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Hawaiian Bros Island Grill Brings Tropics to Miracle Hills, Second Omaha Location on the Way
Addresses: New Location (Coming Soon): 704 North 114th Street, Omaha, NE 68154 First Location (Gretna): 16171 Stevens Pointe Circle, Gretna, NE 68028 Aloha Vibes in Miracle Hills is Near I walked into the old Boston Market this morning and found vibrant evidence of...
Marrow Is Coming to Gretna: Fire, Bone, and a Return to the Flame
They’re not open yet, but you can already smell it. The smoke. The char. The promise. Way out past the subdivisions and strip malls of southwest Omaha, a new fire is being lit. Marrow isn’t just another steakhouse; it’s a love letter to the bones, the fire, and the...
Masa Luna Tamaleria Is Open in Little Bohemia
? 1258 S 13th St, Omaha, NE Noah and Katie Mock, the duo behind some of Omaha’s most beloved nostalgic spots like Fizzy’s and Nite Owl, are bringing their next project to life, and it's one that’s been simmering for a while. What Is Masa Luna Tamaleria? Masa Luna is...
Feast on the Farm: Where Dirt Meets Divine on a Prairie Table
On August 23, 2025, I stepped off a gravel road and into another world. No signs. No GPS alerts. Just the whisper of string music drifting through the trees and the low murmur of clinking glasses. Prairie Pines Nature Preserve, tucked outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, had...
How Nepalese Street Food Helped Spark Omaha’s Dumpling Movement
On a clear January afternoon in 2018, something simple and beautiful happened at the corner of 16th and Harney. A pot of steam. A plate of momos. A yellow shirt. And the smile of a man named Sagar Gurung, a Nepalese coffee shop owner with a dream. If you were there,...
Kyoto Sushi & Hibachi: West Omaha’s Next Great Japanese Steakhouse
Dinner and a show. At Osaka Steakhouse in La Vista, the flame-kissed theatrics are just part of what keeps diners coming back. Osaka in La Vista isn’t just another sushi joint. It’s a quiet, unassuming masterclass in doing things right. From the first flick of the...
From the Streets to the Sky: Santiago’s Mexican Food Stakes Its Claim in West Omaha
The story of Santiago’s Mexican Food doesn’t start with neon lights or pristine countertops. It starts with a truck. Parked on 36th and Jefferson back in 2022, slinging tacos from a window with more soul than steel. That food truck had one gear—forward—and a loyal...
From Love to Legacy: Fifth House Picks Up the Vegan Torch in Blackstone
By Evan Kenkel for Omaha Food Magazine It was a gut punch when Modern Love went dark. For a city known more for steaks than seitan, the Midtown staple wasn’t just a restaurant—it was a cultural outpost, a haven for the curious, the conscious, the culinarily...
Dumpling Empire Expands West: More Steam, More Soul in Omaha
Dumpling Empire didn’t ask for permission when it rolled into South 72nd back in 2022. They just fired up the steamer baskets and let the food do the talking. And it worked. Now, they’re back—and this time, they’ve claimed new territory in West Omaha at 15825 West...
Fire to Table: Smoke, Soul, and the Family You Just Met
I’ve eaten in a lot of places — street-side barbecue pits in Chengdu, cellar taverns in Shanghai, late-night sausage stands in Bavaria. I’ve burned my hands tearing pork shoulder off a spit at sunrise and sipped wine with chefs who barely spoke my language.
Africa on a Plate: South Sudanese Cuisine Comes to Downtown Omaha
Africa on a Plate is the latest restaurant to step into Omaha’s growing African food story, opening soon in the old Panda House space on 16th Street downtown.
La Plaza Fiesta: A Sioux Falls Legend Comes to West Omaha, and I’m Already Salivating
If you’ve spent time in Sioux Falls — or even passed through hungry — you’ve probably heard the name spoken with a kind of reverence usually reserved for religious relics or legendary home run hitters. This isn’t some corporate chain rolling into town…