Don & Millie's (Multiple Locations)

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jun 14, 2017 4:54 pm

They must be doing good, they are going to build a new store at 161st and West Maple, just north of the new CHI building.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:32 pm

Made my monthly trek to the 108th and West Center location this afternoon. The place was packed, but the Double Don burger, as always, was top notch

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:10 am

This is great news! I live off 156th and Fort and the closest one was the W Center location.

Greg

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:45 am

I do miss them. Good burgers (close to Kings burgers in taste), fair to good cheese frenchees, pretty good fries.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:14 pm

I think I may need to stop at the 144th location to get a Frenchie.

Darn you people for making me hungry!

NWOCHCBEAR · Post by **NWOCHCBEAR** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:10 am

Per construction workers, D&M across from Dunkin Donuts

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:41 am

Great news, thanks for posting.

Greg

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:29 pm

When is the last time D&M opened a new location? I can't remember anything anywhere near recently.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:35 pm

The last one that I remember being built was on Highway 50 and Harrison. That was around 2000.

The one in Bellevue according to property records looks to have been built around the same time as well.

dwoodchip · Post by **dwoodchip** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:16 pm

That's good news they are doing well. I moved to Papillion recently and there is one not too far away.

GrandpaaSmucker · Post by **GrandpaaSmucker** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:11 pm

I went to the Don & Millies on Saddle Creek & Farnam today for lunch and there was a 70 year old man in there in a mini skirt with a brown wig on. Its going to take awhile to get that fright mare out of my head..............

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:26 pm

GrandpaaSmucker wrote:I went to the Don & Millies on Saddle Creek & Farnam today for lunch and there was a 70 year old man in there in a mini skirt with a brown wig on. Its going to take awhile to get that fright mare out of my head..............

You should have said something. I would have sat with you...

Post by **Brad** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:18 pm

Looks ready to open

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Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:38 pm

Brad wrote:Looks ready to open

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Another Don & Millie’s location opening is a very pleasing site to see

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Ciao..LiO...Peace

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am

From Grow Omaha:

Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:16 am

Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am From Grow Omaha:

Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Getting closer. They are one place that I have thought but never said needed to open near Gretna. I have a weakness for their Onion Rings and never get them often anymore due to the work location.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 11:09 am

nebugeater wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:16 am
Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am From Grow Omaha:

Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Getting closer. They are one place that I have thought but never said needed to open near Gretna. I have a weakness for their Onion Rings and never get them often anymore due to the work location.

Will they sell their margs through the drive thru? I know during the pandemic you could buy alcoholic drinks (ie, margaritas from La Mesa, for example) in to go containers.

Did they ever bring back their ham and cheese frenchee? Someone posted it was going to be available for a limited time, but I checked into it a couple different times and they were not available.

ChadJK · Post by **ChadJK** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:46 pm

Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am From Grow Omaha:
Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Are all of the other Don & Millie's locations standalone? Would this be their first strip mall unit?

Post by **Brad** » Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:56 pm

ChadJK wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:46 pm
Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am From Grow Omaha:
Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Are all of the other Don & Millie's locations standalone? Would this be their first strip mall unit?

In Omaha they are all stand alone, but I think one in Lincoln is in a strip.

Also, Teamshares purchased them in 2023 and they are transitioning to Employee Ownership so may be they will do things a little different?

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 5:37 am

Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:56 pm
ChadJK wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 3:46 pm
Brad wrote: Mon Nov 10, 2025 10:04 am From Grow Omaha:
Grow Omaha wrote:A building permit application was filed on November 3 for Don & Millie’s at 18110 Wright Street, one of Zio’s Pizzeria’s current locations, suggesting the burger chain plans to take over the pizza space. Neither business has confirmed a timeline. Zio’s was founded in 1985 and has three other Omaha locations. Don & Millie’s is an employee-owned regional chain with several Omaha-area locations.

Are all of the other Don & Millie's locations standalone? Would this be their first strip mall unit?
In Omaha they are all stand alone, but I think one in Lincoln is in a strip.

Also, Teamshares purchased them in 2023 and they are transitioning to Employee Ownership so may be they will do things a little different?

I believe there are only two in Lincoln. They are both standalone. I have been to both. IF there is a third, it may be in a strip, but I'm not sure there is another

The two I know of are near 56th & Hwy 2 and 84th & O st

Post by **Brad** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:02 am

I went and looked. 56th and highway 2 is a strip:

Screenshot 2025-11-11 080156.jpg

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:57 am

Brad wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:02 am I went and looked. 56th and highway 2 is a strip:

Screenshot 2025-11-11 080156.jpg

OK

Hadn't been there since I worked in Lincoln and had it in my mind ( I know..... ) it was a single location,

ChadJK · Post by **ChadJK** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 9:03 am

nebugeater wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:57 am
Brad wrote: Tue Nov 11, 2025 8:02 am I went and looked. 56th and highway 2 is a strip:

Screenshot 2025-11-11 080156.jpg
OK

Hadn't been there since I worked in Lincoln and had it in my mind ( I know..... ) it was a single location,

Well, it appears to be only a two-unit strip mall and the entire strip mall is done up in the Don & Millie's design.

WBR_Tom · Post by **WBR_Tom** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:27 pm

The Saddle Creek/Farnam location is closing at the end of the month. The sign on their door says the staff is relocating to the 108th & Center location.

Guessing UNMC has plans for that plot in 2026?

ChadJK · Post by **ChadJK** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:30 pm

WBR_Tom wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:27 pm Guessing UNMC has plans for that plot in 2026?

