08-02-2025
Mayor Boesen, Billy Weathers share their favorite underrated dishes
We asked some of Des Moines' movers and shakers for their current favorite underrated dish around town.
🍕 Mayor Connie Boesen: " I have a special place in my heart for classic Italian from Chuck's Pizza. Chuck's has that old Des Moines charm that makes me feel at home every time I open the door."
😋 Morgan Chicchelly of Des Moines Girl: "The crispy rice wraps from Lucky Lotus. I can never get enough of those."
🥘 Billy Weathers, a local hip-hop artist and owner of The Contrary: "Spices of Nepal is probably my guilty pleasure. I love that place. When I go there and get their butter chicken, it's religious for me."
🍜 Paul Rottenberg of Orchestrate: "I have been eating a fair amount of Vietnamese lately — I've been eating vermicelli bowls all over the place. So that's been my item of the winter."
