When visitors come to Lincoln -- as for this weekend's State Girls Basketball Tournament -- it seems they tend to congregate in certain specific locations. The Haymarket; Southpointe; Gateway; North 27th Street (thanks to the hotels). But we all know the result is they will tend to see the same old things and eat the same old food.
If you were to offer advice to visitors to help them try some new grub while in town, what would you tell them?
One place I would recommend is Parthenon, located near 56th and Highway 2 in Edgewood. It's reasonably-priced, the food is great, the service is excellent, and, for the purposes of this exercise, it's the sort of place most out-of-towners have never experienced in Lincoln.
What would you recommend that's just a little bit different?
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Pepe’s in Havelock. Grateful Bread in the Near South.
- Billy’s (One of my favorites, plus it’s easy to find near the capitol)
- Bread & Cup
- 70th & Pioneers (Venue, The Oven, Carmela’s)
The Isles in Havelock for pizza, and El Toro at 48th and Van Dorn for Mexican.
Not at one of my former favs where I got food poisoning last night. But how about these:
-Grateful Bread
-The Cup
-Isles
-Piezano’s
-The Dish
Pepe’s and Bread & Cup.
I like 9 South Chargrill. The prices are varied enough for any budget, and the portions can fill any appetite. It’s not the biggest, but definitely a keeper for Lincoln.
I like everyone’s list so far too.
Unfortunately, most out-of-towners tend to go to the chain restaurants when they come to town. A good chunk of ‘em are from small towns, of course, and they tend to want to go to the places they see on TV and where the wait staff wears matching uniforms. For the purposes of this exercise, I’d suggest they go to El Chaparro, but they’ll probably wind up at Chili’s.
I would offer up:
Doozy’s
The Dish
M&N;Sandwich
Merle’s in Emerald
The Thai House
F.O.X.
Stauffer’s Cafe
How about:
Nha Trang (13th & L) for cheap, delish Vietnamese (try the bun bowls and Pad Thai).
Blue Orchid (Haymarket) for anything on the menu.
Ali Baba’s or George’s (14th & O) for a tasty gyro platter (I’ll pass on the Parthenon’s gyros… meh).
Piezano’s (33rd & South) for delish pie.
I don’t know why we don’t think of it more often, but, you reminded us of the Parthenon so we went there Saturday. It is always fun and interesting. The tournament folks hadn’t overrun the place but it was nicely busy and lively.
The Hiway Diner seemed to be full of folks on their way out of town on Sunday morning.
I agree with many of the above posters, here are my hometown fave raves:
The Thai House (N 27th and T) - mom and pop Thai cuisine,IMHO best in the MIdwest. My daughter says it’s the best she’s had, including in DC and LA!
Stauffer’s North (N 48th and St. Paul)or South (S 48th and HWY 2)- mom and pop American cuisine, straight out of the Norman Rockwell paintings. Pue made by the owner’s Mom (you can’t make this stuff up.)
Pepe’s Veggie Bistro in Havelock over the Against the Wall Gallery.
Aloha Tea Room (N. 48th just S of St. Paul in Studioville) Hawaiian High Tea with Teensy sandwiches, high tea kabuki dance and macadamia nut pastries, great for grandma, mom and the kids, OK dad too, a Victorian time travel machine! Go ask Alice!
edit for typo: PIE made by the owner’s mom, not pue.
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