Business: Avoli Osteria

  • The 38 Essential Omaha Restaurants – 2024 Edition

    The 38 Essential Omaha Restaurants – 2024 Edition

    An omakase and yakitori from the city’s first James Beard finalist, prime rib at a century-old steakhouse, the purported inventor of the Reuben sandwich, and more of Omaha’s best meals.

  • The 38 Best Restaurants in Omaha — 2023 edition

    The 38 Best Restaurants in Omaha — 2023 edition

    An omakase and yakitori from the city’s first James Beard finalist, prime rib at a century-old steakhouse, the purported inventor of the Reuben sandwich, and more of Omaha’s best meals

  • The 16 Best Restaurants in Omaha, Nebraska

    The 16 Best Restaurants in Omaha, Nebraska

    From classic steakhouses to sushi, explore the top dining destinations.

  • On the Edge of Essential: Six more spots worth checking out

    On the Edge of Essential: Six more spots worth checking out

    There’s been no shortage of suggestions as to the spots I may have left off my list of 38 Essential Omaha restaurants. To that end, I decided to share six that made my first working list, but didn’t make the final cut. But that doesn’t mean I like them any less — or that they’re…

  • A list of SBH-approved Omaha-area spots offering Thanksgiving takeout

    A list of SBH-approved Omaha-area spots offering Thanksgiving takeout

    Thanksgiving — the quintessential American food holiday — is going to look very different this year. Many of us (myself included) will miss seeing family and friends. Some of us might be eating alone, or with family over Zoom, and might not feel like cooking at all. That’s where this list comes in. Restaurants have…

  • For chef Dario Schicke, necessity is the mother of invention (and patios)

    For chef Dario Schicke, necessity is the mother of invention (and patios)

    If there’s an Omaha chef who isn’t going to let something like a little old global pandemic close his restaurant, that chef is probably Dario Schicke.  His namesake restaurant — Dario’s Brasserie — has been a fixture in Dundee for 14 years. Avoli Osteria, his homey Italian spot, for seven.  This spring, when we all…

  • Block 16’s Burger Fight III is about more than who won the contest

    Block 16’s Burger Fight III is about more than who won the contest

    How many talented chefs can Block 16 get in one room? Last Sunday, it was three (not counting the restaurant’s owners and many guests) in Le Bouillon’s Paul Kulik; Dario Schicke, of Dario’s Brasserie and Avoli Osteria; and Nick Strawhecker of Dante and Forno, who competed against one another at the restaurant’s third Burger Fight,…