Cumbia ★ 4.0
Cumbia serves Colombian-inspired tapas and small plates downtown, with cheese empanadas as the most cited dish and a casual atmosphere on South 16th Street.
Try: Colombian-inspired tapas and cheese empanadas
Abelardo's Mexican Fresh is a street-food stop in Midtown, Omaha.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 3540 Center St, Omaha, NE 68105
Cumbia serves Colombian-inspired tapas and small plates downtown, with cheese empanadas as the most cited dish and a casual atmosphere on South 16th Street.
Try: Colombian-inspired tapas and cheese empanadas
Dirty Birds on St Marys serves Nashville hot chicken sandwiches with adjustable heat levels from a casual counter drawing a devoted following across Omaha.
Try: Nashville hot chicken sandwiches
Amsterdam Falafel and Kabob in Dundee was named the best cheap meal under $15 in Nebraska, with a falafel and kabob counter and a self-serve topping bar.
Try: Falafel and kabob wraps with self-serve toppings
Block 16 is the closest Omaha has to a prestige street food counter, turning local farm proteins into creative lunch specials from a Farnam Street kitchen.
Try: Farm-to-table creative sandwiches and bowls
Kathmandu Momo Station makes hand-rolled Himalayan dumplings from daily-prepared filling in a downtown counter that stays open until midnight each day.
Try: Hand-made Himalayan momos (dumplings)
Orsi's Italian Bakery on Pacific Street has sold brick-oven pizza by the slice for over a century, one of Omaha's most historically rooted walk-up food stops.
Try: Brick-oven pizza by the slice