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Hot Patio Review: The Boiler Room’s patio is simply sublime
There’s been no shortage of moments in 2020 where I have looked around my life and wondered where “normal” went. Last Friday was a moment as close to “normal” as we’ve seen in many months. Last Friday we found ourselves among the lucky handful of diners who scored a seat on the patio — newly…
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Matthew Hansen: On the joys of dining outside in a pandemic summer
Sarah and I haven’t wined and dined inside a restaurant or bar since COVID rudely interrupted life’s regularly scheduled programming in March. Five months feels like five decades. We miss cozying up to our favorite back table at Dante and splitting the Cortona pizza and the Bolognese. We miss sidling up to the sushi bar…
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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.)…
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Takeout chronicles: M’s Pub
Sometimes you’re simply hungry for the familiar. When I saw M’s Pub had reopened its doors for takeout — they have since reopened the dining room at half-capacity — I immediately made a mental list of what I wanted to order. It’s a shortlist of my favorites: crab cakes (which I once called the best…
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Here’s how the 2020 Omaha farmers markets will work
The Omaha Farmers Market will kick off June 6 and 7 with many new guidelines. Here’s the rundown. You can also download a full list of the changes here. Old Market location and hours On Saturdays, the market will take place from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., but will move into the top level of…
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I’m not ready to return to restaurants
I miss eating out. Restaurants have shaped the last decade of my life. Food continues to be a central focus of my work. Dinner at an Omaha restaurant is my job, my pleasure, a huge chunk of my identity, as big a part of my daily ritual as brushing my teeth, getting dressed and reading…
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The 2020 Omaha farmers market is still on
The Omaha farmers market will happen in 2020. The market announced yesterday on its Facebook page that it plans to open later than normal this year, in the first week of June, with some changes. The Market will continue to operate on Saturdays in the Old Market and Sundays in Aksarben Village, and the post…
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Takeout chronicles: Le Bouillon
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 Le Bouillon did a wonderful job revamping its website to make ordering delivery…
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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,…
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The new midtown food hall has a name, the end of the road for Ahmad’s (for now) and downtown has a new Green Room
→ There’s a new cocktail spot on 16th Street. The Green Room, at 306 S. 16th St., specializes in “upscale cocktails at dive bar prices.” It’s on the first floor of the Farnam 1600 building on the southeast corner. → The Switch, the new food hall coming to the Blackstone District, announced its official name…
Neighborhood: Old Market Historic District
10th Street to 13th Street; Jackson Street to Farnam Street.