Restaurant Hoppen
Dan Hoppen breaks down the Nebraska cuisine scene one bite at a time. He talks to local chefs, media members, and just interesting people about what's going on in the Cornhusker State when it comes to food, where people need to eat, and how food relates to Nebraska sports.
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September 24, 2026 • 67 mins
Few people in Omaha's restaurant scene are more fun to chat with than Tim Maides, the co-owner of Dolomiti, and unpacking his brain on pizza is a true delight. We nerd out on ovens a dough a bit, but we also talk a lot about Dolomiti's approach to treating guests and how expectations, from both restaurant and guest, can affect a dining experience. This is a fun one, and very educational!
🍕 Dolomiti Pizza
🌐 https://www.pizzadol...
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September 21, 2026 • 11 mins
What happens when a childhood love of baking turns into a career, then a business, then a bakery of your own?
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Elana Crum, owner of Crum Cakes Bakery, to hear the story behind her journey from childhood baking dreams to one of Omaha's growing bakery businesses.
Elana says she was helping in the...
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September 21, 2026 • 19 mins
What happens when a family recipe is so good that people refuse to stop asking for it?
For Katie Becker, it turned into a business.
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with the owner of Tasty Good Toffee to hear how her grandmother's holiday recipe grew from a family tradition into a full-time candy company.
Katie inherited the re...
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September 21, 2026 • 7 mins
What happens when you put more than 25 Omaha food and drink businesses under one roof?
Omaha shows up.
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Meg Bauer, Yelp Omaha's Community Manager, to talk about the event, the local businesses that helped make it happen, and why collaboration is such an important part of Omaha's food culture.
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September 21, 2026 • 8 mins
For more than 70 years, La Casa Pizzaria has been serving Omaha with a pizza recipe that's become part of the city's history.
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Nicole Jesse, owner of La Casa Pizzaria, to talk about the family history behind one of Omaha's most iconic pizza restaurants.
Nicole explains why La Casa's pizza doesn...
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September 21, 2026 • 8 mins
Most people know Smash Park for the activities.
Pickleball. Duckpin bowling. Darts. Karaoke. Shuffleboard. Arcade games.
But Todd Lindberg wants you to know there's another reason to visit: the food.
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Todd, Executive Vice President of Expansion for Smash Park, to talk about the kitchen behin...
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September 21, 2026 • 13 mins
What if culinary school let you learn in a real restaurant—with real guests, real service, and real feedback?
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Emma Oblender, outreach specialist and outreach chef for Metro Community College's Culinary Arts & Horticulture programs, to explore how Metro is preparing the next generation o...
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September 21, 2026 • 10 mins
Ten years of Sweet Magnolia's. Three-plus years of Know Good. And another restaurant project already on the way.
Katina Talley is one of Omaha's busiest—and most relentlessly creative—food entrepreneurs.
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen catches up with Katina to talk about Sweet Magnolia's Bake Shop, the evolution of Know Good, ...
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September 21, 2026 • 11 mins
What happens when you stop trying to make food more complicated—and start letting great ingredients speak for themselves?
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Clare Bartolomei, owner and operator of Lola's and Fig, to talk about the ideas behind both restaurants.
Lola's began seven years ago as an espresso bar and coffee sh...
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September 21, 2026 • 9 mins
What if you could send someone a pint of Omaha's best ice cream no matter where they live?
In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Abby Jordan, co-founder of eCreamery, to talk about nearly 20 years of ice cream, creativity and entrepreneurship.
eCreamery began in 2007 and has evolved from an ice cream shop into a business that blen...
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September 17, 2026 • 47 mins
Star Indian Cuisine prioritizes treating every customer like a guest in their home, even remembering specific customers' favorite dishes so they don't even need to order! That's why the restaurant has no social media; its loyal customers create plenty of buzz all on their own. Owners Rakesh Sahu and Sipra Sahoo joined me on the podcast to talk about how they created that culture, the background of the restaurant, and how their rela...
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September 10, 2026 • 59 mins
Nicole Izquierdo has deep memories of her grandmother making empanadas in Colombia for the family before moving to the United States, and that recipe is so great that, just a few months into dating, Julio De Silva encouraged her to start a business! That has evolved into the Latin Bites food truck that Nicole and Julio now operate together, introducing Omaha to the brilliance of Colombian cuisine. Hear their story and learn more ab...
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September 3, 2026 • 68 mins
Hope Ngamalue picked up a love for cooking and serving others from her grandmother in Cameroon, and that desire to feed people continued when she came to America. But it wasn't until she met partner Ebrima Minteh that she was encouraged to start her food truck, Chuanjui, and bring traditional African cuisine to Omaha.
We discussed how Omaha has taken to the food, how Hope presents African food in an approachable way to Omahans, ...
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August 27, 2026 • 61 mins
Jon's Naturals is the connector between local beef and pork producers and restaurants, helping chefs get their creative hands on a cleaner, more delicious product. But Jon's journey to thriving butcher shop was a very curvy one with lots of turns. Through perseverance and a crazy impressive DIY attitude, Jon is helping local farms and restaurants thrill diners with incredible dishes.
👍 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to Li...
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August 20, 2026 • 68 mins
Bronco's Hamburgers, Barrett's Barleycorn Pub & Grill, and La Casa Pizzaria have all thrilled Omaha guests for decades. What's the secret to their families' success? How have their restaurants not only survived, but thrived for decades? And how have they seen the attitudes and actions of diners (in Omaha, in particular) change over time?
Blake Barnes, Jack Jeffrey Barrett, and Tony Vacanti joined me on an informative, hilari...
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August 13, 2026 • 59 mins
Bennington wouldn't be the same without Cup & Cone, the custard/coffee shop that has become a community hub since it opened in 2023. But getting the shop up and running wasn't easy; in fact, owners Amber and Jeremy Tkaczuk knew almost nothing about ice cream and coffee when they started it! The couple, along with their oldest daughter, Thea, discuss the difficulties and joys of opening and operating the shop, the R&D proces...
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August 6, 2026 • 64 mins
Nichole created a brilliant gluten-free cookie/donut mash-up in 2020, but the business was on the brink of collapsing earlier this year. Now it's thriving inside a brand new brick and mortar location! Hear how Nichole and her son, Vincent, created and built the brand and ultimately saved it when it appeared they might be done.
🌐 Learn more about OCookieOs: www.ocookieos.com
📍 OCoockieOs
2575 S 171st Ct
Omaha, NE 68130
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August 3, 2026 • 62 mins
After nearly 20 years in restaurant kitchens, Christian has transitioned to life as a media and social media chef. We discuss what the term "chef" means in this age and how, for some, it brings more balance. We also go deep into his experience competing on FOX's Next Level Chef and what it's really like to be a part of those crazy competition TV shows.
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July 30, 2026 • 68 mins
Fariner Bakery is a magical space, a cafe with a gravitational pull that makes you want to stay for hours. That's because of the love people like Damie put into it and every bread and pastry that comes out of the kitchen. You won't believe the crazy road that brought Damie from Lincoln hospital to Fariner in Ashland or the struggles she and her husband endured to get here, but their perseverance has helped create one of the most sp...
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July 23, 2026 • 67 mins
Shava Jackson left her home of Jamaica to attend medical school with no thoughts of entering the hospitality industry, but her food truck has become one of the hotspots in Omaha. It's incredibly meaningful for Shava to share her food and culture with Omaha, and customers love it so much that some have said they've booked trips to Jamaica after visiting Jerk Makin Shack! Hear Shava's story and better understand the beauty ...
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