The Boiler Room is a modern american restaurant in Old Market, Omaha.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: House-cured charcuterie, Farm-sourced vegetable courses
Must order: Whatever the charcuterie board carries that evening: house-cured and always different.
Address: 1110 Jones St, Omaha, NE 68102
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.
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.
Signature: Pan-seared miso salmon, Hydroponic vegetable plates
Order: Pan-seared miso salmon: sourced from the vertical hydroponic farm the kitchen runs in the building basement.
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.
Warren Buffett's favourite steakhouse, Gorat's on Center Street has been open for decades and makes one of Omaha's most cited Reubens with hand-cut steaks.
Signature: T-bone steak, House Reuben
Order: T-bone or house Reuben: the cuts Warren Buffett has been ordering at his annual table here for decades.
The Drover's whiskey-marinated steaks over wood grill are the city's most discussed steakhouse alternative, rooted in Omaha's Western-dining tradition.
Signature: Whiskey-marinated steak, Bone-in filet
Order: Whiskey-marinated filet: the overnight bourbon marinade is the Drover's signature draw.
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.
Signature: Pan-seared miso salmon, Hydroponic vegetable plates
Order: Pan-seared miso salmon: sourced from the vertical hydroponic farm the kitchen runs in the building basement.
