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Choices, Choices - |
Indulge in your own culinary creations at Midtown Crossing’s Ingredient
By Steve Brewer
Do you find restaurant menus limiting? Are you the decisive type who craves multiple flavors and maximum choices? Get yourself to Ingredient.
Ingredient opened in Midtown Crossing in June. Its name comes from the elaborate list of ingredients available to accompany its entrees, and those options make it different from the other “fast casual” chains that have opened locally in recent years. |
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After a couple delays, Délice European Bakery & Café is officially reopening at Midtown Crossing Sept. 2. New owners, John and Karen Tollinger, moved the café/bakery known for its pastries and cakes to Midtown after it closed in the Old Market a year ago. Pastry chef Heidi Schlicht and some staff are returning as well as the much-loved tortes and quiches. The bakery has maintained some outdoor seating at 32nd and Farnam. Visit deliceeuropeanbakery.com or call 505.9500 for more information. |
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Libation Education - |
Meet Nebraska’s only two Certified Wine Educators
By Lainey Seyler
You could say wine brought together Jamie Neiman Yudelson and husband Rob Yudelson, but really, it was work. Both were employed by what is now Republic National Distributing Co., for whom they sold wine and spirits to area grocers and liquor stores. |
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Spirit World, at 75th and Pacific, will host a farmers market-themed wine dinner Thursday, Sept. 9. The four-course menu includes heirloom tomato salad on grilled bruschetta, grilled shrimp with melon and pineapple salsa, grilled steak and peaches, and panna cotta for dessert. The cost is $55 per person and includes wine pairings. Space is limited. For more information or to sign up, call 391.8680 and ask for Laura. |
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Asian Adventure - |
Vietnamese Asian Restaurant offers pan-Asian cuisine
By Lainey Seyler
A good way to judge the authenticity of an ethnic restaurant is to note its atmosphere. Strip malls, good. Stand-alone buildings on busy corners, bad. Plastic tablecloths, good. Linen table cloths, bad. TVs playing news or music videos in other languages, good. Tranquil new age on a satellite radio station, bad. |
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Crane Coffee Café & Bar has finally opened inside the Paxton at 14th and Farnam. The new restaurant one-ups its coffee/bakery sister locations by offering a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, including pancakes, steel-cut oats, soups, salads, sandwiches, steak and chicken pot pie. Frankly, the menu looks impressive, and I’m a little bit hungry. All this isn’t taking into account the gelato from Dundee’s eCreamery and a Sunday-morning Bloody Mary bar — swoon. Visit cranecoffeeomaha.com for more information. |
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Lofty Tastes - |
Loft 610 is fancy fare that needn’t break the bank
By Phil Jarrett
There are many ways to spend $50 in one evening — book half an hour of Ashiatsu massage, see a favorite band in concert or buy a tank of gas to take an impromptu road trip on a warm summer night. One could also spend an hour and three courses at Loft 610 in Midtown Crossing, which is basically like doing all of the above at once but on one’s taste buds.
Tucked beneath the southeast corner of the still sparkling-new apartments in Midtown Crossing, Loft 610 occupies the coveted real estate overlooking Turner Park. Metal chairs and tables line the elevated patio overlooking the park, a perfect vantage point for Jazz on the Green. |
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Matthew Stamp, former sommelier at V. Mertz, is on a quest to become a Master Sommelier, a prestigious title earned after years of experience and excruciating examinations. In the process, Stamp moved from Omaha to Yountville, Calif., to work the wine at American chef legend Thomas Keller’s French Laundry. Keller’s restaurant, located in California wine country, is arguably one of the best restaurants in the country.
Additionally, Stamp participated in the first U.S. Sommelier Championship Aug. 1, and came out the overall winner. This bodes well for the Omaha native who hopes to take the final exam in the Master Sommelier certification process this winter.
— Lainey Seyler |
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Coming to the Table - |
Scenes from Waukee, Iowa’s Outstanding In The Field event
by Lainey Seyler
People come to the table for a number of reasons. To live, we must eat, so Americans find themselves stalling three times a day to break bread. As a single person with a busy life, I often eat alone. Cereal with orange juice and coffee for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, a mid-afternoon snack perhaps, and a meat-filled salad or quick poached egg for dinner. I imagine this is a regular routine even for active families who are often on the run all day. But even I, single and independent, make the effort to be with others for a shared meal.
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*Délice European Bakery is slated to reopen Aug. 19 at Midtown Crossing under new ownership. John Tollinger bought the bakery/café from its previous owners after the Old Market location closed. He has much of the same kitchen staff and plans to keep tried-and-true Délice classics, adding just a few meatier sandwiches to the menu. |
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Mango A-Go-Go - |
Red Mango opens first local shop, offers healthful treats
By Jesse D. Stanek
In this age of expanding waistlines, over-processed foods and disgustingly calorie-laden desserts, Red Mango brings its bountiful menu of fresh fruit, non-fat gluten-free frozen yogurt, parfaits and smoothies to the Metro area. It plans four stores in Omaha and one in Lincoln.
The first Omaha location is at The Shops of Legacy. Other locations are planned for One Pacific Place, near the North Downtown stadium and on O Street in Lincoln. Regional Franchise Owner Brett Cain says the chain will have one additional Omaha store with a yet-to-be determined location. Cain will also open shops in Johnson County and Lawrence County, Kan. The Millard North graduate got the idea to bring Red Mango to the region while traveling with his wife.
