Neighborhood: North Omaha

  • Review: Mangia Italiana perfects “flyover pizza”

    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…

  • Ten New Year’s Eve takeout options to ring in 2021

    Ten New Year’s Eve takeout options to ring in 2021

    How I miss sitting in a basement bar with a cocktail and my friends, or sitting snugly at a back table at La Buvette over beef bourguignon, or in a semicircular booth with friends at V. Mertz in the Old Market passageway. Among the many things 2020 took from me is the chance to ring…

  • 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…

  • Big Mama’s Kitchen is the first restaurant to open in the new 75 North food hall

    Big Mama’s Kitchen is the first restaurant to open in the new 75 North food hall

    North Omaha is getting its own food hall of sorts in the new 75 North Project at 30th and Parker Streets, whose first tenant – Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering – opened its doors Tuesday.  Two more restaurants are slated to open in the space this spring: Pico, a street taco restaurant, and the Highlander Bar…

  • Modern Love adds brunch, North Omaha loses Skeet’s and Enzo’s

    Modern Love adds brunch, North Omaha loses Skeet’s and Enzo’s

    — Modern Love plans to add a regular brunch service to its menu, starting Sunday. The service will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the new menu is online now. Highlights: a full English-style breakfast, a portobello ranch steak salad and Nutella French toast, among many other tasty dishes.  — Skeet’s, a North Omaha…