Valentine’s Day and You As a long time restaurateur, I coined all major holidays as “amateur night” in my restaurants. The reason is — for the most part — guests who dine out on these “hallmark-driven” holidays are stumbling their way through the evening anyway. What makes matters worse is they are the type of […]
Articles by John-Horvatinovich
Le Food, Le Wine
Hy-Vee Food & Wine Experience Enjoy a day of sampling wine, specialty foods and cheeses from over 75 booths and food specialists presenting live cooking demonstrations. You can buy your tickets at your Hy-Vee Customer Service for $35 and all proceeds from this event will be donated to local charities. You can also win a […]
Crumbs 1/25
Dunkin’ Donuts Announces New Restaurants in Omaha, Nebraska and Sioux City, Iowa Dunkin’ Donuts, announced the signing of a multi-unit store development agreement with existing franchisees, Savoureux Corporation, for 12 new restaurants in North Omaha, Nebraska and Sioux City, Iowa with the first restaurant planned to open in 2013. Savoureux Corporation, led by former University […]
New Beginnings for 2012
NYCG is Now Block 16 In our article covering the 5th Annual Comfort Food Classic, co-owners Jessica Joyce and Paul Urban announced an upcoming name change to their restaurant. Here at Dish Omaha we call it delicious, but officially, New York Chicken & Gyro’s is now Block 16. “The name Block 16 is a play […]
Stop the Corporate Insanity
Omaha, Corporate Sellouts? Congratulations Omaha, we are almost the biggest restaurant sellouts in the nation. We hold 9 of the 10 consumer picks for top restaurant chains in our area. The National Restaurant News Consumer Picks special report, rates top restaurant chains in the limited-service and full-service segments based on customer preferences. As the largest […]
Eggs-tended
Restaurant Neighbor Award Deadline Extended Each year, the National Restaurant Association and American Express awards $5,000 each to four restaurants — one small business, one mid-size business, one large business/national chain and one Humanitarian of the year — through its Restaurant Neighbor Award, an awards program that recognizes outstanding community service efforts among our nation’s […]
New is the “New” Thing
New Food Show on Lincoln’s KZUM 89.3 FM “The Kitchen” will airs on Saturdays, noon – 1 p.m. on KZUM, 89.3 FM in Lincoln and can be streamed online at http://kzum.org. According to host, Ted Pool the show looks to share the passion of cooking as well as educate and inform people that they don’t […]
Chef Chat
Television networks still have a long way to go when it comes to developing great food programming in my mind, but I applaud them with a light 2-finger golf clap. If your favorite food shows include phrases like “y’all” or “E.V.O.O.” then don’t bother reading the rest of this article. It is easy to be […]
Crumbs 12-15-11
Pana 88 Coming to Midtown Crossing A fast-casual Pan-Asian eatery, is set to join Midtown Crossing’s restaurants in spring 2012 called Pana 88. Located at 3201 Farnam St., Pana 88 will offer a wide variety of hot Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian dishes. Owner Charlie Yin, whose family also owns Hiro Sushi in west Omaha […]
Crumbs 12-8-12
Lucky Bucket Diaper Dandy Bring those diapers to us. We are trying to fill up our beer truck to deliver diapers for Lydia’s House. We’ll take collections through the 17th of December. Dropping off a package of diapers at the brewery will get you in for a free tour and tasting during our tour hours. […]
