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Faturday Omaha
by Faturday Omaha
Food for your ears! It all started with lunch, Faturday lunch where good friends Sam, Dave, and TJ would catch up on things and eat amazing food. One meal led to another and the Faturday Omaha podcast and now radio show on 91.5 KIOS FM, was born starting in 2018.The Faturday team has been recognized by NP Dodge as a “16 Omaha Podcasts You Should Be Listening To”We look to provide you with insight into great places to eat, see how they rank on our the Frampton Scale (for Faturday epicness), talk with restaurant owners/chefs/staff, entertain, and hopefully make you laugh!
Episodes
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Omaha Hospitality Hall of Fame 2025
Get ready to Connect With Food and meet the 2025 inductees into the Omaha Hospitality Hall of Fame Doug Case, Andy Reetz, Chad Hartmann, Jim Major, Loren Koch, and Mike Kelley. Brian O'Malley, the Associate Dean of MCC Institute for the Culinary Arts, and I talked with the inductees in MCC's…
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Chef Kasper of Timbers at Lied Lodge
Chef Garrett Kasper brought an amazing menu revamp and food focused overhaul to Timbers At Lied Lodge. I was given the opportunity to try the food at this Nebraska City gem and then had a wonderful conversation outdoors overlooking the tree line in the distance. Taking the time to make the drive...
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Pizza Expo 2025
My heavens get ready, we have a multi-topping hand tossed artisan episode for you. I was fortunate to attend International Pizza Expo 2025 in March and through this was able to connect, learn, have fun, and recap in Vegas to bring expo to you. Additionally I was able to interview Eidref Laxa of…
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Lazy Buffalo 1 Year Anniversary with Brady Hess
Brady Hess of Lazy Buffalo BBQ located 3924 1/2 Farnam St in Omaha, a half you say? Well it’s a small place, but there are plenty of seats next door where you take your BBQ at Scriptown brewing, but anyway. At the time of this conversation Lazy Buffalo is right about 1 year old and longtime...
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House of Bah Making Dolma with Chef Jamil and Chef Fatima
The doors unlocked at Bohemian Gardens after hours to allow Chef Jamil Bah Traore and Chef Fatima El Qasby to teach you and I all about North African Dolma. Chef Jamil and I have been talking about cooking together for a while and the timing was just right as the House of Bah’s upcoming Indigo...
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David Utterback of Yoshitomo
2025 James Beard Nominee David Utterback of Yoshitomo is on the mic! Heart, craft, attention to detail, David shows all of this on the plates he serves. He’s also a busy guy, ya know running three restaurants, traveling to Japan to keep up to date and learn from other Chefs, bringing in the top...
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Art and Soup 2025 with Carole Patrick and Brian O'Malley
Art and Soup March 9th, 2025! How does food help? It nourishes the heart, mind, and body. Art has its impact to the senses and mind as well. Combine the two and you get Art and Soup! This is the "VNA’s 28th annual event supporting nursing services in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters,...
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Hardy Coffee with Autumn Pruitt
If you’re a person that knows me well then you know that a cup of coffee is not far from my hand. We have great coffee shops around our area and I am thankful for small shops from Hawaii to Lebanon right back to Omaha. Our guest is Autumn Pruitt owner of Hardy coffee which of course started as a...
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Rotisserie Urban Bistro A Cookbook A Pizza And More
There is a lot packed in this episode, get ready to get an overview of Rotisserie Urban Bistro from chicken to empanada, saffron rice, plantains and more. We are going to talk about one of my favorite cookbooks and two of my preferred recipes therein. I’m going to get personal * GASP * with my...
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Omaha Urban Farmer Season Update
It's a new season and with a new season comes growth and as you know farmers make things grow. Growing is what Tim Fonfara of Omaha Urban Farmer does be that in the outdoors in his city surrounded ¾ acres or inside where microgreens pop up all year. We're checking in on how the farm weathered the...
