French$$Old MarketMon-Thu 10:00-22:00; Fri 10:00-23:00; Sat 09:00-23:00; Sun 11:30-21:00
La Buvette combines a wine and grocery merchant with a rotating French kitchen, serving daily specials and a wine retail shelf in an Old Market storefront.
Order: Rotating daily French special with a glass from the merchant wine section; the cheese counter pairs well.
Italian$Little BohemiaMon closed; Tue-Thu 08:30-19:30; Fri 08:30-20:00; Sat 07:30-20:00; Sun 07:30-18:00
Orsi's on Pacific Street has been a Little Bohemia institution since the early 1900s, baking Italian bread and selling brick-oven pizza by the slice.
Order: Brick-oven pizza slice or a fresh Italian loaf: both made the same way since the original family opened.
American$$Old MarketMon-Thu 11:00-22:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-23:00; Sun 10:00-22:00
Upstream Brewing on South 11th Street brews lagers and ales on-site with a full pub kitchen, running a Sunday brunch programme in the Old Market.
Order: House-brewed session ale alongside the weekend brunch burger: the kitchen and the brewery are under one roof.
Steakhouse$$$Little BohemiaWed-Sat 11:00-14:00, 16:00-20:30; Sun 16:00-20:30; Mon-Tue closed
Cascio's has served Italian-style steaks in Little Bohemia since 1946, with a house Polish vinaigrette salad that regulars insist on ordering.
Order: Italian-dressed salad then the bone-in rib-eye: the combination unchanged since the family opened in 1946.
Pizzeria$BlackstoneDaily 11:00-22:00
Noli's sells New York-style slices from a Blackstone window, using a water filtration system tuned to match New York tap water mineral content for its dough.
Order: Large New York slice: the owner adjusts water pH to replicate New York mineral content for the dough.
Nepalese$Old MarketTue-Sat 11:00-00:00; Sun 11:00-22:00; Mon closed
Kathmandu Momo Station serves Himalayan dumplings and Nepalese small plates downtown, open late and cited as one of Omaha's most underrated casual kitchens.
Order: Steamed momo dumplings: the filling changes daily and the kitchen makes them by hand each morning.