Rick Tollakson at Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Rick Tollakson is the most recent inductee of the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. He has been president and CEO of Hubbell Realty since 2004, a golden age for that [...]
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Posted May 03, 2023in Lunch With...
Posted April 05, 2023in Lunch With...
Connie Wimer at Bubba
Connie Wimer has racked up a lifetime of “firsts.” She was the first female owner of a title company in Iowa, the first owner of a computerized title company anywhere, [...]
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Posted March 01, 2023in Lunch With...
Mike Wedeking at Wasabi Chi
Mike Wedeking is Mister Barbecue. After 20 years at Flying Mango, purveyor of the best vibes of any restaurant in Des Moines, he is trying to retire. We asked him [...]
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Posted February 01, 2023in Lunch With...
Leo Landis
Leo Landis is the curator for the State Historical Museum of Iowa after similar jobs at Oldfields-(Eli) Lilly House and Gardens in Indianapolis; Greenfield Villages (Henry Ford Museum of American [...]
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Posted January 04, 2023in Lunch With...
Mariela Maya at Panka
Mariela Maya is a Peruvian-born restaurateur who opened her dream bistro just before the pandemic and somehow managed to keep it alive by sheer determination, personal will and the help [...]
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Posted November 30, 2022in Lunch With...
Inventor Amy Vohs
Amy Vohs is an inventor of mostly baby products. She has sold more than 1.1 million at Walmart, Buy, Buy Baby and Amazon, plus in boutiques and on her website. [...]
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Posted November 02, 2022in Lunch With...
Elvin McDonald at Allora
Elvin McDonald is the grand gentleman of Des Moines style and taste. As a longtime editor of Better Homes & Gardens, as director of the Des Moines Botanical Gardens, as [...]
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Posted October 05, 2022in Lunch With...
Paul Willis at Zanzibar
Paul Willis is a Cerro Gordo County pig farmer who has been as successful as anyone in the world for upgrading the taste of pork. He is farmer No. 1 [...]
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Posted August 31, 2022in Lunch With...
Bill Luchsinger and Karen Strohbeen at Zanzibar
Bill Luchsinger and Karen Strohbeen have probably sold more art than any other Iowa artists. They are equally well known for their TV show “The Perennial Gardener with Karen Strohbeen,” [...]
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Posted August 03, 2022in Lunch With...
Jerry Talerico
Jerry Talerico is the dean of local chefs. He was the first Iowan to attend the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). He grew up in his father’s legendary restaurant Vic’s [...]
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