Faturday Omaha

Heavens it’s a restaurant overview this week of the noodley delicious bun based Hip Bao! You as the listener get a couple of twofers this week as we have dual hosts, myself Dave, and guest Nat Ogura of Yum Omaha as we wax poetic about all things noodle from Beijing to Beef and steamed to fried Bao Buns. Then at the latter section of the show we have a BBQ spot that has reentered the smokey atmosph...

I first became very acquainted with Amateur Coffee during the pandemic when they were doing curbside coffee drop off. They have an approach to coffee that includes a reusable jar program for to-go beverages and they are a vegan coffee shop. You get to meet owners Jacob and Jasmyn Wichart on the show as we talk about the science of coffee from a roasting and bean perspective as well as the Amateur...

Aaron Filipi became a single father with four hungry mouths to feed. He has traversed the trials of what to do as an amateur cook and navigated the emotions and strain that come about as a single parent. He decided to write a cookbook to help other single parents feel safe with making simple dishes. Then he takes it from no cooking to a bit more advanced, but manageable dishes. He makes it clear t...

Kate Anderson is the Carter in "Carter and Rye" a farmers market pastry purveyor that grew into a brick and mortar shop serving golden flakey pastry of the sweet and the savory. Kate stopped on studio and we had a conversation about all things Carter. From cinnamon and sugar to kimchi, Carter and Rye puts fun in hand, hand pie that is. Please join our conversation and tune in if you're hungry and...

You’ve heard it, you’ve felt it, the love that is put into a good plate of food. 4 The Love of BBQ is doing just that in creating a free event for anyone in need of help, love, and food. This is the 2nd year of the event where Pit Master Jackie Robbins of Rib Shack is assembling many BBQ businesses and community organizations to feed hearts and tummies for free at Miller Park 2707 Redick in Omaha...

Well shoots, pea shoots oh and red radish and broccoli micro greens and more. That is what Tim Fonfara and The Omaha Urban Farmer are sprouting up on their electrically charged regenerative farm. They grow outside and they grow inside, provide farm to fork furrows for restaurants and residential alike. The farm is gently handled, well…by hand and Tim is providing locally produced produce and even...

I like a good burger, I like innovation, and I like a good story of growth. Nick Hyde of Hydes Slydes, was the kid with an entrepreneurial spirit with and knew what his restaurant was going to be called at 15 years old. He went to culinary school, had a food truck…with a few transport issues, a shared kitchen, managed a ghost kitchen, and more recently his own brick and mortar location the the nam...

We’ve mentioned the phase hyper local a few times on this show. That philosophy is certainly on display at Ellsworth Crossing a mid sized market located just outside of Omaha at 26902 W Center Road. If my food memory serves, the first time I went out to Ellsworth Crossing was in search of extra tasty chicken of which Plum Creek Farms raises and provides to places like Block 16. The environment is...

Our guest started as a Subway Sandwich artist and been talked about by Bon Appetit. He’s been a dishwasher and a multi-time James Beard nominee. And he calls Nebraska his home. Clayton Chapman was the chef of Omaha’s former Grey Plume and has now brought chef driven cuisine and fine dining expertise to a healthy and fast casual model in Downtown Omaha called Untamed Kitchen. I had eaten here multi...

Forgotton restaurants, menus and recipes, where do they go? Some disappear and are only stored in food memories, but thankfully people like Amy Mather and Martha Grenzeback from the Omaha Public Library seek out these tasty treasures and both archive and digitize these artifacts so that we can benefit for years to come. Menus from the 1800’s, an early Omaha cooking school, and a menu shaped like a...

Way back in the mists of time in 2020, I had the chance to interview a startup restaurant owner about his small location serving to-go burgers with fun details that made them deliciously adaptable to many palates. That restaurant is Best Burger and on this episode we are checking in three years later with owner, operator, and cook Universal. We are talking about how he has grown into a location ne...

Art and Soup are on the menu today, this is an annual event where the local restaurant community comes together with local artists to support a mission of the Visiting Nurses Association which is to “ensure that VNA nurses continue to provide public health nursing services to individuals and families in local group maternity homes, domestic violence shelters, and homeless shelters.”  On the show w...

Part 2 of our conversation about connecting chef and diner through food is on the plate for today. The House of Bah Foundation is a non-profit providing a path for immigrant chefs to establish their footing in Omaha and more than that is making far from Omaha flavors familiar to our city’s palate. We have Chef Jamil Bah-Traore on the show who is the creator of House of Bah and culinary capstone MC...

