René Orduña
October 13, 2016 ·
Posted In: Business , Business Profiles , Chefs , Downtown , Food & Drink , Neighborhoods , Omaha Magazine , Publications , Restaurants
According to René Orduña, a restaurant’s dishwasher is as key as its chef. “He knows what’s coming back,” says the head chef of Dixie Quicks in Council Bluffs. “What people aren’t eating. So if I […]
Reducing Food Waste
October 4, 2016 ·
Posted In: Downtown , Encounter , Food & Drink , Neighborhoods , Publications , Restaurants
The night of the Jimmy Buffett concert could not have been more perfect, weather-wise: a calm, near-cloudless 70-degree evening. Packs of Hawaiian-shirted Parrotheads meandered the Old Market’s cobblestone streets in search of 5-o’clock somewhere, food, […]
Hot Dogs of the Future
July 28, 2016 ·
Posted In: Encounter , Food & Drink , Publications , Restaurants
There’s a slight cognitive disconnect when one first encounters Mick Ridgway’s vegan hot dog cart. It’s not his plant-based frankfurters, which reject those sacrosanct animal ingredients—including snouts, lips, and buttholes of pigs—that are encased in […]
Sisterly Grub
July 15, 2016 ·
Posted In: Food & Drink , Omaha Magazine , Publications , Restaurants
Sisters Cafe is your typical small-town eatery—with a delightful globe-trotting twist. As diners approach the restaurant on historic downtown Plattsmouth’s Main Street, they’re greeted with whimsical signage featuring a pair of flitting butterflies, one decorated […]
