Favorite Breakfast / Brunch in the Omaha Metro

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What is your favorite Breakfast/Brunch restaurant in the metro area?

Bailey's
0
No votes
Early Bird
2
13%
La Peep
2
13%
Lula B's
0
No votes
Vidlak's Brookside Café
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No votes
Louie M's
0
No votes
Good Evans
0
No votes
Joe's Café
0
No votes
Jojo's Diner
0
No votes
Saddle Creek Breakfast Club
1
7%
Billy's Café
0
No votes
AJ's Café
1
7%
Jimmy's Egg
0
No votes
Wheatfields
0
No votes
Summer Kitchen
0
No votes
Farmhouse
0
No votes
First Watch
2
13%
Lisa's Radial Cafe
3
20%
Harold's Koffee House
3
20%
Some other National Chain place,
1
7%
 
Total votes: 15

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I just fixed it...
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I've been to all except Duncan, which skinsfan has tried to get me to. I've been meaning to drive all that way several times, but have never made it there
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I am in CB 3 or 4 times a week and I haven't even heard of it.
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Brad wrote:I am in CB 3 or 4 times a week and I haven't even heard of it.
It is a good place that locals like to go to. There used to be Duncan's on 16th and Broadway just east of Burger King, but like many other places in CB, it was torn down and replaced with a strip mall. The remaining Duncan's on Main St. is located in the Kiel building that was built in 1877. There are some historical artifacts that were unearthed at the site during a previous excavation in the hallway of the building. The top floors are currently apartments.
Here is an old picture of the building.
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And a current photo:
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Cool, I will check it out!
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If you are in SW Omaha and want real hand cooked food, Vidlak's is good. Lisa's is good, but really small and they only take cash. Louie M's is still my fave. Western Omelet with grilled Orsi Italian sausage on the side and a stack of Orsi bread toasted. There are after all only three ways to properly eat Orsi bread, and toasted is one of them. Mightly great grub.
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Duncan's is great for breakfast. Huge portions!!!!!
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Louie M's and Dixie Quicks top my list,
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nativeomahan wrote:Louie M's and Dixie Quicks top my list,
I guess I haven't heard about Louie M's breakfasts. I've just been there for their burgers.

Agree with Dixie Quicks, and with Vidlak's especially living in West O (make sure to throw in Shirley's Diner then)
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Coyote wrote:I guess I haven't heard about Louie M's breakfasts. I've just been there for their burgers
I am the complete opposite. We go there a about once month. Only had the burger once, I always get Breakfast. But then again, I love breakfast food and will eat it any time I can.
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I guess I never posed these:

1. My Omelet - Bacon and Guacamole Omelet from Louie M's Burger Lust!
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2. My wife's Omelet - Chicken Fajita Omelet from Louie M's Burger Lust
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Gotta love the size of the hash browns!
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The portions are a little smaller than Leavenworth, but I like both places.
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Over Easy! I mean hello?
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Le Bouillon does brunch.
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Leo's Diner was our Saturday breakfast spot. Still would put Louie M's first, but this place was very good.
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onelocalfoods wrote:Over Easy!  I mean hello?
5 posts, and all touting Over Easy. I mean hello?
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Pat wrote:
onelocalfoods wrote:Over Easy!  I mean hello?
5 posts, and all touting Over Easy. I mean hello?

That IS strange. Makes me think twice about trying the place....
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Amato's is a clear #1 for me.

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Greg S wrote:Amato's is a clear #1 for me.

Greg
Gotta love their grilled peppers. I keep forgetting to see if they sell jars of them. Last time is was there I thought I saw them on the way out.
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Duncan’s still cooking after four decades


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Hensley’s parents, Al and Lillian Duncan, purchased JW’s (Jim Winchester’s) Cafe on Sept. 15, 1974, at the south end of the block where Duncan’s now operates. The facility could seat only 16 customers. The oldest of seven siblings, she had just started attending Thomas Jefferson High School, but her studies were cut short when her father, plant manager at ConAgra (then Blue Star Foods), pulled her out of school to work at the cafe. She finished high school later at Kanesville Alternative Learning Center.

