Dining Notes: First of two new Julio’s restaurants opens in west Omaha | Omaha Dines

The primary of two new Julio’s Tex-Mex eating places has opened at 192nd and Q Streets in a constructing that beforehand housed a Tanner’s Bar & Grill.

The menu for the revived eatery is much like that of the unique, together with its well-liked nachos, the Mexican flag enchiladas, and fajitas for 2. Proprietor Brett Clure purchased the rights to the Julio’s title and recipes when the native chain’s final location, at 123rd Avenue and West Heart Highway, closed in 2020. At its peak, the restaurant had 11 retailers in Omaha, Lincoln and Des Moines.

Clure’s second Julio’s, within the former Jack & Mary’s Restaurant close to 114th Avenue and West Dodge Highway, is predicted to open subsequent month.

Diners have been posting evaluations on social media: “Margaritas have been good, nachos have been superior,” one mentioned. Others mentioned it was experiencing the standard opening-week glitches, however have been blissful it had returned.

Clure can be half proprietor of 4 Tanner’s places in Omaha, Lincoln and Wisconsin; 4 Tavern 180 retailers within the Midwest; and Capri, a brand new Italian restaurant close to 173rd Avenue and West Heart Highway.

When he was planning the Julio’s menu, he mentioned he would come with a couple of new gadgets “however the primary factor was maintaining the recipes the identical.” In case your favourite dish isn’t on the printed menu, it might come again periodically as a particular, he mentioned in an interview earlier this yr.

Julio’s is open from 3:30 p.m. to shut Mondays via Thursdays and 11 a.m. to shut Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays. The web site is www.julios.com.

You continue to have ample alternative to take pleasure in Cornfest 2022.

The occasion started Saturday at Pam Nelson Produce, 23301 Deer Ridge Highway in Valley, and continues right this moment and subsequent weekend, operating from 9 a.m. to five p.m. all three days.

Admission is $8.99 an individual on the gate and contains all-you-can-eat candy corn. Youngsters 2 and youthful get in free of charge

Along with the corn feast, actions embody barrel practice rides, youngsters corn toss, pony rides, a cornhole match, a corn-shucking contest that includes native pastors and two cobbler walks.

Don’t miss corn bingo from 3 to five p.m. every day.

It’s best to by no means eat wild vegetation until you might be sure you’ve got recognized them appropriately.

A web-based seminar will educate you the way to do exactly that.

Horticulture program coordinator Bob Hendrickson will current “Edible Wild Crops of Nebraska: Half 3” through Zoom on Monday from 7 to eight p.m.

This system, from Conservation Nebraska and Nebraska State Arboretum, focuses on the state’s tree species and the way you should utilize them for meals. Each teams advocate foraging, which they are saying is a good way to eat wholesome, low-cost meals whereas spending time open air.

You possibly can register for the presentation at neconserve.org, the place you’ll additionally discover hyperlinks to components one and two of this system.

It’s solely three days till Nationwide French Fry Day.

On that day, which is Wednesday, Penn Station East Coast Subs eating places will give away a free small order of fresh-cut fries with the acquisition of any sandwich.

Omaha-area Penn Stations are at 2875 S. 168th St. and 225 N. eightieth St., Suite 12. They’re open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays via Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.

If you already know of different eating places that may have fun the day with specials, we need to hear about them. E-mail elizabeth.freeman@owh.com with particulars.

You would possibly need to take a staycation day Thursday.

It’s Bastille Day, and the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel plans a day stuffed with enjoyable, frolic and meals.

The lodge, at 302 S. thirty sixth St. within the Blackstone District, has a resort-style pool that each locals and visitors take pleasure in from 8 a.m. to eight p.m. via the Cottonwood Pool Membership. You possibly can dine on seasonal poolside snacks and revel in cocktails whereas sunning and swimming. You possibly can fake it’s the French Riviera.

In early night, the lodge’s Cottonwood Room may have a champagne blissful hour. Along with the bubbly, there might be $6 wines, $5 drafts and a wide range of hors d’oeurves. And you’ll carry your French poodles (or every other canine, for that matter, no matter measurement or breed.) Joyful hour runs from 5 to six p.m.

You possibly can finish your outing with applicable Bastille Day entrees within the Orleans Room. The menu contains French onion soup, Raclette grilled cheese sandwiches, beignets and creme brulee, amongst different gadgets.

Eight Nebraska eateries not too long ago have been honored in Wine Spectator journal’s 2022 Restaurant Awards.

The awards are given to eating places with exemplary wine lists, pristine cellars and excellent buyer providers in relation to wine.

4 of Nebraska’s winners — Le Voltaire French Restaurant at 569 N. a hundred and fifty fifth Plaza; 801 Chophouse at 1403 Farnam St.; V. Mertz at 1022 Howard St.; and Spencer’s for Steaks & Chops at 102 S. tenth St. — are from Omaha.

Three are from Lincoln: The Oven at 201 N. Eighth St.; The Inexperienced Gateau, 330 S. tenth St.; and Venue Restaurant & Lounge, 4111 Pioneer Woods Drive.

And one is from South Sioux Metropolis, Nebraska: Kahill’s Chophouse within the Marriott South Sioux Metropolis Riverfront Lodge.

You’ll find out extra in regards to the awards at winespectator.com or within the July version of the journal, which might be accessible on Tuesday.