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Review: At Let it Fly, even the spouse of a sports lover can find something to appreciate
I have written about (and eaten at) a lot of sports bars in the decade I’ve been writing about restaurants, and I can tell you this with some confidence: Most don’t have very good food. Food often feels like an afterthought, a requirement, a third most important thing after Miller Lite and big televisions. Let…
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Review: At the family-owned and operated Mootz, pizza has a new home in Countryside
The first person you’re likely to see when you walk into the new brick-and-mortar location of Mootz Pizza, on the back edge of Countryside Village, is Brent Adkisson, Mootz pizza chef Collin Adkisson’s dad, working at the cash register. Look around and you’ll also probably spot Ruth Adkisson, his mother, prepping in the back of…
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Review: Find a little slice of Paris at West Omaha’s Grand Patisserie
Last weekend, we had a few friends over to celebrate the completion of some remodeling to our home, and I was in full party planning mode: Cheese plate. Baguettes. Cocktail shopping. Snacks galore. And something I don’t usually do was on the list this time, too: Grand Patisserie. I’d heard rumblings about a west Omaha…
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Review: Reliable Italian at Cibo Vino might be just the ticket for the corner of 11th and Jackson
It’s been a few years since I have been excited about eating on the corner of 11th and Jackson, one of those charming Old Market destinations that has the potential to draw diners like a moth to a flame. After two visits to Cibo Vino, the latest restaurant to take over the bay formerly occupied…
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Review: At Williamsburg Pizza, a slice of Brooklyn proves popular in Omaha
Here’s a fun fact: The Williamsburg Pizza in Omaha — the one that opened just two months ago — is now the single busiest location of the New York-based chain of pizza restaurants operating in Brooklyn, Manhattan and various other NYC boroughs. Yep. You read that right. “It is our busiest location in the whole…
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Review: At Coneflower, it’s not just homemade ingredients diners taste, it’s care
There’s a reason that the sun-ripened strawberry ice cream at Coneflower Creamery tastes so purely of sweet, ripe, red summer fruit. There’s also a reason that the tart cherry crumble, with its massive hunks of tender, sweet berries blended into a creamy vanilla base, has such perfect balance. It’s the ingredients that owners Katie Arant…
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Review: Notable hospitality and a singular curry make TO5 Bollywood Grill the spot for your next takeout order
When the “open” sign was off and all the blinds were closed at 6 p.m. on a Tuesday night when we pulled up in front of TO5 Bollywood Grill, I wondered if this review was going to happen at all. Lucky for you, I decided to go see if the door was unlocked. It was. …
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Review: At west Omaha’s W.D. Cravings, homemade pasta is king
I’ve had W.D. Cravings on my radar for some time now, and I’ve kept an eye on the small pasta shop in Northwest Omaha where co-owners Piero Cotrina and Wendy Delgado make homemade pasta, Italian specialties, breakfast sandwiches and coffee. Somehow I’d only made it out once, during the pandemic, when the drive-thru was the…
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Review: Lyle’s Pizzeria, new in Midtown, stands out with sourdough crust and comfortable atmosphere
Lyle’s is one of those neighborhood spots that dot the city of Omaha: No matter how long it’s been open, it feels like it’s always been there. The locally owned New York-style joint, which opened off 52nd and Leavenworth streets in April, has all the trappings of a comfortable, worn-in pizza joint, including a long…
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Review: At Mercer & Sons, the best ingredients push simple toward special
I’ll be honest here: I knew before I ever set foot inside Mercer & Sons Delicatessen, the new deli, takeout spot and high-end grocery store from the owners of La Buvette, in the Old Market, that I was going to like it. I did not realize just how much I was actually going to love…