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Mexican Spices Sold By The Scoop Fill The Aisles Of This Longtime Nebraska Grocery
A grocery store in Nebraska where the tamales can vanish before lunch? That’s real, and the line out front backs it up. The deli counter in the back sends out homemade salsa by the quart, plus carnitas, enchiladas and fresh corn tortillas. The front of the store covers everything else, from piñatas to Mexican candy to bottles of Jarritos in every color.
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Craft Lovers Wander Aisles Of Yarn And Scrapbook Paper At This Family-Run Nebraska Store
Free popcorn by the front door, with seasonings you can sample, is not what most people expect from a craft store. Add a Christmas shop that stays open all year, and I’m already reaching for my car keys. This Nebraska store started out as a Ben Franklin, and the...
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The October 17th Lightning Round
Omaha’s restaurant and retail scene continues to change, with new locations opening, more businesses preparing to debut and several longtime or familiar storefronts closing. The October 17 Grow Omaha Lightning Round begins with Haven Express Lounge, a locally owned business that recently opened at 1217 Leavenworth Street after seven years as a food truck.
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The No-Frills Nebraska Donut Shop That Still Opens Before Sunrise With Fresh Apple Fritters Every Morning
The doors open at 5 a.m., seven days a week, and the apple fritters are already waiting. That’s a serious commitment to breakfast. Most of us are still hitting snooze at that hour. The display cases look like they’ve seen a few decades. The bakery smell hits first, sweet...
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Fontenelle Forest In Bellevue, Nebraska, Lets Visitors See Rescued Birds Of Prey Up Close At Its Raptor Woodland
A bald eagle that can’t fly anymore now lives in a treehouse-style home about 30 feet above a forest floor. Its neighbors include owls, hawks and falcons, and every one of them has a rescue story. These birds can’t return to the wild because of injuries like wing trauma....
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Picturing Pesach: Biur Chametz in Brooklyn, NY
Jarod Cernousek can often be spotted at Jewish events around our community, anywhere from the Sukkah Hop to the Beit Midrash. Jarod works in the Jewish Federation of Omaha’s marketing department as multi-media producer. He’s currently in his fifth year; he shoots and edits those amazing videos you see at our Annual Meeting and on the JFO website and social media. Among other things: in addition, he does an impressive amount of still photography, including our staff headshots.
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Things to do: Activities and events in the Omaha metro, Oct. 16-18
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here’s a list of activities and events coming up in the Omaha metro this weekend. Watch “Things to do” with Maria Cade and Elaina Riley at 9 a.m. Fridays on streaming and social media platforms. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium will open...
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The SBH Review: Bagels at Omaha Bagel Co. have only gotten better since the move to midtown
There’s a new, delicious food aroma wafting through midtown Omaha. On the opposite side of Dundee from where the scent of Amsterdam Falafel’s curry fries have long enticed noses into ordering, Omaha Bagel Co. is now officially also in the business of free smells. What started just four...
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This Iowa Meat Market Is Where Locals Pre-Order Their Holiday Roasts Every October
October feels a little early to think about a holiday roast, but apparently that is exactly when the smart shoppers start. I kept hearing about a small meat market in western Iowa where regulars place their orders well before the holiday rush. At first, I figured that was simply good...
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Students rock Bellevue, play music in personal bands
The demo plays and inspires others in the band to add onto it, eventually creating a song. While many different inspirations brought them all to this, a need of expression that could never be brought forth through just words shook each of these students. All of these students are in personal bands that create music outside of school.
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New ownership brings improvements, fresh events to Tobey Jacks Steakhouse in Mineola
(Minneola) - Tobey Jack’s Steakhouse in Mineola is entering a new chapter under the ownership of Jennifer Poss and her husband Colin, with improvements to the property, menu additions and community events aimed at preserving the restaurant’s role as a local gathering place. For Poss, the decision to...
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Omaha native known as ‘Little Angie’ carved out a long, varied Hollywood career
The real-life Omaha-to-Hollywood tale of Angelo Rossitto reads like, well, a movie script. Rossitto, who was under 3 feet tall, had no training as an actor. But he appeared in 100 movies from the silent film era into the 1980s. Young Angelo, who attended Technical High School and Creighton Prep,...
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A History of the Mansion Cafe
Some buildings in North Omaha pop, either telling a story by their appearance or are interesting for what we know happened there. Other buildings seem plain, nondescript, and just don’t ask us to learn about them. This is a history of one of those located by 24th and Lake Street. This is a history of the Mansion Cafe.
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This Enormous Nebraska Antique Mall Fills Endless Aisles With Hundreds Of Dealer Booths Every Day
The aisles here have street signs. That’s how big this antique mall gets, and it’s open from morning until night every single day of the week. Hundreds of dealers fill booths, glass cases, and shelves under one roof. Yet you pay for everything at one counter up front, just like a regular store.