Neighborhood: Near North Side

16th Street to 30th Street; Cuming Street to Locust Street.

  • Six patios I love, plus a recommendation on taking takeout outside

    Six patios I love, plus a recommendation on taking takeout outside

    The summer of 2020 has been the summer where I do exactly none of the things that I enjoy about summer, and that absolutely includes drinking wine on as many restaurant patios as possible. (It also includes the College World Series and the Maha Music Festival, but I probably shouldn’t get started down this path.)…

  • Celebrate Juneteenth by supporting a Black-owned business in Omaha or Lincoln

    Celebrate Juneteenth by supporting a Black-owned business in Omaha or Lincoln

    It’s Juneteenth, now recognized as a federal holiday in the United States. Want to learn more about what the holiday is about? Here’s a good primer. We encourage you to support these businesses, restaurants and otherwise, which create a varied and important part of our community. Editor’s note: The form to add a business is…

  • Takeout chronicles: Salween Thai

    Takeout chronicles: Salween Thai

    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 Salween Thai has been a pro at the Omaha takeout and delivery game…

  • New Mexican in Papillion, Alice brings craft drinks to West Omaha, Mouth of the South closes

    This week: Lots more openings on my radar this week and fewer closings.  I’m sure many of you know by now that Mouth of the South closed its location near 72nd and Ames Avenue. I exchanged a few messages with owner Ryan Ernst, who said yes, he does have plans to reopen. But right now, he’s just…