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9th Annual Omaha Pizza Review Results
Food & Spirits Magazine hosted the 9th Annual Omaha Pizza Review at The Waiting Room Lounge and Reverb Lounge on June 6th at 6:30 pm. Musicians Brad Hoshaw and Kait Berreckman performed. Those attending voted for their top three pizzas
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Tacos and Tequila Take Center Stage at Hook & Lime
The high concept behind Hook & Lime Tacos + Tequila is a small plate nirvana paired with crafted margaritas for a fine dining-meets-street food experience. The changing menu is anchored by tacos and tortas, family-style meals and shareable small plates.
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Letter From the Publisher: Issue 27
Welcome to the newest issue of Food & Spirits Magazine, our 27th. With this issue we are just one issue away from our 10th anniversary. To commemorate the event, you’ll find some of our old issues scattered among the current
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Letter From the Publisher: Issue 26
Welcome to the 26th issue of Food & Spirits Magazine. As we approach out 10-year anniversary, everything is rolling along quite nicely for us here at the magazine (finally!). This issue is loaded with some outstanding content that we feel
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The Dumpster: Tasting Ghosts
Let’s say you come home to the apartment you share with Johnny Knoxville and when you open the front door a gallon of paint spills on your head and of course you look up, about to say “What the f—”
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Pesach Sameach! (Happy Passover!)
I remember vividly my first Passover Seder. I had been invited by dear friends, Lou and Rose Leviticus, into their home for this special Jewish celebration. It wasn’t terribly unlike many of the other nights I had spent with the
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Wine, a Melodrama: How They Got it All Wrong, but it Turned Out All Right
Act 1, Scene 1 It is a cool, foggy evening circa late 1970’s or early ‘80’s. The curtain rises. Mandolin music plays softly in the background. Somewhere in the back room of a secluded local restaurant in Napa, California sit
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Wine Recommendation: Varozza Vineyards
Every year, twice a year, I make it a point to attend the bi-annual fall and spring open house events at the Omaha Wine Company, in order to reunite with old friends in the industry, make new connections and, of
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Portrait of a Bartender: Aaron Halbert
This issue of Food & Spirits Magazine’s bartender profile features Aaron Halbert. Aaron has worked at a variety of places around Omaha and, most recently, is one of the co-owners of SamFam, LLC (along with his uncle, Ron Samuelson, and
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No Bubble Trouble
I am coming up on my 20-year anniversary as a bartender/hospitality professional, which has caused me to reflect on how much the beverage industry has changed in the Midwest during that time. Like many who enter the industry, I began
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