Lucca ★ 4.4
East Village Italian with handmade pastas at lunch and a weekly-rotating four-course prix-fixe at dinner for $60. Refined without being precious.
HoQ is a new american fine-dining restaurant in East Village, Des Moines.
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Address: 303 E 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
East Village Italian with handmade pastas at lunch and a weekly-rotating four-course prix-fixe at dinner for $60. Refined without being precious.
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East Village Italian with handmade pastas at lunch and a weekly-rotating four-course prix-fixe at dinner for $60. Refined without being precious.
The city's most talked-about recent fine-dining arrival, serving crudo, agnolotti, beef cheek and precisely constructed burgers in an intentional,