Faturday Omaha

It’s Part 2 of Pizza Class on this episode with Matt Frampton of Urban Slicer! If you were with us for Part 1 you learned about making, mixing, and fermenting dough and if you missed it don’t worry just check our episodes. In Part 2 we talk about the cook, different ovens, and pan versus hearth pizzas. We’ve got a French Dip long pan pizza and I take the reigns on a real time super hot pizza cook....

Learn to make pizza! On this episode we have a great topic, pizza, but even better is this is a pizza making class via audio. You are going to learn about making pizza dough right along with me. My pizza coach is Matt Frampton of Urban Slicer and you may remember him from a prior episode, but I asked Matt if he would teach me the ways of pizza. This episode was the pizza 101 class for me and since...

Cast your mind back to 1953, ok that may be tough for some, I wasn’t there but La Casa Pizzeria was and ever since then Tony Vacanti’s family has been producing a signature Omaha pizza focusing on quality ingredients created with consistency. My family has been enjoying those pizzas for almost as long and sitting down to talk with Tony was an opportunity to talk about that history as well as new d...

Mofongo, be about it, know about it, and find out about it on our episode at Elie’s Chinchorro located at 3020 S. 32nd Ave in Omaha. Outside the walls is a giant chair painted like the Puerto Rican flag which makes a great landmark and inside the walls is a small Puerto Rican town with charm and color while the tables feature flavor, presentation, and fun. We encountered appetizers and main dishes...

Encountered many months ago in a burrito was delicious chorizo from O’tillie Meats in Lincoln, NE. This show has allowed me to learn and to connect and here today on Faturday Omaha’s Food Recognize food we are connecting with the maker of that very chorizo and many other meaty treats it's Jared Uecker of O’tillie Meats. His original career pursuit was not in the culinary craft, but a different roa...

Ya know, I like flavor, food that makes you feel comfortable, and I do have a heart for mac and cheese. Acadian Grille at 725 N 114th St sure has a menu that fits that bill. It’s been a bit since we’ve stepped into the Miracle Hills quarter for Acadian Grille and TJ and I did so several times for this episode and traveled the menu from Tasso Ham to Maple Cinnamon Ice Cream. There’s a lot of care a...

We’ve been around a burger a time or two, and had lots of BBQ, but this time we’re focusing on something new for you on food recognize food and that is the vegan eats created by Modern Love and Head Chef Liam Smith and Kitchen Manager Michaela O’Conner. We had a great talk about Modern Love’s creative and punny menu and this has given me an opportunity to do something I’ve wanted to do for a while...

What does a person who is an entrepreneur, former pumpkin patch owner, author, and not fan of sweets need decide to do? Why they open a donut shop that’s what and in my opinion they knocked it out of the park. We have that driven motivated doughnut maker on the show and she is Elizabeth Pooley of Square Donut! She makes square donuts that are anything but the squares at the doughnut dance. We got...

We’ve got a two for one here on this episode of Faturday Omaha as TJ and I fly over to Flight Deck for pizza, fries, and intriguing topping loadouts on burgers. They have quite the marker as they have a plane affixed to the outside of their building, but we landed safely inside. Then we traverse over to the pun filled menu of Paddy McGowans for well…pizza, burgers, and some delicious corned beef....

Chinnapat Wirachakul is Chef and Owner of Pla Too Thai at 5092 S 136th St. and I met her food before I met the expert behind the flavors. Chef Wirachakul goes by Pla, the namesake of her restaurant, which means fish and she means care and craft when she is in the kitchen and that expertise makes it your table. Pla and I got to talk all things Thai, handle some misconceptions about this wonderful c...

My goodness you are in for an excellent show today filled with science, knowledge, and caffeine. We have Isaiah Sheese the owner of Archetype Coffee and coffee competitor on the show. Isaiah arrived at the studio with a surprise and brewed up an elegant cup of rare beans for show consumption and then I proceeded to learn a ton about those tasty little beans. We talk parallels between BBQ and coffe...

A long standing Faturday favorite is coming your way this episode with Caribbean Delights at 2304 N 72nd St. While TJ and I are no stranger to this location, this was Danell’s first foray into the flavors owner Hubert is bringing to the table. Things have changed a bit within the restaurant but the classics like Jerk Chicken, Ox Tail, and of course the beef patties are all served with warm temps a...

"Hi, welcome to Rib Shack!" That is what you might hear when you walk in the doors at 10841 Q St Suite 105 in Omaha and the voice saying that might just be owner and operator Jackie Robbins. Jackie has been through so much in her life, but keeps pushing forward with her signature smile and positive outlook. She and husband Malcolm relocated to Omaha after departing two restaurants in St. Louis, MO...

