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Historic Tour At the end of the 19th century, Omaha was in its prime as a great railroad center, connecting the settled East with the wide-open West. The Old Market area was at the height of its splendor—bustling with produce dealers, buyers, and transporters. The bustle continued until the 1950s, when Omaha’s westward expansion and radical changes in grocery marketing abruptly brought the activity to a halt. That’s when Sam Mercer, threatened with building condemnation notices, proposed to rescue his family’s red-brick warehouses by renovating them for new uses. Most people thought him imprudent. Today, they call him a visionary. Mercer’s role was a delicate balance of making things happen and allowing things to evolve. Nonetheless, he was the first to admit that there never was a master plan for developing the Old Market. “We knew these warehouses had possibilities, and to tear them down to construct contemporary buildings would have been like painting over the Mona Lisa,” Mercer had insisted. Change happens all the time, but it has to be the right kind of change. Though Mercer passed away in February 2013, his legacy in the Old Market lives on. Preservation and maintenance of the architectural integrity of the buildings remains a guiding principle. Sam Mercer: the Old Market’s Godfather Adapted from an article by Leo Adam Biga

The son of prominent Omaha physician and landowner Nelson Mercer, Samuel Mercer was born and raised in London, England, and educated at Oxford and Yale. After living in Washington, D.C., he based his law practice in Paris, where he mostly lived the rest of his life, holding dual citizenship.

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In Paris, Mercer cultivated relationships with avant garde artists. Artist Eva Aeppli was his second wife. On his handful of trips to Omaha each year, Mercer cut an indelible figure with his shoulder-length gray hair, his trans-Atlantic accent, and his waxing on far-ranging subjects. He spoke perfect French. With the death of his father in 1963, Mercer took charge of the Mercer Management company in Omaha. He appreciated the century-old brick warehouses, some Mercerowned, comprising the wholesale produce market just southeast of downtown. By 1968, Mercer moved strategically to gain control of a collection of buildings in what is now the Old Market. It was Mercer’s idea to make the ground-floor space of the former Gilinsky Fruit Company into a French restaurant. It became the Old Market’s signature spot, the French Café, with apartments above it. More anchor attractions followed—Homer’s, M’s Pub, Mr. Toad, the Spaghetti Works, Nouvelle Eve, the Firehouse Dinner Theater, the Bemis. With his son Mark, daughter-in-law Vera, and nephew Nicholas Bonham-Carter, the Mercers evolved this never-planned but organically developed area. Distinct features to this day include The Passageway,V Mertz, La Buvette, and The Boiler Room. Sam Mercer viewed the Old Market as an evolving social experiment and art project aligned with his own desires. He passed away Feb. 5, 2013, at his home in Honfleur, France. He was 92. Old Market Historic Tour The Old Market is filled with sites and buildings of historic interest. Several of these have been specifically identified and researched. As a result, an Old Market Historic Walking Tour with identification plaques of these edifices began in 2003.

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Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot, 1887 1213 Jones Street Now home to The New BLK Ad Agency & Art Gallery Omaha was a rich brew of immigrants, and many brought with them a well-developed taste for hops, which gave rise to a half-dozen local breweries in the late 19th century. In 1887, Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis built a distribution complex in Omaha, designed by Henry Voss in the Romanesque style. The existing office building is all that remains of four buildings, which also included a stable, the bottling department, and a combination beer vault and icehouse. The complex had a refrigeration capacity equivalent to 10 railcars of beer. The company employed 16 men and six teams of horses for deliveries. Prohibition capped the beer business in 1916, but later the complex housed the Industrial Chemical Supply Co. and a furniture-stripping firm. In the 1960s and 1970s, the office building was a private residence for several different individuals. In 1989, Alley Poyner Architecture renovated the interior as office space for its own business. In 1988, a finial over the west side of the doorway was toppled by wind and then stolenâ€”it has never been recovered.

