What parts of town will you be in?
If youāre trying not to venture too far away from downtown Omaha:
Breweries: Zipline has a taproom just north of you by the baseball stadium where the CWS is held as does Kros Strain, Brickway is solid and walkable too, then Vis Major would be a 5 minute drive.
BBQ: Already said above, but Omaha stinks when it comes to BBQ. Hartland BBQ is up in Benson about 10 minutes from downtown and is good, Tracks Lounge has some great wings (their buffalo is the best but their BBQ is solid too) and is also about 10 minutes.
Tacos: South Omaha has some of the best Mexican spots in the city. Abelardoās (right by Vis Major brewing if you want to knock both off your list) is good, La Sierra is great, and Birriera El Chalan is also great. Check out Jacoboās Grocery too if youāre near there.
Will +1 for Block 16, one of the best spots in the whole city, +1 for Oscarās char-buffed wings and pizza.
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Iāve got my car with me, so driving out is not really an issue. Iām staying at the Omaha Marriott Downtownā¦
Looks like Dodge Riverside is a 5 min drive from the hotel. Doesnt look like much but Iām ok with a $30 twilight round.
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Was just notified of a networking dinner happening at Upstream Brewing on Monday night. Hasnt been mentioned but itās a free dinner so Iām sure itāll taste great!
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Little Bohemia will have an archetype, tiny house (bar), Czech Inn (bar), Fizzys, and muchachos, beercade. That archetype has a brunch kitchen run by the sweet magnolia bakery people which is awesome.
Downtown: Block 16 is a must, Trinis has puffy shell tacos, ika ramen, shucks, via farina, zipline
Millwork commons by you will have a Kros Strain, archetype, sweet mags (cinnamon roll), and coneflower ice cream.
Salmex, Mexitli, Tijuana, churro spot, are the best tacos by you
Blackstone district will have the third archetype, stirnella (burger), mula (tacos), crescent moon, Nolis pizza, and you canāt skip eating/drinking at nite owl.
Benson has the OG ika ramen and cool speakeasy below, tacoco, Benson brewery, Barchen beer hall.
If you want to splurge look at Drover (open bar seating), yoshitomo, Koji, Boiler room (bar seating), committee chophouse
My fave places overall are archetype, B16, ika OG, via, trap room, nite owl, Fizzys, Kros strain, coneflower, tracks, churro spot, oleavers, el Basha, Sauced
No offense to anyone that lives west of 72nd street but you donāt get to have food opinions.
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Yeah staying downtown, Bearded Brewer is a good 25-30 from where you are, I would recommend some of the other places that are closer to where you will be like Kros Strain or Zipline, big fan of Zipline.
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Well this is certainly a take
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Canāt appreciate this enough, thank you!
Iāll likely be walking to Millworks Commons one of the days, place looks great!
No offense but all of these puffy shell tacos look awful. Iām a simple man, just need a double corn tortilla, a protein, onion, cilantro and salsa. That makes a good taco.
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I take it Dundee is outnumbered in the refuge. If I acknowledge there are at least 7 good places to eat past the dividing line can there be a truce?
For me itās more that last time I was in Omaha I drove from 192nd and Q to downtown and it took like 25 minutes. Omaha isnāt some sprawling metropolis where someone living West of 72nd would find it prohibitively difficult to try restaurants in Benson or Blackstone or Downtown or whatever.
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Best take Iāve heard all week. Bravo @MrHogan5 . I have no issues with anything on your list.
-Fellow Dundee resident
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If you have place to add to your food recs (and I apologize if someone mentioned), but Dinkerās is less than five minutes from downtown and a real treat. Classic burgers in a fun/old school bar setting. Can get a little overwhelming at peak times. Block 16 is without a doubt higher-end and a better choice if you fancy yourself a foodie, but Dinkerās is my pick for a solid burger in Omaha.
*Dinkerās is cash onlyā¦kind of annoying. They do have an ATM if service fees arenāt scary to you.
Site One brewing is downtown, which I would recommend if you want to stay close to home base. Very nice stuff.
One of my favorite Mexican spots in town is called āEl Ranchoāā¦just south of downtown. Unreal salsas. Itās cozy and might look a little intimidating from the outsideā¦I had never went until one of my students mentioned her family owns it and insisted I check it out.
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Low key Dodge Riverside is a great value course. Easy walk (may be the flattest courses youāll ever play) and good variety of tee shots and hole routings, and for $26-$36 walking itās hard to complain.
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Itās almost like people who live west of 72nd said many of the same establishments you dundee elitists toutā¦
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Omaha visitor @jsauce and I have an 11:20 at Dodge Riverside tomorrow if anyone would like to join for a $24 walk. Let me know.
Unfortunately I wonāt be able to make it for the customary blackjack run at Harrahās after.
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Group of 16 going out to Awarii Dunes in a couple weekends for our own Ryder Cup style event. Not one of us has played the course before but saw some hate on it after a quick search. Any specific reasoning for the hate? Also, any suggestions for bars or places to eat in Kearney? Few of us staying two nights but most will only be one night if there any fun bars we should go see in Kearney. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Iāve never played itā¦but I have heard a lot of great things about the course.
I do, however, feel like I remember the course getting off to a rough start with growing grass and getting everything to fill inā¦it could be that some of the negativity is just echoes of those complaints.
Kearney food! Good topic.
There is a pizza place called A Flippinā Sweet Pizzeria that is to die for. Absolutely outstanding pies.
I REALLY like a Thai place really close to the Universityā¦Suwannee Thai Cuisine.
Iād also put in one more plug for the Indian place in the truck stop west of Kearney, Taste of India.
Coppermill Steakhouse is solid. Thereās a super popular place called Cunninghamās Journal on the Lakeā¦swamped when I was in Kearney in 2021 and didnāt go. Thereās a burger place in that area with the new hotels that looks decent, but again, never been.
I coached Speech at the school where I teach and State is in Kearneyā¦Iāve been out there three times to enjoy the food.
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Some of the greens are pretty tricked out but you guys will enjoy it I think. If you donāt like tricked out greens maybe you wonāt but I think itās worth playing. Pretty fun and definitely a course you can figure out a bit a 2nd or 3rd time around it.
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I would agree with @NebIrish there are parts that just feel a little tricked out for tricked outās sake, not with any actual reasoning/sense? It isnāt a bad course at all, itās just for me, if Iām going out that way, Iāll tag on another 45 minutes and go play Wild Horse instead.
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