-and-raised media producer/host who came to Des Moines six years ago after working for Spanish language media mega nova Telemundo in Puerto Rico and for Azteca [...]
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Posted December 02, 2020in Lunch With...
Ron Sorenson
Ron Sorenson has been the leading programmer of progressive music in Des Moines since 1970. We asked him to lunch, and he proposed eating in his office. Mike Wedeking of [...]
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Posted November 04, 2020in Lunch With...
Sarah Grant at Eatery A
Sarah Grant has been the greatest influence on Des Moines’ art scene gaining national significance in the last three decades. A significant artist in her own right, her biggest contribution [...]
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Posted September 30, 2020in Lunch With...
Steven Vail at Lucca
Steven Vail is an international art dealer whose Steven Vail Fine Arts gallery is in Des Moines. I asked him to lunch, and he chose Lucca, Steve Logsdon’s mostly Italian [...]
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Posted September 02, 2020in Lunch With...
Jessica Dunker at Table 128
Jessica Dunker is head of the Iowa Restaurant Association, an organization that represents 600 members and 6,300 eating establishments. I asked her to lunch, and she chose Table 128, a [...]
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Posted August 05, 2020in Lunch With...
Jeff Bruning at Lucky Horse Beer & Burgers
Jeff Bruning is a partner in Full Court Press, a gang of friends and entrepreneurs who open restaurants from conception to sizzle and serve. We asked him to lunch recently, [...]
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