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Burger Review: Fizzy’s diner burger should be on your brunch list
I am of two minds when it comes to brunch. On the one hand, I love a traditional breakfast spread: two eggs, poached; toast; bacon and some type of crispy potato. On the other? A burger all the way. Fizzy’s, a newer upscale diner spot in Little Bohemia, has flown a bit under the radar…
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Burger Review: In Lieu of a Reuben, I tried the Crescent Moon’s house smash burger
Omaha Burger Bracket season is one of the only times of year — and one of the only reasons — I would forego one of my favorite Reubens in Omaha. But in the name of burger research, I ordered the house double smash burger topped with two slices of melted cheddar. As I said, I’d…
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Help us choose 64 burgers for the Omaha Burger Bracket
Welcome back to bracket season! My team has been scheming this year’s Omaha Burger Bracket for a whole year — basically since the day the Omaha Pizza Bracket of 2021 closed — and this time, we’re letting you in on the action before the voting begins. We want to make sure we’re not missing an…
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Omaha’s essential 38 restaurants are live on Eater.com
It would be accurate to say I’ve been thinking about Omaha’s 38 essential restaurants for a decade. I finally got the opportunity to make it real: My list is live right now on Eater.com. What an honor to have been asked. Many ask how one puts together such a list, and let me tell you,…
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My top five pizza spots in Omaha (that got eliminated from the pizza bracket way too soon.)
Many, many people have strong, bold opinions about the first ever Omaha Pizza Bracket, which racked up more than 110,000 votes over the course of March Madness and closed earlier this week with its first ever winner, Mangia Italiana. In the hopes to continue the conversation — to debrief after the bracket, as one friend…
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Review: Mangia Italiana perfects “flyover pizza”
There’s a certain kind of pizza this town loves. I’ve described it before, but here it is again: medium-thick, pillowy crust with a crisp-chewy edge. A heavy hand of red sauce. Plenty of meat, usually including beef (this is the Beef State, after all.) A thick spread of melted cheese. Vegetables? Nah. I’ve called it…
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Review: Timber Wood Fired pizza nails chewy, crispy, fermented crust
There is a certain kind of pizza crust that I just love. It’s chewy but crispy, stretchy in the best way, sometimes with a distinctly fermented flavor. The edges are flecked with burnt spots and air bubbles, and the thin center is often topped lightly, because it’s delicate. Airy. Timber Wood Fire Grill’s pizza crust…
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Interview: Severe, Benning and SBH on the Omaha Pizza Bracket
For your listening pleasure, here’s the clip from my interview this morning with Mike’l and Damon on 1620 the Zone, where we break down the pizza bracket, Omaha pizza joints and more. I’m on every other Thursday at 8 a.m. Tune in! And, of course, don’t forget to vote. The first round closes today at…
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Review: At Copp’s Pizza, the Internet’s opinion, for once, proves correct
If Facebook is any indication, I might be the last pizza-lovin’ Omahan to try Copp’s Pizza. After I did finally try it, last week, I can see why it has taken social media by storm. It’s familiar. It’s comfortable. It’s the kind of pizza we have all devoured hundreds of times in our lives, but…a…
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2020 closed these five restaurants. We will miss them in 2021.
It’s been a long year for restaurants, chefs, owners and the service industry workers who have fought through the 2020 pandemic. It’s been a long year for diners, too, trying to support the restaurants and bars we care about most to make sure they stay open. Business owners pivoted once in the spring, and then…