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Startups and Pop-ups The Commissary Kitchen at No More Empty Pots
Ok, ok, I may have been a bit greedy when seeking our guests on the show today. I’ve become quite curious on how cottage food production and pop-ups differ with rules and certifications etc. Additionally, our local food trucks and industry folks brought No More Empty Pots to my attention. We’ve…
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Cups Cafe and No More Empty Pots
Cups Cafe is BACK and No More Empty Pots is here to stay! Taila McGill is the President and CEO of No More Empty Pots a non-profit that provides an array of food based services to our community. Rayn Tot heads up an extension of No More Empty Pots with the newly relaunched Cups Cafe. Talia and…
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Shaheen's Afghan Cuisine with Omed and Waheed Shah
Shaheen’s Afghan Cuisine brings the flavors of Afghanistan to Omaha, Nebraska and they now have two locations serving up Mantu (ground beef dumplings), Kabobs, Kabuli Pulao with its basmati rice and lamb shanks and more. Shahen Shah leads this family centered restaurant and grocery. His two sons...
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Sarah Baker Hansen Food Cost Rise
Sarah Baker Hansen recently wrote an article for the Flat Water Free Press titled “As food costs rise, local restaurants — and diners who support them — adjust to paying more” At a time when we’ve seen a lot of restaurant closures, this article might just ring true with a lot of owners and…
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Caniglia's A Mano With Jordan Caniglia
When you hear Jordan Caniglia you might think that there is a good chance he has worked at or owns a restaurant in Omaha and you would be right! Caniglias A Mano has been serving up a thin crust style pizza for about 5 years and made a move to a larger location close to 72nd and highway 370 since...
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Spacca Napoli with John Anthony
How do you pack all of Naples Italy into a food truck? Well, you can start with a motivated Brazilian with Italian parents who found food was his passion, cooked at several restaurants, moved to the US to learn English then went over to Italy to study VPN pizza. That person is John Anthony St....
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Stacey Leick of Buttered Marshmallow 5 Year Anniversary
Cake! Stacey Leick of Buttered Marshmallow has reached quite a milestone for her bakery and for anyone in the restaurant/food industry and that is 5 years! She joined us in studio and per usual there were delicious treats in tow and an as of yet brand new item for a taste test. We are going to…
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Tessa Porter At Sprinkk
You thought Candy Land was cool, well on this episode we’re heading to the candy lab! That candy lab is Sprinkk and the person that created Sprinkk is Tessa Porter and she is a candy scientist, engineer, business owner and she took time out of her day to allow the microphones in the lab. This...
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Afro Fest With Chef Jamil Bah-Traore and Joubel Folly Teko
When Chef Jamil Bah-Traore reaches out and says something is happening you know it’s something good. Something good that somehow I was not aware of but we fixed that right up quick and that is Afro Fest! Afro Fest 2024 was held Labor Day weekend and brought food, culture, connection, and…
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Ryan Eckert and Dan Hoffman of Corvette Cafe
Take a moment and envision what you imagine you would see on the menu of a cafe in a car dealership…and then throw that right out the window the ‘63 split window. The Corvette Cafe, yes it’s located inside of a car dealership, but the menu is anything but stock. This more like the ZR1 customized...
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James Hawk of J's Smokehouse
It’s a karate studio, it’s a legion, no it’s a BBQ brick and mortar serving brisket, ribs, sausage, mac and cheese, and more. We’ve got James Hawk, owner operator for J’s Smokehouse that you can find at 4725 S 96th street in Omaha on the show. I’ve been following along with J’s journey for a…
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Sagar Gurung of Kathmandu Momo
Momo, the delicious Nepali dumpling, where’s a person to find one….or 12 in Omaha. That’s Kathmandu Momo station and on the show we have Sagar Gurung the man behind the momo in the Innerrail food hall and now a new location at 16th and Farnam downtown that is co-located with Cattle Call kitchen…
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Tixteco with Usevia and Maricela
We have two wonderful guests on the show today from an equally wonderful restaurant. The guests are Usevia and Maricela Bustamante and that restaurant is Tixteco located at 2203 S 16th St in Omaha. The restaurant is a neat building in its own right and there are giant painted golf balls outside...
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Crunch Factor with Isaiah Renner
It’s not the X factor nor the It factor, no indeed it is Crunch Factor. We have owner operator Isaiah Renner on the show to talk about this new ever menu changing food truck that also has an outlet for new pop ups to get their start. You may remember Isaiah from our past Dire Lion episode. Well...