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Baum Iron Company Building, 1880 1221 Harney Street Now home to Baum Hydraulics Co. This building has carried the Baum Iron name since the early 1900s. At one time, that firm was the largest wholesaler of iron products in the Midwest, dealing in iron, steel, and heavy hardware, and doing business in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Iowa, and Kansas. The cast-iron storefront for the structure in the Italianate style was made in St. Louis and assembled on-site in Omaha in 1880. Originally three stories, the fourth floor was added in 1891. The original owners were Steele, Johnson and Co., wholesale grocers. After the addition of the fourth floor, the wholesale hardware and cutlery firm of Lee-Clarke-Andreesen used the building. After purchasing, Baum Iron Company occupied the property in 1905. David Allen, manager of Baum Iron, was a familiar sight in 1980s Downtown Omaha as he walked to work from his home at 37th and Dewey streets. 9

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Omaha Bemis Bag Company, 1887-1902 614 South 11th Street Now home to Blue Barn Theatre A growing export trade in flour and accessible railways attracted the J.M. Bemis and Company, bag manufacturers, to Omaha in 1887. The business had its start a quartercentury earlier in St. Louis when bags became a thrifty alternate choice over boxes and wooden barrels. By 1900, Bemis Bag’s six factories made it the largest bag manufacturer in the world. Local architects Louis Mendelssohn and Harry Lawrie chose the Commercial style developed in Chicago in the 1880s for the Omaha plant. Construction by Harte and Lindsay was accomplished in three phases from 1887 to 1902. The original five stories fronted only 66 feet on 11th Street. A three-story building was added to the west in 1897, and the factory complex was completed with the addition of six stories to the south in 1902. In 1977, Bemis Bag moved and gave the site to the City. In 1983, it was sold to the Mercer family and converted to living spaces for the Bemis Project, a not-for-profit artists’ colony. A 1999 fire severely damaged the original building.

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Burlington Building, 1879 1004 Farnam Street Now office space for lease The initial “B” identifies this as the headquarters for the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, which occupied the upper floors upon completion in 1879 of the original building, designed by A.R. Dufrene. Nave, McCord & Brady, wholesale grocers, occupied the first floor. In 1885, a fourth floor and a 22-foot front addition to the west were completed. Then in 1899, a local architect, Thomas Kimball, was hired to remodel the structure to resemble the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Building, a Chicago showplace. He replaced the original cast-iron façade with brick and stone trim, tearing out the center of the building to add a skylighted interior courtyard, ornate ironwork, an elevator, and a floor of octagonal glass bricks, which allowed light into the basement. Each floor had fireproof and burglarproof vaults and several fireplaces. In 1966, the Burlington Railroad left the building and sold it to the City. It was then unused until 1983, when it was restored for office space, becoming one of the first successful renovations of a 19th-century building in Omaha.

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Track 6 Hotel Howard, 1909 1002 Howard Street Now home to Mr. Toad Pub The Hotel Howard was constructed in the Classical Revival style in 1909, shortly after the death of Samuel D. Mercer, owner of many buildings in the area, and the patriarch of the family that later was instrumental in establishing the Old Market Historic District in Omaha. From its beginnings, the Howard benefited from the flourishing produce trade and the proximity to trains and wholesale businesses. Early in the morning, produce was piled on the sidewalks in the area, and peddlers would come to load their wagons with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. During Prohibition, people bought hops to make their own home brew. The Howard served as a hotel until 1969, when the area was just beginning to show signs of revival as a tourist attraction.

In 1970, the ground floor became one of the Old Market’s earliest entertainment venues when Mr. Toad, an indoor-outdoor pub was opened. The name “Mr. Toad” came from a character in the English book, The Wind in the Willows. Later the Mercer family restored the upper floors for living spaces.

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J. P. Cooke Buildings, 1885-1889 1307-1315 Howard Street Omaha’s first municipal swimming pool, “The New Natatorium,” originated in the basement of the westernmost of these three buildings, and vestiges of it can still be seen there. The ornamental work at the building’s top announces that E. Homan Thayer constructed it in 1889. The cast-iron façade is considered a classic, and the immense windows suggest the then-contemporary development of the curtain wall and skyscraper in Chicago. Skinner Manufacturing’s first plant was located here briefly in 1911-12, and later it was home to Peterson Litho & Printing Co. In the early 1960s, J. P. Cooke & Co., makers of a variety of rubber and metal stamps, moved here. It succeeded the Cooke Time Stamp Company, founded in Omaha in 1887. The construction of the properties abutting to the east began about 1885. The notable occupant of these buildings was Tribune Publishing, which printed the Daily Tribune, at one time the only German-language daily in the West. It was one of the few German papers that survived the harsh feelings occasioned by Germany’s participation in World War I.

