Business: Block 16

  • Takeout chronicles: Block 16

    Takeout chronicles: Block 16

    Editor’s note: Welcome to our new series. We can’t dine out right now, but we can order in. I’ll share my chronicles of getting to-go meals, curbside takeout or delivery from various Omaha restaurants a few times a week. How to order Call 402-342-1220, or message the restaurant on Facebook to place an order for…

  • 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,…

  • Instagram: Jan. 14

    Instagram: Jan. 14

    Today on the blog: @block16.jessnpaul made my dream burger. Read more at the link in my profile on my new website!

  • When Block 16 makes your dream burger

    When Block 16 makes your dream burger

    This week has been pretty cool. My new website launched Thursday – you’re here, so you know – and on Friday my friends Paul and Jessica Urban made me the lunch special of my dreams. Seriously. The backstory: I asked the Urbans to come up with something spectacular, as they do daily, to help me announce…

  • TBH, these are my favorites of 2019

    TBH, these are my favorites of 2019

    I’m doing the annual year-end wrap up a bit differently this year. Instead of focusing on just what I wrote about in 2019 I’m instead focusing on the entire city. (Side note: Click here to see a couple hundred stories I wrote before I left the Omaha World-Herald in 2019.) I came up with fun…

  • Happy Thanksgiving Eve! (Yes, it’s a thing now.)
  • What I’ve been eating (cheese plates, basically)

    What I’ve been eating (cheese plates, basically)

    Here you see two examples of how I love to eat. How I would eat all the time if I had my way about it. In fact, I had a third cheese and meat plate Monday night, at La Buvette, and just didn’t take a photo of it. If you get the chance, check out…

  • Instagram: Nov. 21

    Instagram: Nov. 21

    In this week’s SBH newsletter it’s all about our new NYC favorites, including this incredible and unusual Thai dish, plus Matthew’s favorite cocktail spots (for now.) Oh! And there’s a cool event you should know about from @howardstreetwine and @block16.jessnpaul this weekend. I’ll be there and so should you. Read at the link in my…