KCCI’s Chris Gloninger at Tupelo Honey
Chris Gloninger is the fresh face of local TV weather. He replaced Kurtis Gertz as TV 8 chief meteorologist last summer after Gertz retired from a 25-year career. Ed Wilson [...]
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Posted May 04, 2022in Lunch With...
Posted March 02, 2022in Lunch With...
Troy and Cody Trostel at La Familia
Troy and Cody Trostel are the sons of my late friend Paul Trostel, who owned nine trendsetting central Iowa restaurants. Troy is currently the head chef at David’s Milwaukee Grill [...]
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Posted February 02, 2022in Lunch With...
Dr. Claudia Addy at Manhattan Deli
Dr. Claudia Addy is a podiatrist who has also worked at the Great Ape Trust and run for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the Iowa House. Currently she works for [...]
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Posted January 05, 2022in Lunch With...
Chrissy Johnson and ‘Mama’ Helen Frizzell
Mike Whalen, a developer, restaurateur and pundit, once spoke to the Iowa Restaurant Association suggesting that a restaurant, as well as any institution, personifies our collective humanity. That was a [...]
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Posted December 01, 2021in Lunch With...
Steve Little
Former owner of Johnny’s Vets Club, Winston’s and Chef’s Kitchen chose to meet at Cosi Cucina. Chef Steve Little owned Johnny’s Vets Club, Winston’s and Chef’s Kitchen. He sold the [...]
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Posted November 03, 2021in Lunch With...
Tony Lemmo at Breakfast Club
Restauranteur talks about COVID, family, creative geniuses and a dream house. Tony Lemmo owns Aposto at Café di Scala and is a partner in Gusto, Juniper Moon, El Guapo, Breakfast [...]
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Posted October 06, 2021in Lunch With...
Jeff Chelesvig at Royal Mile
Des Moines Performing Arts president and CEO shares thoughts about his personal background, travel, and COVID impacts to the industry. Jeff Chelesvig is the president and CEO of Des Moines [...]
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Posted September 01, 2021in Lunch With...
Nick Kuhn at The Hall
Unique business plan links a profitable business with a nonprofit. Nick Kuhn is owner of The Hall and founder of The Justice League for Food. The Hall has come out [...]
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Posted August 04, 2021in Lunch With...
Lunch with… Steve Vasquez at Maccabee’s Deli
Blues, glatt and life lessons Steve Vasquez is a corporate chef for Hy-Vee and prominent member of the Iowa Blues Society. We asked him to lunch recently, and he chose [...]
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Posted June 30, 2021in Lunch With...
Susan Watts at St. Kilda Collective
Owner of Olson-Larsen adds new gallery to keep young artists in the area. Susan Watts recently passed her personal 10th anniversary as owner of Olson-Larsen Galleries, which was the galleries’ [...]
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