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The SBH Review: Clio is the hottest restaurant in Omaha. Can it handle the heat?
If you live in Omaha, use social media and have even a passing interest in food, you’ve most likely already seen photos of Clio, the latest in a series of new concepts opened by Flagship Restaurant Group in downtown Omaha. I wracked my brain for recent times that a restaurant has exploded in the style…
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The SBH Review: Paris on Pacific Street? A new bakery in a west Omaha strip mall can take you there.
There are some restaurants that succeed because they use the tools of the trade – atmosphere or technique or the food itself – to transport a diner to a different place. Reis’ Bakery, for example, is a small storefront in a west Omaha strip mall. But it has the power to take you straight to…
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The SBH review: New west Omaha Mexican spot at its best when it sticks to bold cuisine
Handfuls of crispy edged pork arrive tucked neatly into doubled homemade corn tortillas, each warm and topped with soft sauteed onions, fresh cilantro and a verdant slice of avocado. Raw radishes and wedges of lime bring heat and acid, and a bright, spicy green salsa adds tang. This dish – tacos al pastor — is…
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The SBH Review: Sushi and burgers? Memoir opens trendy new chapter for Omaha restaurant group
I’ve been thinking a lot about how a restaurant tells us who it is. Memoir, a new, super-hot downtown Omaha restaurant is dedicated to that exact task: telling a story. It’s the tale of Omaha-based Flagship Restaurant Group, an arbiter of cool in this city for two decades with spots like Blue Sushi Sake Grill,…
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The SBH Review: Let’s do it outdoors. Eat and drink, we mean.
An appreciation of patio season, with more than 30 recs on Omaha outdoor dining
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Sarah Baker Hansen’s eight favorite patios across Omaha
My personal faves tend to veer toward east Omaha, since I’m a longtime east Omaha resident. But I love patios across this fine city. Here are my picks.
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The SBH Review: An iconic Omaha restaurant, resurrected
There are a million different ways to start a restaurant review. This one begins with macaroni and cheese. In this case, a rather Omaha famous macaroni and cheese, a version of it I didn’t think I’d ever be eating again. The mac and cheese in question is served at Ooh De Lally, the new, nonprofit,…
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The SBH Review: Sand Point takes a tough order – seafood in Nebraska – and mostly pulls it off
When you live in the most landlocked state in the country, one of the rarest restaurants you see is the one focused on the upper northeast, where seafood – not beef – is king. Sand Point, which opened near 114th and Dodge in fall 2023, has taken a dive straight into the icy Atlantic and…
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The SBH Review: Dolomiti is the pizza Omaha didn’t know it needed
The crust on the pie at Dolomiti Pizzeria and Enoteca is craggy and crisp, with dark bubbles and burnt bits, its finish airy and chewy, its flavor deep. Here’s what might be the most unusual thing about it: the chef making it. “I don’t know pizza,” Dolomiti’s chef, Roberto Garcia, told me after my two…
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I’m joining the Flatwater Free Press
I am truly excited to share that my reviews will now be featured every other Thursday on Flatwater Free Press. They’ll also be featured in a new Flatwater Free Press weekly e-mail newsletter focused solely on Omaha, which you can sign up for here. Both the Nebraska focused and the Omaha focused newsletters, as well…