• Hot patio review: Plank Seafood + Provisions

    Hot patio review: Plank Seafood + Provisions

    Let me be the first to say it: Most Omaha restaurants have closed their hot patios for the season. It’s been an especially challenging few weeks for us being cooped up in our home (“Join the club,” you might be saying right about now.) That’s why it was such a pleasant surprise, such a heart…

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    This week's SBH newsletter: Ever wonder how Block 16 adds new menu items? I did. So I asked. Plus, a recap of all my 2020 favorites. ⠀⠀Find it all at the link in my profile, and if you haven't subscribed, you can do that there, too.

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    I reopened my kombucha factory after a long hiatus and wow, things are fizzy!First time trying d’Anjou pear infused jun tea.

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    I had no intention of recapping the best of 2020. But a conversation with a chef and taking the time to actually look back at the past year led me to a revelation: Even though 2020 stunk, a lot of the food I ate sure didn't. ⠀⠀In no particular order, here's all the best food,…

  • Best of 2020: Crap year, great food

    Best of 2020: Crap year, great food

    I had no plans to recap the best food I ate in 2020. Then I saw a Facebook post written by chef David Utterback, where he featured my best of 2018 list which I wrote when I was still at the World-Herald. I sent Dave a text, and we chatted. He made a good point:…

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    Some days you have a craving. That craving for me today was a @lacasapizzaria #meatcarpet. So dang happy. Don’t @ me.

  • 2020 closed these five restaurants. We will miss them in 2021.

    2020 closed these five restaurants. We will miss them in 2021.

    It’s been a long year for restaurants, chefs, owners and the service industry workers who have fought through the 2020 pandemic. It’s been a long year for diners, too, trying to support the restaurants and bars we care about most to make sure they stay open. Business owners pivoted once in the spring, and then…

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    Today on the blog: Ten Omaha spots serving take-and-make dinners for New Year's Eve, many with wine and Champagne, so we can all safely ring in 2021. (And yes, there is champagne on tap, just in a growler this year.)Photos are of New Years Eve 2019 at @bouillonomaha. I got nostalgic thinking back this morning,…

  • Ten New Year’s Eve takeout options to ring in 2021

    Ten New Year’s Eve takeout options to ring in 2021

    How I miss sitting in a basement bar with a cocktail and my friends, or sitting snugly at a back table at La Buvette over beef bourguignon, or in a semicircular booth with friends at V. Mertz in the Old Market passageway. Among the many things 2020 took from me is the chance to ring…

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    Got my dad Bloody Mary’s from @krugpark for Christmas and clearly took the opportunity to get a kit for us too. Support our local bars and restaurants and get yourself a kit online.