8 editor picks in Omaha.
8 restaurants in Omaha, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Omaha.
The Drover's whiskey-marinated steaks over wood grill are the city's most discussed steakhouse alternative, rooted in Omaha's Western-dining tradition.
OrderWhiskey-marinated filet: the overnight bourbon marinade is the Drover's signature draw.
Le Bouillon brings rural French bistro comfort to Howard Street, with natural wines, oysters, and small plates in a compact room that doubles as a wine shop.
OrderOysters with natural wine on a Monday afternoon: the room is quietest then and the selection freshest.
Block 16 is Omaha's best-known farm-to-table counter, turning locally sourced proteins into creative lunch specials from a no-frills Farnam Street shopfront.
OrderThe daily special board: creative sandwiches and bowls change each service; best items sell out before 13:00.
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.
OrderPan-seared miso salmon: sourced from the vertical hydroponic farm the kitchen runs in the building basement.
Ika San on Jones Street is one of Omaha's best late-night stops downtown, with a tonkotsu counter open until midnight at weekends and a full sake list.
OrderTonkotsu ramen: the pork broth simmers for 18 hours and the kitchen stays open past midnight on weekends.
Monarch Prime and Bar runs a house dry-ageing programme inside the Hotel Deco XV, with a bar menu that extends alongside the dining room into late evening.
OrderThe dry-aged programme changes by cut and season: ask the server what came off the dry-age rack that week.
Crescent Moon Ale House on Farnam Street pours over 300 craft beers and makes the Blackstone Reuben that anchors Omaha's annual November Reubenfest.
OrderBlackstone Reuben: the most cited version of Omaha's invention, served annually at the November Reubenfest.
Mula on Blackstone's Farnam Street serves modern Mexican street food with a tequila and mezcal programme underpinning some of the district's best cocktails.
OrderStreet tacos with a mezcal cocktail: the most extensive tequila programme in the Blackstone District.
