Now Serving Omaha: Backyard Elotes
Now Serving Omaha: Backyard Elotes
16827 Q STREET IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND BACKYARD. ELLIOT ROBERTS. CHAVEZ IS JOINING US TODAY. ROBERT, THE OWNER OF BACKYARD OLOGISTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. OH, WOW. THESE ARE LOOTERS LOOK DELICIOUS. THEY SMELL GREAT. I WISH YOU WERE HERE. I COULD SMELL IT YOURSELF BECAUSE IT REALLY PASSES THE SMELL TEST, THE EYE TEST. AND I KNOW THE TASTE TEST. ROBERT, YOU GOT TO LOVE OUR FRESH CORN, WHICH IS A LOT TRANSLATED IN SPANISH JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY OF CORN. WE’D LIKE TO 30 YEARS WHERE MY OLDER SISTER STARTED WORKING WITH FRESH CORN. SO REVENUE FOR HER KIDS COLLEGE AND THAT TURNED OUT INTO BIGGER THING. YOU KNOW, SLOWLY SHE STARTED GROWING AND BROUGHT IT FROM THE STREET TO THE INSIDE. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE’RE DOING HERE NOW IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. I LOVE IT. YOU TOOK A TRIP DOWN TO VISIT YOUR SISTER, I TAKE IT, PRETTY RECENTLY AND GOT THAT IDEA. WE WENT OUT THERE FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS OR SO, LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS, LEARN ABOUT THE FLAVORS AND THE COMBINATIONS OF THE TASTE AGAINST THE CORN AND WHAT WHAT MAKES IT TASTE FOR. AND WE LEARN A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN PREACHING FRESHNESS, FRESH CORN, NO CANNED CORN OR ANYTHING THAT’S NOT FRESH. ABSOLUTELY. IT’S HARD TO GET FRESH CORN HERE IN OMAHA, BUT WE SUCCESSFULLY HAVE DONE IT. AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE HERE. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FRESH CORN, WE HAVE IT. IF WE’RE NOT GOING TO IF WE DON’T HAVE FRESH CORN, WE PROBABLY GOING TO BE CLOSE. YEAH, WE’RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO DO FRESH. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET’S GET SOME MORE INSIGHT ON THESE DELICIOUS LOOKING YELLOW TEAS. LET’S START WITH THE WHITE CORN ONE, RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WHITE CORN. AND IT’S QUITE SIMPLE. THAT’S MOSTLY FOR TEENAGERS OR KIDS THAT DON’T TOLERATE SO MUCH SPICE. SO ALL WE DO IS PUT A LITTLE BIT OF TASTE OF LIME UNDERNEATH. THEN MAYONNAISE, THEN COTIJA CHEESE AND JUST A TOUCH OF TAJIN. PERFECT. YES. OKAY. AND THEN OVER HERE, I MEAN THIS ONE. SO THESE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS MORE LIKE A TEENAGER OR OLDER ADULTS. YEAH, QUITE A TASTE. SO SAME THING WE DO LIME UNDERNEATH MAYONNAISE, COTTAGE CHEESE. BUT THEN ON THIS ONE, WE KIND OF COVER IT WITH HOT CHEETOS, CRUMBLES WITH PINHOLES AND SOUR CREAM AND A NACHO CHEESE FLAMIN. HOT CHEETOS AREN’T YOUR THING. DORITOS, MAYBE IN THE NACHO THERE. SO THE NEXT STEP IS DORITOS. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE. SO DORITOS IS SOME FOR AGAIN, I MEAN, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CHIPS THAT WE CAN COMBINE. YOU CAN OUR A CHEETOS, TAKIS AND SO ON. MORE SPICE, THE SAME THING ON THESE WE GO CORN ABSOLUTELY CORN ALL AROUND IS THE DORITO IS NACHOS CORN, MAYONNAISE, SOUR CREAM, NACHO CHEESE AND A LITTLE BIT OF HOW A PINHOLES, IF YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE IT. REAL QUICK, WHAT ARE YOUR HOURS? OUR HOURS ARE MONDAY TO THURSDAY, 4 TO 8 KIND OF SHORT HOURS. WE WE PLAN TO SPEND IT THROUGH THE SUMMER A LITTLE BIT LONGER. FRIDAY 3 TO 8. SATURDAY 11 TO 8 P.M. PERFECT. AND SUNDAY. 11 TO 6. MO
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Now Serving Omaha: Backyard Elotes
This week, Now Serving is featuring a new restaurant in west Omaha offering elotes with fresh corn and premium ingredients.Backyard Elotes, located near S 168th and Q streets, serves the famous dish: classic Mexican street food of corn on the cob cooked then slathered in a mayo cream sauce and garnished with chili powder, Cotija cheese and lime. Check out their menu here.
OMAHA, Neb. —
This week, Now Serving is featuring a new restaurant in west Omaha offering elotes with fresh corn and premium ingredients.
Backyard Elotes, located near S 168th and Q streets, serves the famous dish: classic Mexican street food of corn on the cob cooked then slathered in a mayo cream sauce and garnished with chili powder, Cotija cheese and lime.
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