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There’s a weekends only pop-up restaurant inside Lincoln’s Marz Bar
Matthew and I headed down to Lincoln recently for a Nebraska basketball game; though the game was dire, the food situation wasn’t. We decided to skip our regular spots (read more about those here) in favor of something completely new, at least to us. Turns out there’s a weekends-only pop-up, the Webster Bistro, in the…
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We tried the drinks at Herbe Sainte’s new “mocktail Monday”
You all know by now that I’m about halfway through Dry January (January is the longest month ever, right?) Anyhow, a friend sent me the Facebook event about the new Mocktail Monday nights at Herbe Sainte in Aksarben, so we checked it out a couple days ago; this week was the first week for the…
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Instagram: Jan. 16
This week in my newsletter, we sampled all the new zero-proof drinks at Herbe Sainte (and there are some goodies.) Plus a fresh look at Umami, in Bellevue, and several noteworthy new openings coming to West Omaha. It’s all online at sarahbakerhansen.com and at the link in my profile.
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Review: Revisiting Bellevue’s Umami, which is still just great
I really need to get to Bellevue more. I already knew Keen Zheng’s Umami was great (and his story remains one of my favorites I’ve ever written.) If you don’t click through, here’s the short form: Keen worked at New York’s four-star restaurant Sushi Nakazawa, among other spots. But he didn’t want to open his…
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Pudgy’s Pizzeria announces it’s closing
One of the city’s only Chicago-style pizza spots announced it plans to close later this month. Pudgy’s Pizzeria, which is near 168th and Harrison Streets, will close Feb 22. The restaurant’s owner, Jeff Salakar, is in poor health, and can’t continue to run the restaurant. “The owner faces significant health issues that prevents him from…
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Instagram: Jan. 14
Today on the blog: @block16.jessnpaul made my dream burger. Read more at the link in my profile on my new website!
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When Block 16 makes your dream burger
This week has been pretty cool. My new website launched Thursday – you’re here, so you know – and on Friday my friends Paul and Jessica Urban made me the lunch special of my dreams. Seriously. The backstory: I asked the Urbans to come up with something spectacular, as they do daily, to help me announce…
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Instagram: Jan. 9
Today is the day! My new website is live! After many months of work and amazing help from my friends @hanscompark, my vision is a reality. You can find my favorites of 2019, Matthew’s annual cocktail list, food news and a new neighborhood search, all at the link in my profile.
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Listen to SBH on 1620 with Severe & Benning
I was lucky enough to spend some time with my friend Mike’l Severe and my new friend Damon Benning on 1620 the Zone Wednesday morning to talk about the new site, my top list of 2019, Valentine’s Day and poke bowls. Check out the clip below.