Delicious Wins. That’s phrase from Chef Brian O’Malley of MCC Culinary Institute and that embodies what Chef Jamil Bah-Traore of House of Bah Foundation's Culinary Capstone dinner accomplished. We talked to Chef Jamil on a prior episode about his non-profit that helps immigrant chefs get their start in Omaha and also helps to normalize food that may be unfamiliar to the American palate. This capst...

Smokin' Barrel makes some of the best Texas style brisket around. This tiny spot produces savory slices of well barked barbecue for its hungry patrons. Wayne Dinges is the pit master behind the meats and on this episode he is going to teach you and I how to prep and season brisket the Smokin Barrel way! He opened up his kitchen to our microphones and spent time with me to bring you some how to. Al...

We met the voices of Andrew and Alejandra Miller a while back on this show when their butcher shop, Casanova’s was still in the figurative paint drying stage. Their approach to connecting with the people that walked in their doors has continued as they have recently grown to add new things onto the tiny original shop. I love seeing our local places grow and succeed and I got the chance to sit down...

Chef James Davis is an instructor at Omaha’s wonderful Metropolitan Community College Culinary Institute, has been a Chef at restaurants and country clubs and he also loves analyzing numbers when it comes to food costs. Our conversation is focused there, on how to determine menu cost at a restaurant and tips for costing at home. We talk about guidelines on how much the food you eat on the plate co...

I’ve been a longtime fan of Big Mama’s Kitchen since they were located in a retired school house and I’ve continued to enjoy the hot and fresh food from their kitchen, but this is a special conversation because we have Gladys Harrison and Mariah Russell of Big Mama’s on our show. Gladys is daughter of Patricia Barron, who is Big Mama. We’re going to talk food and the amazing accomplishments of Big...

We are talking mid-town Omaha food as we give you an overview of the eats at Sofra Kitchen located at 220 S 31st. We canvassed the menu which ranges from extremely juicy cheeseburgers, eggs benedict, Greek salads, to spaghetti and meatballs. TJ was happy to find a place where he can get lunch and dinner fare at breakfast time and others may be happy they can get breakfast fare in the afternoon bec...

We have a specialized tour guide on the show. Ryan Cooper, otherwise known as The BBQ Tourist focuses his adventures on all things smokey and meaty. I had reached out to Ryan on social media to bring his BBQ knowledge to the microphones to talk all about some great BBQ spots in Omaha for an overview, but Ryan brought his A Game and gave us a list to try in KC and we get into places found elsewhere...

It’s a two for one episode! The start of the episode is an overview of the wonderful Mexican food available at Mexitli 1620 Harney St. They have moved from their little yellow food trailer making their signature homemade tortillas to this fun little brick and mortar spot making their signature homemade tortillas and horchata. Then we are going to move into a quick gift guide for 2023 to get you th...

Eat your veggies and eat them well, with options. That is what Veg Edible works to bring to you and we are bringing owners Stacie Van Cleave and Matt Hyde to you! Stacie moved to a vegan diet to address health concerns and then moved to provide that food to others. They now have a brick and mortar location which has been the next step in the evolution of their efforts to provide a gluten free, nut...

We’ve got founding Dirty Birds chefs Moses Moseley and Dan "Debo" Whalen on the show to talk about chicken, tofu, temps, and technique as we sit in the Dirty Birds space and talk turkey…uh chicken. DB has been on Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives and makes one of the finest chicken sandwiches anywhere. Oh...and we even have a musical number from world traveled competitive beatbox Kut Masta Skutt ?! List...

What’s it like to be in a live lunch service and cook pizza on Izzy’s Pizza bus? You’re about to find out as we complete our adventure from dough to customer with head pizza dude Brett Geiger on Vincent the Bus. In the process you’ll learn the inside the bus details on ingredients, topping methods, and experience a day in the life of a food bus owner. You’re about to hang with Cherish, Marcus, Lau...

Hyper-local, this is a word that I heard on National Hot Dog Day back in 2022 and that term was heard from the voice of Ryan Barry of Willie Dogs. At that time Wille Dogs was a cart/popup concept focusing on creating a hot dog to represent Omaha. Since that time Ryan has gone to culinary school, kept the cart going, and more recently opened a brick and mortar location. He has continued to focus on...