If you’ve been listening to the show for a bit you have heard me say Omaha and elsewhere quite a few times. This episode is an elsewhere as TJ and I stopped at two spots in Salina, Kansas for this episode. The first was a recommendation from an amazing public library director with the pizza of Blue Skye Brewery and the second was a spot that I have been curious about for years and that is the Cozy...

It’s a Faturday Omaha first on this episode, exploding cakes we kinda did that, TJ almost needing medical attention from a spicy hot dog, that was way back but that’s been done, NPR fund raiser with program director Todd Hatton a hardy chortle, no no something far more ambitious…a gift guide with a cafe review and a how to recipe for your own kitchen all in one episode! We are going to start the f...

Is this store really bigger on the inside? Is there magic on the shelves? Comfort for weary and homesick travelers?  Maybe so and it’s all at Chippy's Omaha 2718 S 123rd Ct. here in Omaha and we have dreamer and owner of Chippy’s, Glenn Greet, on this episode. There’s nothing fawlty in Glenn’s premise to bring all of the things he loves and misses from England here to the shores…shores?...of Omaha...

Oh yes it’s pasta and motz stick time as TJ and I traverse the menu of Malara’s Italian Restaurant 2123 Pierce St in Omaha. I’ve eaten at Malara’s over the years as has TJ, but they haven’t been presented within the Faturday Omaha ethos until this episode. We canvassed the menu to present multiple plates to you and we are thankful for the kind service received at the restaurant. We will get into t...

Tucked away at 5060 S 107th St, Omaha, NE 68127 is Chaima’s African cuisine, and tucked within are very accessible and delicious flavors to delight the senses. It’s been a bit since I’ve walked through these doors though I have been to Chaima’s food truck that you may have seen around town. Since my last visit there have been wonderful updates to the interior of the restaurant, but the flavors are...

Way back in the before times I had visited Sojourn Cafe at 7614 Main St in Ralston,NE and that stop left a wonderful memory in my family's mind. Fast forward a couple pancakes and here we are today and we have Owner and Head Chef Brad Grosser and Sous Chef Jason Russell on this very episode.  Our Food Recognize Food conversations start with food and lead to heart and soul. In this conversation we’...

I love Thai food, do you love Thai food too? You might just love the Thai food at Pla Too Thai located at 5092 S 136th St. This was a spot that I had seen many times on Q st. but never made it there. Well they have moved from their prior location to the136th St spot and they have a wonderful dining environment with food to match. TJ, Faturdad, and I all dined in together, Danell made a trip, and I...

There’s about to be new experiences and taste adventures on this episode as we have Nat and Adam Ogura from Yum Omaha back on the show. You may remember Nat talking about restaurants she likes to eat at in Omaha and also in her home country of Japan on a prior episode, but on this episode she brought Japan to us. We will talk about Adam and Nat’s time in Japan and you’ll get my real time reactions...

Have you ever had a Banh Mi? Ya know the delicious Vietnamese sandwich with crusty bread, savory protein, and fresh vegetables. If you haven’t you might want to get to the Banh Mi shop at 923 Galvin Rd in Bellevue. This episode though is not a food review, nope we have the person that brought the Banh Mi to Bellevue, owner Chole Tran. She is a UNO grad that saw an opportunity to be an entrepreneur...

Chicken rules everything around me at Dirty Birds. Our listeners have heard us allude to the genius that is the food within their walls. Their chambers are now located at 1722 St Mary’s Ave in the Flat Iron building, the place is all their own, and it was time for a visit. We talk Sweet Tea tenders, brie and berry pancakes with bone in perfectly cooked chicken and of course that ODB: old delicious...

Brian O’Malley is  Associate Dean of Culinary, Hospitality and Horticulture at Metropolitan Community College and that’s an important title, but what’s more important is Brian O’Malley’s heart and soul. You are in for a wonderful conversation that surrounds the program at MCC, but gets into what it means to really have a passion for food. See if you can figure out where I may have got something in...

Podcast listeners you get a special Oktoberfest episode with Ryan Barry of Willie Dogs and Shane Costello of Monolithic Brewing.  This was recorded on National Hotdog day at a place with local brews.  Oktoberfest has beer and sausages and we had beer and sausages...nice tie in, eh? Ryan talks about being hyper local and working to create an Omaha style dog and we talk with Shane about the move fro...