Oh Yeah…
By: Mr. T on
March 25, 2006
Heaven on earth may exist....on the outskirts of downtown Lincoln. The newly-opened Jerusalem's Bakery on 19th and "M" St. does robust business in various Mexican and Central American pastries. Actually they are not "newly-opened" but have relocated from a few blocks away to this new location. But this family operation does have a new, small, take-out only food service with various Middle Eastern style-fare (kubbe, falafel) as well as tamales, .75 cent flautas, and other Latino foods. The $1 fried empanadas are very tasty. They are homemade and filled with potatoes and other vegetables and a little beef. Four of these slices of heaven, with some hot dipping sauce, a complimentary side salad and a small horchata rice drink for another buck makes for a nice $5 comfort-food break/meal anytime of day.
I should note that, Jerusalem's is NOT a "restaurant." There is no sit down space, the kitchen is tiny and lacks a lot of industrial restaurant equipment, and most of the staff members work in the bakery. The owners are very friendly as well. Its a small Mom and Pop place and you can expect a somewhat long wait if you are coming for the take-out service at the wrong time. But the wait is worth it for those tasty empanadas.