Visiting in October
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Louie
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Re: Visiting in October
Since you'll be in the area for the Durham and the Bob, the nearest artsy area would be the Old Market. Blackstone to the west of Crescent Moon has a few artsy things, but its mostly a bar/restaurant strip.
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Omaha Cowboy
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Re: Visiting in October
Another artsy area in North Downtown is the Hot Shops collective area. Definitely worth a visit..Louie wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:25 pm Since you'll be in the area for the Durham and the Bob, the nearest artsy area would be the Old Market. Blackstone to the west of Crescent Moon has a few artsy things, but its mostly a bar/restaurant strip.
If you can, squeeze 2 days out of your visit. Our zoo is so massive with so many attractions, it’ll take a full day to get to see most of them..then you can spend another day visiting all the other attractions, which are numerous. Too bad you can’t squeeze out 3 days, lol..
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Re: Visiting in October
If you were in Omaha for more than one day, I would suggest Vala's Pumpkin Patch. It is the closest thing we have to a theme park (sorry Funplex) and it represents the crossroads of the agrarian outskirts and city folk. It is one of the Fall traditions in Omaha for many families and individuals. They also have good, giant turkey legs and pies. Also, if you are into Halloween stuff there are a few big ones that might be open? I don't know with the pandemic.
As far as food goes, you will always get a Block 16 recommendation from me for some affordable, great grub. If Metropolitan Community College's Sage Cafe was open, I would say go there for lunch since many local chefs and restaurateurs were trained there in some way. The other end of the price spectrum, you have Grey Plume, V. Mertz, and M's Pub for some quintessential Omaha fine dining. For steaks, well I am not sure which are some good local steakhouses as I don't eat steak all the much, but some local joints downtown include Sullivan's, Spencer's and Omaha Prime. Desert, Ted & Wally's, Vitale Omaha, Old Market Candy Shop and Chocolat Abielle are all downtown. Burgers, Block 16 has a good one, but Dinker's and Louie M's isn't too far. There is a decent all you can eat sushi place downtown. You could also meander down on 13th to visit Beercade. Also, I love Hollywood Candy. They have a pinball 'museum' in the back. Last time I went though, many of the machines were out of commission.
Also, second that the zoo is really big and if you only have one day, you won't hit everything unless you are going through pretty quickly. Our favorite exhibits are the Lied Jungle (there is a treetop level and ground floor level), the desert dome, the swamp/cave exhibit under the desert dome called Kingdom's of the night, and the new Asian Highlands exhibit.
As far as food goes, you will always get a Block 16 recommendation from me for some affordable, great grub. If Metropolitan Community College's Sage Cafe was open, I would say go there for lunch since many local chefs and restaurateurs were trained there in some way. The other end of the price spectrum, you have Grey Plume, V. Mertz, and M's Pub for some quintessential Omaha fine dining. For steaks, well I am not sure which are some good local steakhouses as I don't eat steak all the much, but some local joints downtown include Sullivan's, Spencer's and Omaha Prime. Desert, Ted & Wally's, Vitale Omaha, Old Market Candy Shop and Chocolat Abielle are all downtown. Burgers, Block 16 has a good one, but Dinker's and Louie M's isn't too far. There is a decent all you can eat sushi place downtown. You could also meander down on 13th to visit Beercade. Also, I love Hollywood Candy. They have a pinball 'museum' in the back. Last time I went though, many of the machines were out of commission.
Also, second that the zoo is really big and if you only have one day, you won't hit everything unless you are going through pretty quickly. Our favorite exhibits are the Lied Jungle (there is a treetop level and ground floor level), the desert dome, the swamp/cave exhibit under the desert dome called Kingdom's of the night, and the new Asian Highlands exhibit.