• What’s your favorite Omaha patio?

    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…

  • Corona cocktail club with Matthew: Mercury’s Booze Cruiser is teaching us how to survive a pandemic

    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…

  • Takeout chronicles: M’s Pub

    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…

  • Takeout chronicles: J. Coco

    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…

  • Our list of restaurants offering delivery, but not opening their dining rooms just yet

    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.

  • Instagram

    Instagram

    I’m still updating my list of what I’ve cooked during quarantine. I’ve got a super tasty new @mollybaz stir fry, an iced matcha latte using tea from @theteasmith and a cauliflower soufflé. It’s all at the link in my profile!

  • Instagram: May 7

    Instagram: May 7

    My newest Takeout Chronicle proves that even in tough times, our talented chefs persevere. Link in my profile now for all the details on the new pop-up from @mootz_ and @kano.omaha.

  • Here’s how the 2020 Omaha farmers markets will work

    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…

  • Takeout chronicles: Mootz Pizza

    Takeout chronicles: Mootz Pizza

    Take one look at the photos on the Mootz Pizza Instagram account and you’ll see why checking out this new concept was high on our list, pandemic be damned. Mootz comes from the Adkisson brothers: Collin, the brainchild behind the pizza; and Kane, who many of us know from the high-end Kano pop-up series he…

  • “Sushi in the time of Coronavirus”, an essay by chef David Utterback

    “Sushi in the time of Coronavirus”, an essay by chef David Utterback

    I am so thrilled to share chef David Utterback’s recent column for “Food Street,” a new regional food magazine, to my readers. I’ve gotten to know Dave during the past two years, and he is one of the restaurateurs in Omaha doing the most to push our food scene forward. He’s also a dynamic chef…