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The new Blackstone food hall will open with precautions June 22
The Switch, the new food hall in the Blackstone District, is one of the more anticipated openings since the beginning of the pandemic. The hall, which will open June 22, has precautions in place to make dining in (or taking out) safe. General manager Miranda McQuillan said the hall and its large outdoor patio will…
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I’m doing what I can to help lift up Omaha’s black restaurant owners. Please share this to your story so we can get as many black Omaha entrepreneurs to get their business on this list. Then join me in eating at their restaurants. The link to the list and the form is in my profile…
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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…
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What’s your favorite Omaha patio?
I really miss patio season. This photo is of my favorite, La Buvette, which I miss a whole lot. When I do dine out in the future, I think it’ll be outside. To that end, I want to build a new list of my favorite patios, and I want your help. What’s your favorite? Send…
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Corona cocktail club with Matthew: Mercury’s Booze Cruiser is teaching us how to survive a pandemic
They bought a gently used Nissan. They stenciled their formidable bar’s name near each taillight and hand-painted a trippy celestial scene all over the faded black paint job. They gave their new rolling headquarters a name, emblazoned it on the driver-side and passenger-side doors in electric green: BOOZE CRUISER. And then they headed out, to…
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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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Takeout chronicles: J. Coco
To be honest, it’s been a while since we had a meal from J. Coco. I remembered why I liked it so much: our dinner arrived well-seasoned, nicely cooked and prettily plated even in a couple of takeout boxes. I have always really liked Chef Jennifer Coco’s burger, so we got one of those, plus…
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Our list of restaurants offering delivery, but not opening their dining rooms just yet
Editor’s note: Most of the restaurants on this list have reopened for business. Please contact the restaurant directly for further information. As promised, here’s our list of restaurants currently offering takeout, curbside pickup and delivery, but who have made the choice to not yet open their dining rooms.
