Center Stage - View this location on map 'Opened in 2002, the 'Italian urban' restaurant Centro (515-248-1780) quickly became the hangout of various celebrities during the run-up to the 2004 Iowa presidential caucuses. A symbol of a re-energized downtown, it's inside a once-faded 1913 Masonic Temple recently transformed into the Temple for Performing Arts, which includes a theater and a grand reception hall. Centro serves thin-crust brick-oven pizza ($10 to $18) and dishes inspired by Little Italy in New York ($12.95 to $32.95) in a bustling dining room overlooking a busy streetscape.'' New York Times 1003 Locust Street, Des Moines, IA Restaurant, Cultural

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