Kitchen Table is a new american restaurant in Old Market, Omaha.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Farm-to-table breakfast, Seasonal grain bowls
Must order: Seasonal breakfast bowl: the kitchen sources directly from regional farms and the grain base changes weekly.
Address: 1415 Farnam St, Omaha, NE 68102
Chef Tim Nicholson's Bemis Bag Building kitchen has drawn multiple James Beard nominations, built on Nebraska farm sourcing and serious charcuterie.
Signature: House-cured charcuterie, Farm-sourced vegetable courses
Order: Whatever the charcuterie board carries that evening: house-cured and always different.
V. Mertz serves five and eight-course tasting menus in the Old Market Passageway, with a 450-bottle cellar and Nebraska-sourced seasonal ingredients.
Signature: Five-course tasting, Eight-course grand tasting
Order: Eight-course Grand Tasting with Wine Spectator-honoured cellar pairings for the full evening.
The 2026 James Beard America's Classics winner, Johnny's has run beside the Union Stockyards since 1922 and is in its third generation of family ownership.
Signature: Bone-in rib-eye, Prime rib
Order: Hand-cut bone-in rib-eye: the dish bringing stockyard workers and journalists to 27th Street since 1922.
La Casa Pizzaria has been producing Sicilian-style thin rectangular pizzas on Leavenworth Street since 1953, now in its third and fourth family generations.
Signature: Thin rectangular Sicilian pizza, Hamburger pizza
Order: Hamburger pizza: the unusual thin-crust rectangular base, the Patane family recipe since 1953.
Chef David Utterback's Benson sushi counter is a two-time James Beard Best Chef: Midwest finalist, built on fish-ageing technique and Nebraska sourcing.
Signature: Fish-aged nigiri, Omakase sushi
Order: Chef's omakase: dry-aged fish nigiri in a style rarely seen outside coastal cities.
Chef Tim Nicholson's Bemis Bag Building kitchen has drawn multiple James Beard nominations, built on Nebraska farm sourcing and serious charcuterie.
Signature: House-cured charcuterie, Farm-sourced vegetable courses
Order: Whatever the charcuterie board carries that evening: house-cured and always different.
V. Mertz serves five and eight-course tasting menus in the Old Market Passageway, with a 450-bottle cellar and Nebraska-sourced seasonal ingredients.
Signature: Five-course tasting, Eight-course grand tasting
Order: Eight-course Grand Tasting with Wine Spectator-honoured cellar pairings for the full evening.
Au Courant's European kitchen rotates its six-course tasting menu every week, using Nebraska ingredients in a format that changes completely by Thursday.
Signature: Six-course weekly tasting menu
Order: The six-course weekly-changing chef's tasting menu, under $80 per person at time of research.
The 2026 James Beard America's Classics winner, Johnny's has run beside the Union Stockyards since 1922 and is in its third generation of family ownership.
Signature: Bone-in rib-eye, Prime rib
Order: Hand-cut bone-in rib-eye: the dish bringing stockyard workers and journalists to 27th Street since 1922.