UNMC has decided their campus isn't complex enough. So, they're adding another building. We wouldn't want patients to find the correct room or office too quickly.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:43 pm

Might have been conceptual but I think they had a parking garage drawn in there in some renderings.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:48 pm

Yes, it has been shown in the last few renderings that they have had:

Padre · Post by **Padre** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:29 pm

I can’t say I’m surprised, but that one hurts. The other locations are a bit outside my normal range, and sometimes a Double Don just calls out to you!

I’d love to see them open up somewhere else in midtown.

Edit: Someone did add to the note “we will return in the near future. We’ll have to see what that means.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:37 pm

I agree, it would be nice to still have them in Midtown.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:51 pm

ChadJK wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:30 pm
WBR_Tom wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:27 pm Guessing UNMC has plans for that plot in 2026?
UNMC has decided their campus isn't complex enough. So, they're adding another building. We wouldn't want patients to find the correct room or office too quickly.

LOLOL - I despise going to that campus/facility at all. I'd say they couldn't make that area any more complicated than it already is, but I'm sure if they put their mind to it.

It stinks, too, because their capabilities as a hospital are phenomenal. But trying to get there and be treated is enough to put someone into cardiac arrest.

damonhynes · Post by **damonhynes** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:55 pm

djc311 wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:51 pm
ChadJK wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:30 pm
WBR_Tom wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:27 pm Guessing UNMC has plans for that plot in 2026?
UNMC has decided their campus isn't complex enough. So, they're adding another building. We wouldn't want patients to find the correct room or office too quickly.
LOLOL - I despise going to that campus/facility at all. I'd say they couldn't make that area any more complicated than it already is, but I'm sure if they put their mind to it.

It stinks, too, because their capabilities as a hospital are phenomenal. But trying to get there and be treated is enough to put someone into cardiac arrest.

Preach. Nothing a tornado wouldn't fix. :-)

ChadJK · Post by **ChadJK** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:59 pm

damonhynes wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:55 pm
djc311 wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:51 pm
ChadJK wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:30 pm
WBR_Tom wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 2:27 pm Guessing UNMC has plans for that plot in 2026?
UNMC has decided their campus isn't complex enough. So, they're adding another building. We wouldn't want patients to find the correct room or office too quickly.
LOLOL - I despise going to that campus/facility at all. I'd say they couldn't make that area any more complicated than it already is, but I'm sure if they put their mind to it.

It stinks, too, because their capabilities as a hospital are phenomenal. But trying to get there and be treated is enough to put someone into cardiac arrest.
Preach. Nothing a tornado wouldn't fix. :-)

The whole thing could be rebuilt as one 25-story building with a decent footprint. Put a large parking garage adjacent and suddenly the entire UNMC campus is two buildings. Make the rest green space.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 4:56 pm

Padre wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:29 pm I can’t say I’m surprised, but that one hurts. The other locations are a bit outside my normal range, and sometimes a Double Don just calls out to you!

I’d love to see them open up somewhere else in midtown.

Edit: Someone did add to the note “we will return in the near future. We’ll have to see what that means.

That does sting. Many, many great memories there with a Double Don, Margaritas, football, friends, and long walks home haha. I spent almost my entire 20's within maybe a 15-30 minute walk, and its still been the closest Don & Milles. Now, in the usual bad traffic, the nearest one to me will probably be a 30 minite drive.

Its kinda hard to constantly see news of the area change lately. Its been blow after blow. Ref, please! Won't recognize it after too long.

Padre · Post by **Padre** » Mon Dec 01, 2025 5:39 pm

The old Burger King on the other side of Dodge would be a good fit, but not if they’re going to renovate that whole section.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Dec 02, 2025 5:48 am

skinzfan23 wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:37 pm I agree, it would be nice to still have them in Midtown.

I saw a photo on the sign in the window, but I can't find it now. At the bottom, there was a note that was a different font and made to look like a Post-it note, which I read as they would be back in the area at some point. Maybe reading too much into it, but that was my thought when I saw it

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:19 am

Being out West now, my only complaint about the Lincoln stores is that they oversalt the patties. I don't make it in enough to get a representative sample though. I might just eat there when overzealous people on the grill are working.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:58 am

jessep28 wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:19 am Being out West now, my only complaint about the Lincoln stores is that they oversalt the patties. I don't make it in enough to get a representative sample though. I might just eat there when overzealous people on the grill are working.

Perhaps the new one taking over the Zio's at 180th & Center will fix this issue for you?

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:05 am

Padre wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 5:39 pm The old Burger King on the other side of Dodge would be a good fit, but not if they’re going to renovate that whole section.

Another good spot would be that perpetually vacant old KFC at 44th & Dodge. I can't help but think if they're going to be back soon, it would almost have to be one of those two.

Busguy2010 · Post by **Busguy2010** » Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:08 am

jessep28 wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:19 am Being out West now, my only complaint about the Lincoln stores is that they oversalt the patties. I don't make it in enough to get a representative sample though. I might just eat there when overzealous people on the grill are working.

I've noted that at all locations. Its not too bad, but they really take it right ro the edge haha

Padre · Post by **Padre** » Sun Dec 14, 2025 3:25 pm

My wife and I went to the Don & Millie’s on Farnam, to get in a final Double Don before they close.

We asked the woman at the counter if there were any plans to come back in the area. She said that tentatively, when Nebraska Medicine builds their parking garage, Don & Millie’s will reopen as part of it. Not sure if they will be next to the garage, or be a ground floor location, as part of it. The date was sometime in 2027.

I guess we’ll wait and see.