Our Favorite Omaha Haunts & Fall Fun
This week’s podcast episode is all about our favorite things in fall. From Omaha restaurants and concert venues to local shops and cocktail bars, we cover A LOT of great places around Omaha. I hope you enjoy the episode!
The episode is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Podcasts. You can also watch the full episode on Youtube.
Helpful Links
We talked about a lot of places on the episode, so if you’re curious about learning more about them, click on the links below:
- Vala’s Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard (check out my photos from a recent evening visit!)
- Annual Hunter’s Harvest Dinner at Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel
- Ghouls & Glow at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (check out my photos from this year’s event!)
- Museum of Shadows
- Favorite haunted houses: Scary Acres (according to my kids)
- Favorite actual haunts: Barnard Park, Pizza Shoppe in Benson, Edge of the Universe, former O’Connors, Hummel Park, Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs, Villisca Ax Murder House (read up on some of these urban legends)
- Favorite fall hikes: Fontenelle Forest, Neale Woods, Hitchcock Nature Center, Platte River State Park, Zorinsky Lake Park
- Favorite fall bike rides: Wabash Trace Trail
- Favorite fall fundraisers: The Aksarben Ball, Bemis Art Auction
- Wednesday Wednesday (always the Wednesday right before Halloween)
- Night Light at Kiewit Luminarium (where Dee went to a silent disco)
- Maha Festival (where Kim went to a silent disco)
- Ultimate Omaha Holiday Events List
- “Hamilton” is coming to the Orpheum Theater in Omaha May 7-18, 2025
- Favorite restaurants for families: Amazing Pizza Machine, Blatt Beer + Table, Jimi D’s
- Favorite pizza: Varsity Sports Café & Roman Coin Pizza, La Casa, Zio’s Pizzeria
- Favorite ice cream: Ted & Wally’s
- Favorite burger: Blatt Beer + Table, Stella’s Bar & Grill
- Favorite vegan burger: Block 16, Wilson & Washburn, Fizzy’s Fountain & Liquors
- Favorite breakfast: Early Bird (a lot of vegan and gluten-free options), Veg.edible (try their Brussel sprouts), Modern Love, Hardy Coffee, SCBC, Shirley’s Diner
- Favorite shopping: Nordstram Rack at Village Pointe Shopping Center, City Limits, Dusk Goods & Gifts, Souq, Nouvelle Eve, Prairie In Bloom, Found Vintage Market, EverBloom, The Bookworm, Hollywood Candy, The Simple Man, Made In Omaha, Flying Worm Vintage, Four Sisters Boutique, The Crystal Passage, Rosie Jane & Spruce Interiors & Gifts (next door to each other), Raygun, Vinyl Cup Records
- 402 eat + drink
- Pitch (try the Brussel sprouts appetizer)
- Favorite bars: Memoir, Tiny House, Fizzy’s Fountain & Liquors (great music, too), Bärchen Beer Garden (share the “shotopus” with friends), Krug Park, Wicked Rabbit, Alice, Red Lion Lounge, Crescent Moon Ale House, Nite Owl, Interlude Lounge, Holiday Lounge, Office West Lounge
- Cocktails Away travel blog
- Mrs. Roper Romp Bar Crawl
- Favorite music venues: Steelhouse Omaha, Holland Music Club inside the Holland Performing Arts Center, Waiting Room, Slowdown, Astro Amphitheater, The B. Bar, O’Leaver’s, SumTur Amphitheater, Soaring Wings Vineyard
- Favorite indoor markets: Handmade Omaha Holiday Art & Craft Show, Omaha Holiday Boutique, Midtown Merry Market, Omaha Winter Market at Nebraska Brewing Co.
- Favorite holiday lights displays: Holiday Lights Festival, Linden Park neighborhood, Olde Towne Holiday Lights & Music Show in Bellevue
- All of Omaha’s Halloween lights displays
- Jingle in Kansas City, Kansas
- Kim’s holiday road trips: Denver, Chicago, Twin Cities, St. Louis
