American restaurants in Omaha
14 american places in Omaha we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Omaha · American across every city.
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The Boiler Room
- ★ 4.8
- Modern American
- $$$
- Old Market
Order Whatever the charcuterie board carries that evening: house-cured and always different.
Chef Tim Nicholson's Bemis Bag Building kitchen has drawn multiple James Beard nominations, built on Nebraska farm sourcing and serious charcuterie.
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Gather
- ★ 4.3
- Modern American
- $$
- Old Market
Order Pan-seared miso salmon: sourced from the vertical hydroponic farm the kitchen runs in the building basement.
Gather grows microgreens and herbs in a basement hydroponic farm and builds its Old Market dinner menu around what the vertical garden produces that week.
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Crescent Moon Ale House
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- Blackstone District
Order Blackstone Reuben: the most cited version of Omaha's invention, served annually at the November Reubenfest.
Crescent Moon Ale House on Farnam Street pours over 300 craft beers and makes the Blackstone Reuben that anchors Omaha's annual November Reubenfest.
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Crescent Moon Ale House
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- Blackstone District
Order Blackstone Reuben: corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss, on rye with the house dressing, ordered at the bar.
Crescent Moon pours over 300 craft beers alongside its Blackstone Reuben on Farnam Street, hosting the annual November Reubenfest in the sandwich district.
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Upstream Brewing Company
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Old Market
Order House-brewed session ale alongside the weekend brunch burger: the kitchen and the brewery are under one roof.
Upstream Brewing on South 11th Street brews lagers and ales on-site with a full pub kitchen, running a Sunday brunch programme in the Old Market.
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The Boiler Room
- ★ 4.8
- Modern American
- $$$
- Old Market
Chef Tim Nicholson's James Beard-nominated kitchen changes its daily menu to reflect Nebraska farm availability, with an in-house charcuterie programme.
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Gather
- ★ 4.3
- Modern American
- $$
- Old Market
Gather's basement hydroponic farm grows the microgreens and herbs that go directly onto dinner plates on Howard Street, making farm-to-table literal.
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Dirty Birds
- ★ 3.9
- $
- Old Market
Try Nashville hot chicken sandwiches
Dirty Birds on St Marys serves Nashville hot chicken sandwiches with adjustable heat levels from a casual counter drawing a devoted following across Omaha.
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M's Pub
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- Old Market
M's Pub on South 11th has served food past midnight since the 1970s, with a kitchen until 23:30 weekdays and 00:30 weekends at its Old Market bar counter.
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Fizzy's Fountain and Sweets
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Blackstone District
Fizzy's Fountain on Farnam makes house sodas, hand-dipped ice cream, and pastries from a Blackstone counter most bar visitors walk past without noticing.
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Block 16
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Old Market
Block 16's daily specials on Farnam deliver fine-dining ingredient sourcing at $12 to $14, the best value-to-quality ratio at any lunch counter in Omaha.
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Upstream Brewing Company
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- Old Market
Upstream Brewing's lunch burger and pint is the best sit-down value in the Old Market at around $16, anchoring South 11th Street since the mid-1990s.
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Crescent Moon
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Old Market
Crescent Moon's Reuben under $14 is Omaha's most affordable taste of the sandwich the city claims to have invented, at the bar most tied to the origin debate.
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Early Bird
Early Bird on Leavenworth is Omaha's most-visited breakfast spot, with lemon ricotta pancakes and house pastries drawing weekend queues from across the city.