Where to eat in Omaha?

Someone wrote:
>
>David G. wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'll be in Omaha on business for 5 days next week and face the usual
>> traveler's dilemma - where to eat?
>>
>> I know there's got to be some great places to go. I avoid guide
books
>> and web sites as often they are just advertisements. Folks on the
>> newsgroups tend to be a lot more objective.
>>
>> I tend to stay away from very formal, very expensive places, and
don't
>> mind going to dives if the food is worth it.
>>
>> Any recommendations gratefully accepted!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David GoldsmithThere is a place off of L street and 108th called
valentino's.  It is a
>pizza buffet like you have never had.  The breadsticks alone could be
>a meal [snip]
If I hear one more person say this my head will explode! Breadsticks never can, never have been, and never WILL BE "a meal!" (except for infants' rusks perhaps, and then only for "teething" purposes. Grow up people(!) and learn what food, restaurants & eating out is all about. By the way, the most common Omaha response, Johnny's Cafe, is also a fairly good steakhouse, though I haven't been there for a few years. (Avoid the lamb chops and "Klingon" mint jelly, but the beef is pretty good.) (Sorry to tread on the Omaha theme with the breadstick peeve.) Mike

Go to the Old Market.
Park.
Walk around  the 2x2 block area and check out several restaurants. Some suggestions: M Cafe, French Cafe, Vivace, Bistro.... There are many more and I'm sure you'll see several that appeal to you.

Jerry

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Michael O. wrote:
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> You really ought to check the small town barbecues in the south.  For
> example, here in Commerce, TX (population about 8,000 souls) we have an
> excellent barbecue place called Buck's Butcher Block Barbecue.  Fine
> brisket and hot links are to be found there.  Also a sweet little
> checkout lady who says "Thankyewwww" when she takes your money and who
> might be worth the trip from England alone.  Buck's also makes some
> righteous beef jerky that'll keep you chewing for some time.  I guess it
> makes up for how tender he gets that brisket to be.  Though lots of
> people like his ribs, too, I think they need some improving.  But
> nobody's perfect.
>
> In Dallas, there are some fine establishments in spite of the size of the
> city.  Without Sonny Bryan's in big D as a guide, I might not understand
> how culturally important 'cue rightfully is.  But look out, the outfit got
> bought by business types (it IS Dallas, after all) who opened a second and
> a third store which I hear are not as good.  Leave it to the suits.  Gotta
> go to the one on Inwood to get the real stuff.  It's one of those places
> where they sell the sliced beef sandwiches till they run out for the day,
> and then they go home while the pit master does the next batch overnight.
> Customers sit on old school desks and stumps and stuff themselves with
> 'cue.  My inlaws used to use the drippings from Sonny Bryan's to season
> their beans.
>
> About 18 years ago I lived for a time up north in Omaha, NE where there
> are a number of fine masters of 'cue in the black community.
> Particularly wonderful are the ribs from a place called Skeets on 24th
> Street.  Fantastic smokey flavor and melt in the mouth tenderness.  His
> sauce is rich and complex with chilis and apple and sweet spices.  The
> hot sauce is about half that mild sauce and half Louisiana hot sauce.
> Fiery and fine!  (Who was it that first said "Okay, I'll tell you the
> secret to my sauce, but then I'll have to kill ya.")  As I recall,
> Skeet's is carry out only.
>
> I never lived in Kansas City, but I have eaten ribs at Arthur Bryant's
> original place there, back when the legend himself was still alive.  Food
> writer Calvin Trillin said that he felt towards the news that Arthur
> Bryant's was going to franchise the busines rather as he imagined a devout
> Muslim would feel upon hearing they were going to franchise the sacred
> shrine at Mecca.  It really is quite good, by the way.
>
> You might have seen the _Smokehouse Lightning_ thread on this list.  I
> would recommend checking that book as a source for some of the deserving
> (and undeserving) out of the way places.
>
> Finally, you really ought to do a couple of the real Barbecue cookoff
> competitions.  Some of the veteran competiters on this list might be able
> to turn you on to a schedule of upcoming events.
>
> Good luck on your project.  How about keeping us posted as it progresses?
>
> M.Odom=================bbq=========

For those of you travelling between  Dallas/FT Worth and Houston, how about  Fairfield's Sam's  bbq? I've found it great for even breakfast bbq!  Of course, I'm not the normal one in my family.