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Ted and Wally's Making Ice Cream
Have you ever had a really good scoop of ice cream that just put a smile in your tummy. That might something simple yet refined like a really good scoop of lightweight vanilla or a straightforward decadent round of chocolate or maybe you got something whose flavors floored you due to the taste…
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Hip Bao and BBQ Bros w/ Nat of Yum Omaha
Heavens it’s a restaurant overview this week of the noodley delicious bun based Hip Bao! You as the listener get a couple of twofers this week as we have dual hosts, myself Dave, and guest Nat Ogura of Yum Omaha as we wax poetic about all things noodle from Beijing to Beef and steamed to fried…
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Amateur Coffee with Jasmyn and Jacob Wichart
I first became very acquainted with Amateur Coffee during the pandemic when they were doing curbside coffee drop off. They have an approach to coffee that includes a reusable jar program for to-go beverages and they are a vegan coffee shop. You get to meet owners Jacob and Jasmyn Wichart on the...
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Author Aaron Filipi of One Cook Many Mouths
Aaron Filipi became a single father with four hungry mouths to feed. He has traversed the trials of what to do as an amateur cook and navigated the emotions and strain that come about as a single parent. He decided to write a cookbook to help other single parents feel safe with making simple...
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Kate Anderson of Carter and Rye
Kate Anderson is the Carter in "Carter and Rye" a farmers market pastry purveyor that grew into a brick and mortar shop serving golden flakey pastry of the sweet and the savory. Kate stopped on studio and we had a conversation about all things Carter. From cinnamon and sugar to kimchi, Carter and...
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4 The Love Of BBQ
You’ve heard it, you’ve felt it, the love that is put into a good plate of food. 4 The Love of BBQ is doing just that in creating a free event for anyone in need of help, love, and food. This is the 2nd year of the event where Pit Master Jackie Robbins of Rib Shack is assembling many BBQ…
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Omaha Urban Farmer with Tim Fonfara
Well shoots, pea shoots oh and red radish and broccoli micro greens and more. That is what Tim Fonfara and The Omaha Urban Farmer are sprouting up on their electrically charged regenerative farm. They grow outside and they grow inside, provide farm to fork furrows for restaurants and residential...
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Nick Hyde of Hydes Slydes
I like a good burger, I like innovation, and I like a good story of growth. Nick Hyde of Hydes Slydes, was the kid with an entrepreneurial spirit with and knew what his restaurant was going to be called at 15 years old. He went to culinary school, had a food truck…with a few transport issues, a...
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Tony Ellsworth of Ellsworth Crossing Market
We’ve mentioned the phase hyper local a few times on this show. That philosophy is certainly on display at Ellsworth Crossing a mid sized market located just outside of Omaha at 26902 W Center Road. If my food memory serves, the first time I went out to Ellsworth Crossing was in search of extra...
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Clayton Chapman Untamed Kitchen
Our guest started as a Subway Sandwich artist and been talked about by Bon Appetit. He’s been a dishwasher and a multi-time James Beard nominee. And he calls Nebraska his home. Clayton Chapman was the chef of Omaha’s former Grey Plume and has now brought chef driven cuisine and fine dining...
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Historical Menus and More with Amy Mather and Martha Grenzeback
Forgotton restaurants, menus and recipes, where do they go? Some disappear and are only stored in food memories, but thankfully people like Amy Mather and Martha Grenzeback from the Omaha Public Library seek out these tasty treasures and both archive and digitize these artifacts so that we can...
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Universal of Best Burger 2024 Check In
Way back in the mists of time in 2020, I had the chance to interview a startup restaurant owner about his small location serving to-go burgers with fun details that made them deliciously adaptable to many palates. That restaurant is Best Burger and on this episode we are checking in three years...
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Art And Soup 2024
Art and Soup are on the menu today, this is an annual event where the local restaurant community comes together with local artists to support a mission of the Visiting Nurses Association which is to “ensure that VNA nurses continue to provide public health nursing services to individuals and...
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House of Bah Capstone Part 2
Part 2 of our conversation about connecting chef and diner through food is on the plate for today. The House of Bah Foundation is a non-profit providing a path for immigrant chefs to establish their footing in Omaha and more than that is making far from Omaha flavors familiar to our city’s…
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House Of Bah Capstone Part 1
Delicious Wins. That’s phrase from Chef Brian O’Malley of MCC Culinary Institute and that embodies what Chef Jamil Bah-Traore of House of Bah Foundation's Culinary Capstone dinner accomplished. We talked to Chef Jamil on a prior episode about his non-profit that helps immigrant chefs get their...
