Faturday Omaha

When Chef Jamil Bah-Traore reaches out and says something is happening you know it’s something good. Something good that somehow I was not aware of but we fixed that right up quick and that is Afro Fest! Afro Fest 2024 was held Labor Day weekend and brought food, culture, connection, and happiness to downtown Omaha. To give you the inside info about the start of Afro Fest and where the future is headed we have Chef Jamil of the Hou...

Take a moment and envision what you imagine you would see on the menu of a cafe in a car dealership…and then throw that right out the window the ‘63 split window. The Corvette Cafe, yes it’s located inside of a car dealership, but the menu is anything but stock. This more like the ZR1 customized version of as it travels the roads from scratch bread, and pizza, to in house made enchilada sauce as well as breakfast. We have Chef Ryan...

It’s a karate studio, it’s a legion, no it’s a BBQ brick and mortar serving brisket, ribs, sausage, mac and cheese, and more. We’ve got James Hawk, owner operator for J’s Smokehouse that you can find at 4725 S 96th street in Omaha on the show. I’ve been following along with J’s journey for a while, but this is the first time we’ve had James on the show.  We learn how he seasons his brisket and ribs, how long it takes to make one of...

Momo, the delicious Nepali dumpling, where’s a person to find one….or 12 in Omaha. That’s Kathmandu Momo station and on the show we have Sagar Gurung the man behind the momo in the Innerrail food hall and now a new location at 16th and Farnam downtown that is co-located with Cattle Call kitchen and cocktails . Additionally Sagar is a partner in Saffron Indian kitchen which has a beautiful interior paired with tasty food. We are goi...

We have two wonderful guests on the show today from an equally wonderful restaurant. The guests are Usevia and Maricela Bustamante and that restaurant is Tixteco located at 2203 S 16th St in Omaha. The restaurant is a neat building in its own right and there are giant painted golf balls outside which make good landmarks when you tee up a trip there. Inside you will likely fine Usevia making everything from the quesadilla masa, to j...

It’s not the X factor nor the It factor, no indeed it is Crunch Factor. We have owner operator Isaiah Renner on the show to talk about this new ever menu changing food truck that also has an outlet for new pop ups to get their start. You may remember Isaiah from our past Dire Lion episode. Well Crunch Factor is his newest venture to serve as a conduit for culinary creations to satisfy his chef’s creativity then deliver them to you ...

Have you ever had a really good scoop of ice cream that just put a smile in your tummy. That might something simple yet refined like a really good scoop of lightweight vanilla or a straightforward decadent round of chocolate or maybe you got something whose flavors floored you due to the taste that resulted in a WOW how’d they do that? Well on this episode we are at Ted and Wally’s with co-owner Jeanne Pittack and ice cream special...

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 atmosphere as BBQ Bros Cafe is back and n...

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 Coffee art that is inspired by thes...

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 that he is not a chef and he is ther...

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 find Carter and Rye at https://cart...

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 May 5th. Jackie and Malcom joined u...

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 brought some in studio for a taste ...

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 name he decided on as a teenager. I me...

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 friendly and the options plentiful...

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 multiple times before and have enjoyed t...

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 clam?! We’ve got that and more an...

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 next to Big Mama’s in the Highlande...

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 we have Carole Patrick of the VNA an...