Bohemian Cafe- Runza??

We are from SC and planning a trip to Omaha. While researching the city and what to do and places to eat, I have seen the Bohemian Cafe mentioned often. People always refer to their Runza%26#39;s and I was just wondering what that was. I looked at their menu online and did not see it mentioned. Any other suggestions for things we should try there would be appreciated. Thanks for your help.

Bohemian Cafe- Runza??

Runza is a Nebraska based hamburger chain. In addition to ( average ) burgers , they feature a specialty sandwich that is a bread roll with a filling of ground beef / cabbage/ onion and seasonings called a Runza.

They also have other stuffed sandwiches on occasion like swiss mushroom etc.

Eating a Runza reminds me of the White Castle hamburgers of my youth - you will taste it for hours. Urp!

I have not eaten at the Bohemian Cafe yet, I know a lot of the locals here like it - but I do not necessarily trust the tastes and opinions of Nebraska natives all the time - given their poor track record on patronizing average to mediocre steakhouses and raving about them.

Thankfully there are a lot of good restaurants that have opened up in the past 10 years.

If you are in for the CWS the Bohemian cafe is a short ride up 13th street from the ball park, on th east side of the street - cant miss it.

Bohemian Cafe- Runza??

What kind of food are you interested in? What price range?

The Bohemian is one of the few older restaurants that is still pretty good another is Piccolo Pete%26#39;s sadly many of the older steakhouses in town have closed or are in the process and have been replaced by chains.

Thanks for all of your help. I guess what we are looking for is probably a great steak, and something that is unique to your area. This is our first time in Nebraska. As far as price range we are not too picky, though we will be traveling with 3 children 11, 9, and 8. I would just like to know what we should not miss.

Thanks

I%26#39;m a big fan of runzas, so I%26#39;d recommend somebody at least try one.

I went to the Bohemian Cafe a year or so ago and it okay. My wife and I picked at half of rotisserie chicken and it wasn%26#39;t too bad. They sure do pile on the dumplings though. Lots of dumplings and potatoes. The decor is straight out of the 60%26#39;s with a lot of Czek related stuff on the wall and what not.

Another of couple of local pizza related ';Nebraska'; places that you might like to try would be Zios pizza in Omaha. They%26#39;ve got a couple of locations and you can order by the slice and choose from a multitude of toppings. Also we%26#39;ve got a regional chain of pizza places ';Valentinos'; they%26#39;ve got lots of Omaha locations and I prefer it over Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, the other major pizza chains.

If you want a great steak in this town you would be advised to skip the %26#39;locals %26#39; places. You will hear about a lot of steakhouses that are way past their glory days and only living on reputation. When I moved here I was amazed at what poor quality meat and services was provided at these places and the locals just thought they were great - I guess they just don%26#39;t know any better. Places in this category are Cascios, Gorat%26#39;s , Mister C%26#39;s, Farmer Brown%26#39;s and quite a few others.

For good steaks , the Old Market has Omaha Prime, there is the Mahogany Prime steakhouse on west Dodge at about 136th , Coltons on west Center , Firebird%26#39;s Rocky mountain grill at the Village Pointe shopping center on 168th and Dodge, Texas Roadhouse, Johnny%26#39;s Itailian steakhouse in Village Pointe is good also. The Upstream Brewing company does a good job with some steaks and other good selections. Charlies on the Lake on 144th Street has some excellent Steaks and other good dishes. Skip Ted%26#39;s Montana Grill unless you want a buffalo steak.

A strange local place for fish is Joe Tess place on south 24th place - they serve Carp of all things - kind of shows you the culinary heritage and tastes of this town in the past.

Good pasta at Vivace ( old market ) , Vincenzo%26#39;s ( they also have a great Gorgonzola Steak ) , Pasta Amore ( Rockbrook )

You will not find a pizza over the grade of %26#39; decent %26#39; in this town ( maybe its because I am from Chicago and know what pizza is supposed to be like) . Old Chicago and Zio%26#39;s are probably the best.

Poor ignorant slobs probably just don%26#39;t know any better how fortunate for them you are there.

Its always good for someone who knows, to direct people on the proper path to gustatorial enlightment and cut through all the baloney and %26#39; select%26#39; grade meat.

Thanks for caring !

Thanks for all of your advice. We are headed to Omaha tomorrow (Tues.) and will look for some of these places that you have all recommended. We are all in the mood for a really good steak. Can%26#39;t wait to see your city. Thanks Again.

We ended up eating lunch at the Upstream Brewing Company. It was good. We both had the Omaha Steak special that was good. Even better than the steaks was the breakfast bread(Applesauce Spice) that we bought as we were leaving. Thanks again to everyone for their great advice.