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Making Brisket At Smokin Barrel with Wayne Dinges
Smokin' Barrel makes some of the best Texas style brisket around. This tiny spot produces savory slices of well barked barbecue for its hungry patrons. Wayne Dinges is the pit master behind the meats and on this episode he is going to teach you and I how to prep and season brisket the Smokin…
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Casanova's Growing With Andrew and Alejandra
We met the voices of Andrew and Alejandra Miller a while back on this show when their butcher shop, Casanova’s was still in the figurative paint drying stage. Their approach to connecting with the people that walked in their doors has continued as they have recently grown to add new things onto…
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Chef James Davis Food Costing
Chef James Davis is an instructor at Omaha’s wonderful Metropolitan Community College Culinary Institute, has been a Chef at restaurants and country clubs and he also loves analyzing numbers when it comes to food costs. Our conversation is focused there, on how to determine menu cost at a...
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Big Mama's with Gladys and Mariah
I’ve been a longtime fan of Big Mama’s Kitchen since they were located in a retired school house and I’ve continued to enjoy the hot and fresh food from their kitchen, but this is a special conversation because we have Gladys Harrison and Mariah Russell of Big Mama’s on our show. Gladys is…
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Sofra Kitchen
We are talking mid-town Omaha food as we give you an overview of the eats at Sofra Kitchen located at 220 S 31st. We canvassed the menu which ranges from extremely juicy cheeseburgers, eggs benedict, Greek salads, to spaghetti and meatballs. TJ was happy to find a place where he can get lunch and...
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Ryan Cooper The BBQ Tourist
We have a specialized tour guide on the show. Ryan Cooper, otherwise known as The BBQ Tourist focuses his adventures on all things smokey and meaty. I had reached out to Ryan on social media to bring his BBQ knowledge to the microphones to talk all about some great BBQ spots in Omaha for an...
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Mexitli and 2023 Gift Guide
It’s a two for one episode! The start of the episode is an overview of the wonderful Mexican food available at Mexitli 1620 Harney St. They have moved from their little yellow food trailer making their signature homemade tortillas to this fun little brick and mortar spot making their signature...
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Veg.Edible Stacie and Matt
Eat your veggies and eat them well, with options. That is what Veg Edible works to bring to you and we are bringing owners Stacie Van Cleave and Matt Hyde to you! Stacie moved to a vegan diet to address health concerns and then moved to provide that food to others. They now have a brick and…
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Dirty Birds With Dan ”Debo” Whalen and Moses Moseley
We’ve got founding Dirty Birds chefs Moses Moseley and Dan "Debo" Whalen on the show to talk about chicken, tofu, temps, and technique as we sit in the Dirty Birds space and talk turkey…uh chicken. DB has been on Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives and makes one of the finest chicken sandwiches anywhere....
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Cooking Pizza On Izzy’s Pizza Bus
What’s it like to be in a live lunch service and cook pizza on Izzy’s Pizza bus? You’re about to find out as we complete our adventure from dough to customer with head pizza dude Brett Geiger on Vincent the Bus. In the process you’ll learn the inside the bus details on ingredients, topping…
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Ryan Barry of WillieDogs
Hyper-local, this is a word that I heard on National Hot Dog Day back in 2022 and that term was heard from the voice of Ryan Barry of Willie Dogs. At that time Wille Dogs was a cart/popup concept focusing on creating a hot dog to represent Omaha. Since that time Ryan has gone to culinary school,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Food for your ears! It all started with lunch, Faturday lunch where good friends Sam, Dave, and TJ would catch up on things and eat amazing food. One meal led to another and the Faturday Omaha podcast and now radio show on 91.5 KIOS FM, was born starting in 2018.The Faturday team has been recognized by NP Dodge as a “16 Omaha Podcasts You Should Be Listening To”We look to provide you with insight into great places to eat, see how they rank on our the Frampton Scale (for Faturday epicness), talk with restaurant owners/chefs/staff, entertain, and hopefully make you laugh!
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