After 1 1/2 years in what employees called the “Elf Cafe,” Duncan’s moved to its current space in the former Kiel Hotel at the other end of the block, she said. The hotel closed in 1980 or 1981 and was sold at auction to Bob and Norma Edwards, who remodeled the building in 1983.

In the new space, there was room for up to 90 customers.
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I still haven't made it there yet. Even after you talked it up after our last forum meet...
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Coyote wrote:I still haven't made it there yet. Even after you talked it up after our last forum meet...
You need to....it should be well worth the drive.
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If you wouldn't go to the BEST breakfast restaurant in town because someone was touting it 5 times.... then you're a clown.

If you still haven't gone you're just about the only one left.

Gastronomic fight club #1 breakfast restaurant
CNBC restaurant startup

Hope someone telling you where the best place is when you ask doesn't keep you from the next place.
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onelocalfoods wrote:If you wouldn't go to the BEST breakfast restaurant in town because someone was touting it 5 times.... then you're a clown.

If you still haven't gone you're just about the only one left.

Gastronomic fight club #1 breakfast restaurant
CNBC restaurant startup

Hope someone telling you where the best place is when you ask doesn't keep you from the next place.
I had to look up Gastronomic FC just to see what you were talking about there:

Best Breakfast Spot

Over Easy - 1st Place WINNER - 9 Votes
Lisa's Radial Cafe - 2nd Place - 6 Votes
Dixie Quick - 3rd Place TIE - 5 Votes
11-worth Cafe - 3rd Place TIE - 5 Votes
Bailey's - 4th Place - 4 Votes

Best Brunch

Lot 2 - 1st Place WINNER - 8 Votes
Dixie Quicks - 2nd Place - 6 Votes
Le Bouillon - 3rd Place - 5 Votes TIE
Taxi's - 3rd Place - 5 Votes TIE
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16859 Q street
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Here's so you don't have to look up over easy.
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The best breakfast I ever had in my entire life was the "South Padre Island" at Leo's Diner in Benson. They don't always have it but it's hashbrowns beneath eggs beneath biscuits and gravy beneath homemade chorizo sausage--can add jalapenos by request. It's one of the spiciest most beautiful things I have ever eaten.
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daveoma wrote:The best breakfast I ever had in my entire life was the "South Padre Island" at Leo's Diner in Benson. They don't always have it but it's hashbrowns beneath eggs beneath biscuits and gravy beneath homemade chorizo sausage--can add jalapenos by request. It's one of the spiciest most beautiful things I have ever eaten.
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I just saw a list of Omaha's Best Greasy Spoon, and it went:

5. Bailey's
4. Leo's Diner
3. Shirley's Diner
2. Lisa's Radial Cafe
1. 11-Worth Cafe
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One of the best Sunday Brunch places in Omaha is Granite City. I know it's a regional chain, but their Sunday brunch is freakin' fantastic...

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Omaha Cowboy wrote:One of the best Sunday Brunch places in Omaha is Granite City. I know it's a regional chain, but their Sunday brunch is freakin' fantastic...

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What is the earliest you can get a breakfast in Omaha. I am dropping off a friend for an early flight tomorrow and was wondering if any place opens around 5:00?
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I've caught Harold's or Lisa's on my way to the airport depending on which way I'm going but unfortunately neither opens until 6.
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Coyote wrote:What is the earliest you can get a breakfast in Omaha. I am dropping off a friend for an early flight tomorrow and was wondering if any place opens around 5:00?
Not too many places open before 6AM. Ihop or Denny's 24/7. Village Inn maybe that early. Alverado's is open 24 hrs but drive-thru only at that time. Mickey D's on Dodge is open too. I like an Egg White Delight with hashbrowns.
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43county wrote:I've caught Harold's or Lisa's on my way to the airport depending on which way I'm going but unfortunately neither opens until 6.
I love both these restaurants, but yeah, I have to be at work at 6:30...
I have never had a good experience at a Denny's or Perkins...
I'm thinking of going to the 84th St Mickey's, but their coffee sucks...

What time does a normal Starbucks open?
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Coyote wrote:What time does a normal Starbucks open?
5am...

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Railcar on 144th and West Maple offers some darn good options for brunch on Saturday and Sunday.
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I can agree with that, but I have to admit I've never been to Lisa's.
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11 Worth Cafe all the way for me.. I remember the days when is was open 24 hours...

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