“My wife and I were celebrating our 20th Anniversary in Hawaii and we went to a Red Mango and really liked it,” Cain said in a recent phone interview. “The flavor was awesome and we also really liked the feel of the store. I had a legal tech business that I sold last year to Mutual of Omaha and was trying to decide what to do next when my wife said, ‘Why don’t you check out Red Mango?’ I looked online and did some research and then we both flew down to Dallas and met with some people. We really liked what they had to say and we decided to bring it to the Midwest.” |
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You could call “crop mobs” a modern day barn-raising. Brian Smith of Bennington’s Black Sheep Farms is inviting one and all to a crop mob at his family farm, Saturday, July 31, 8 a.m. to noon, to help the Smiths reclaim their acre-plus from weeds.
“We had 14 days of rain in June and quite a few in July, and we have to wait a few days for the ground to drain before we can weed or plant,” Smith said. “We did the Omaha farm tour in May and lots of people came out, but this is a different way to get involved.”
Smith said Black Sheep gets bombarded with people interested in seeing the farm and helping out, so here’s a way for interested parties to dig in (literally). Visit blacksheepfarms.com and RSVP by emailing Smith at farm@blacksheepfarms.com. |
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Keeping Up With The Joneses - |
Café and cupcakes score at Aksarben Village
by Steve Brewer
Bill Jones is no absentee owner. During a 45-minute lunch at Jones Brothers Cupcakes, my wife and I saw the restaurant’s namesake operator at least five times.
He served smoothie samples to customers waiting to order. He gave advice to a cook behind the front counter. He chatted with every table. He inquired about my sandwich then returned to ask if I had any feedback. (No, he didn’t know I was doing a review.)
This attention to detail seems to be paying off, because Jones’ restaurant in Aksarben Village is a good choice for lunch and desserts anytime. |
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* How did Petrow’s Belgian Waffles with black walnut ice cream and maple syrup snag Nebraska’s entry on Food Network’s “50 States, 50 Breakfasts” list, a gastronomical trek across America that features some of the best ways to start the day?
“I was contacted by the Food Network out of the blue a couple months ago and they asked if I could get them a photo of our Belgian Waffle with black walnut ice cream,” said Nick Petrow, who with his wife, Shelly, owns the legendary spot near 60th and Center; Nebraska’s oldest continuously operating family-owned restaurant.
“The funny thing is that we’ve run that maybe a dozen times as a special. It’s not even on the menu,” Petrow said, adding that the dish would now join the regular menu. |
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Lucky 88 - |
Hiro gets lucky with downtown expansion
by Lainey Seyler
My dad has a few clichés up his sleeve. “He who hesitates is lost” came out when I learned to drive. But my favorite is “You make your own luck” — commonly used as a pre-game morale booster. But Hiro and Hiro 88 owner Milton Yin isn’t taking any chances with lady luck. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese, so adding 88 to his original restaurant’s name is double the good fortune.
Yin took the chance (lucky or no) to expand his sushi/pan-Asian expertise to a new location in the Old Market. Hiro 88 opened May 26 in the jLofts complex at 13th and Jackson. Over the years Hiro, at 120th and Maple, attracted quite a following of sushi lovers for its creative and finely executed rolls. |
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Beer and wine are now available for movie-goers at Films Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater, 13th and Mike Fahey. In addition to popcorn, soda and other snacks, the snack bar is selling some local brews from Lucky Bucket out of La Vista and Empyrean out of Lincoln, pinot noir and viognier, Blue Moon and Miller Light.
— Lainey Seyler
Venue Restaurant in Lincoln will host a beer-based dinner Wednesday, July 21. For $40, diners will be treated to a five-course meal paired with beers from Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing. |
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Ingredient, one of several new restaurants taking space in the Midtown Crossing development, opened its doors last week. The restaurant out of Lawrence, Kan., will please lunch crowds with pizzas, sandwiches and salads made with fresh ingredients and served on the quick. The location at 33rd and Farnam marks the enterprise's sixth location and its second outside the Kansas City metro area. Ingredient is open for breakfast lunch and dinner, dine-in and carryout, and its patio is set to open in the coming weeks. For more information, visit ingredientrestaurant.com or call 715.4444. |
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Prost! - |
Cheers to Bellevue’s
Zum Biergarten
by Lainey Seyler
I dragged my Austrian friend Simon Schoepf to Bellevue to test the authenticity of Zum Biergarten — a German restaurant co-owned by Otto Helbig — and to satisfy his craving for schnitzel. |
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Eric Stamp, general manager and sommelier at V. Mertz, passed on to the next round toward certification as a Master Sommelier. He passed the advanced sommelier examination and is now a candidate to join the 170 elite masters of fine wine. Candidates for the Master Sommelier diploma go through years of rigorous testing; Stamp is one meticulous exam away from the court of MS. V. Mertz will be celebrating his achievement by offering wine by the bottle at steeply discounted rates this fall. Keep on the lookout. Visit vmertz.com or call 345.8980. |
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Tropical Tastes - |
Tropics boasts amazing burger bar, drink menu
by Camille Kelly
Three trips to Tropics have given me three different experiences, from pretty mediocre to “Hey, pretty fun place” to “I’ll be back soon” outstanding. But not exactly in that order.
That first visit was for a birthday party on a Saturday night. Getting there was half the battle; you have to be traveling northbound on 168th Street to get into the strip. |
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