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SBH’s Faves: My 5 Favorite Omaha Restaurants of 2024
Last week, I shared my first of two year-end food lists: a look back at the best restaurants I think have opened in the Omaha metro in the past five years. This week’s list is more personal. These are simply my Omaha favorites, the tried-and-true places I return to again and again. They’re the places…
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As food costs rise, locally owned restaurants — and the diners who support them — adjust to paying more
One day recently, Paul Urban, who co-owns Block 16, did some math. For the first time in a long time — maybe ever — he noticed business at the popular downtown Omaha lunch spot slowing down. At the same time, food prices were steadily rising. Together, it felt significant enough to investigate. “I sat down…
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The SBH Review: Clio is the hottest restaurant in Omaha. Can it handle the heat?
If you live in Omaha, use social media and have even a passing interest in food, you’ve most likely already seen photos of Clio, the latest in a series of new concepts opened by Flagship Restaurant Group in downtown Omaha. I wracked my brain for recent times that a restaurant has exploded in the style…
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The SBH Review: Paris on Pacific Street? A new bakery in a west Omaha strip mall can take you there.
There are some restaurants that succeed because they use the tools of the trade – atmosphere or technique or the food itself – to transport a diner to a different place. Reis’ Bakery, for example, is a small storefront in a west Omaha strip mall. But it has the power to take you straight to…
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The SBH review: New west Omaha Mexican spot at its best when it sticks to bold cuisine
Handfuls of crispy edged pork arrive tucked neatly into doubled homemade corn tortillas, each warm and topped with soft sauteed onions, fresh cilantro and a verdant slice of avocado. Raw radishes and wedges of lime bring heat and acid, and a bright, spicy green salsa adds tang. This dish – tacos al pastor — is…
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A Steak Star is Born: Italian breed showcased on Nebraska plates
Under the warm lights of the Casa Bovina dining room, a round of Certified Piedmontese rib cap glows red, like a rare jewel. A selection of house-cured charcuterie made from Nebraska-raised Mangalitsa pork is served artfully arranged on a slab of reclaimed wood. Beef Wellington — a dish chef Zach Midgett, who came to Lincoln…
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The 16 Best Restaurants in Omaha, Nebraska
From classic steakhouses to sushi, explore the top dining destinations.
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Burger Review: Is this Omaha’s fanciest hamburger? I think so.
I’ve eaten a lot of fancy hamburgers in my day (I did a whole Food Prowl back in the day on the topic of gourmet burgers, which you can read at this link and this link.) Way back in 2013, our team named the Grey Plume’s gourmet burger as our favorite, and I remember at…
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Burger Review: The Drover’s burger is the one you wish you could grill at home
I’ve tried a lot of burgers in Omaha (and a lot the past two weeks!) and I have to say that The Drover, one of the city’s iconic steak spots, has perfected the burger that every single one of us wishes were the result of our own home grill. It’s thick. It’s juicy. It’s cooked…
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Burger Review: Small touches make the Blatt Burger stand out
I have always enjoyed the sort of simple but upscale menu at Blatt (I especially like their kale Caesar with Indian spiced chicken, if I’m sharing favorites here.) But their trio of burgers — the Backyard burger, inspired by summer barbecues; the Border burger, topped with queso and crispy poblanos; and the one I tried…