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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.
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TBH, these are my favorites of 2019
I’m doing the annual year-end wrap up a bit differently this year. Instead of focusing on just what I wrote about in 2019 I’m instead focusing on the entire city. (Side note: Click here to see a couple hundred stories I wrote before I left the Omaha World-Herald in 2019.) I came up with fun…
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Old Man Drinker’s absolute best places to get a cocktail in 2019
Hello friends, citizens of the nearly one million person metropolitan area known as Omaha and treasured guests who found this on Google.com after panicking upon remembering they are gonna be with their lame co-workers on an Omaha business trip in 24 hours and have no idea where to drink. It’s Ol’ Man Drinker, risen from…
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Big Mama’s Kitchen is the first restaurant to open in the new 75 North food hall
North Omaha is getting its own food hall of sorts in the new 75 North Project at 30th and Parker Streets, whose first tenant – Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering – opened its doors Tuesday. Two more restaurants are slated to open in the space this spring: Pico, a street taco restaurant, and the Highlander Bar…