Winchester Bar & Grill 70th & Q Street

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Winchester Bar & Grill 70th & Q Street

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Winchester Bar & Grill 70th & Q Street

Winchester Bar & Grill, your small town dive bar burger dreams come true, but in Omaha

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Sarah Baker Hansen wrote:I’d heard a lot about Winchester Bar & Grill — in particular, about the burgers at Winchester — long before I ever set foot in the dive bar dining room a few weeks back.

I kind of love it when rumors turn out to be true.
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I sort of discovered that one on accident one day. I eat out for lunch a LOT and was getting burnt out deciding where to go, so one day I just decided to work my way down 72nd street eating at places I had never eaten and Winchesters came up in the queue. Shockingly good food for a bar/grill.

Though, my favorite thing about Winchester's has to be the communal trough urinal in their men's restroom:

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This was Omaha’s premier biker bar in the 70’s thru the 90’s.
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I just don’t know what to say. Best I leave it at that…
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I just took my two girls for lunch today. The Saturday lunch special is a cheeseburger and fries for 6.99. Our bill for 3 specials, 2 sodas, and a beer was about 26 bucks. For this price it is easily one of the best smash burgers in town. The fries were not that great but I certainly won't complain for the price.
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laserdisque wrote: Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:25 pm I just took my two girls for lunch today. The Saturday lunch special is a cheeseburger and fries for 6.99. Our bill for 3 specials, 2 sodas, and a beer was about 26 bucks. For this price it is easily one of the best smash burgers in town. The fries were not that great but I certainly won't complain for the price.
Stacy Winters, founder of Omaha Food Lovers talked about Winchester’s on Grow Omaha this morning.
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There's a neat write-up on the history of Winchester's on Omaha Exploration's Facebook post:

It's been around in some form or another since 1949. It's been The Pappio Bar, Royal Robin Tavern, Don Wan Tavern, Lucky Seven Bar & Grill, D&D Bar & Grill, a few more names in the 1960s, Calico Cat Cocktail Lounge, and became Winchester Saloon in 1976.