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Track 8 Millard Block, 1880-1881 1101-1107 Harney Street Now home to Rock Bottom Brewery Omaha capitalist Ezra Millard, a former mayor of Omaha and the man for whom a western suburb was named, erected the four-story Millard Block in 1880-81. The first tenants were Tootle, Maul & Co., wholesale dry goods; Reed, Jones & Co., boots and shoes; and W. L. Parrotte & Co., hats and caps. But by the beginning of the 20th century, the busy factory of the F. P. Kirkendall Boot Company was established here. It was once the world’s largest producer of riding boots, supplying them to such prestigious customers as King Gustav V of Sweden and Emperor Yoshohito of Japan, as well as working cowboys everywhere. On the night of January 28, 1905, a fire gutted the interior of the building, but left standing the sturdy walls, which are 30 inches thick at the base. The interior was then rebuilt and a fifth floor added to the building, enabling the Kirkendall Boot Co. factory to stay another 50 years. In 1995, Rubin Distributing Co. left the building to make way for new, upscale apartments and Austin’s, a regional steakhouse chain, which was replaced by Famous Dave’s and later, Rock Bottom Brewery.

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Morse Coe Building, 1892-1893 1123 Howard Street Now a First National Bank of Omaha branch and home to Mayfield Apartments Architects Findley and Shields designed this five-story brick building, built in 189293 for $40,000. Footwear wholesalers W.V. Morse & Co. and Charles A. Coe and Company combined to manufacture a thousand shoes daily here, with sales focused on the western half of the country. By 1900, Morse had taken over the business and used the first three floors for its wholesale boot business and rented the upper floors to the Byrne and Hammer Dry Goods Company for the manufacture of textiles. Throughout the years, the upper levels served as warehouse space for several wholesale commodities, including coffee, groceries, and draperies. Manufacturers and wholesalers occupied the lower levels, among them Brady-Lewis Manufacturing Co., the maker of Oma-alls. They were also producers of furniture, window shades, and veterinary supplies. In the 1950s, Mayfair Textiles, a wholesale distributor of fabrics, became associated with the building, later expanding to showcase a retail business on the lower levels. When that business moved west in 1999, the building was redesigned for luxury apartments, preserving the historic integrity of the structure, including the original fire escape. 12

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Omaha Firehouse, 1903-1904 514 South 11th Street Now home to Upstream Brewing Company In 1903, George Fisher and Harry Lawrie designed Fire Substation No. 1 in the then-popular Chateauesque style. The gabled third floor gave the building the look of a French chateau. On April 9, 1917, firefighters were sunning themselves out front when a bystander rushed to tell them that their building was on fire. The two-alarm fire destroyed the third floor, which housed the hayloft for the horse-drawn engines. The top of the building was removed, and it was remodeled with a new maintenance facility called a “fire shop.” It continued to operate as a firehouse until lack of manpower during World War II forced it to close. In 1972, the building was reopened with applause as the Firehouse Dinner Theater, and live shows were staged there until 1991. In 1996, architect David Erickson converted the firehouse into a restaurant and microbrewery, the Upstream Brewing Co., with the original 1903 cornerstone as an interior showpiece. The patio on the east side of the building became home to a stone trough that once treated thirsty horses and dogs at Capitol Avenue and 17th Street.

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Track 11 Skinner Macaroni Building, 1914-1915 1323 Jackson Street Now home to Skinner Macaroni Lofts Increasing business led the Skinner Manufacturing Company to build this six-story brick building in 1914. Designed by architect Harry Lawrie, it was doubled in size with the addition of 66 feet to the east a year later. The new building was Skinner’s third plant. Brothers Paul F. and Lloyd M. Skinner, who used national advertising as early as 1912, founded it in 1911. Skinner was a leading manufacturer of macaroni and cereal products. Omaha was close to the durum wheat supply, the only wheat that can be used for a top-quality product. Skinner conserved wheat during World War I by originating Kornroni, an economical macaroni product made from corn and wheat. In 1925, it developed Raisin Bran to supplement revenues, and in 1927, it introduced Cheesroni, one of the first macaroni and cheese products. Skinner moved to a new Omaha plant in 1961, and Commercial Optical Company occupied the building soon after. In 1996, Emil Vohoska completed 74 new living spaces here, transforming the building into the Macaroni Apartments.

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Track 12 Union Station, 1931 801 South 10th Street Now home to The Durham Museum Forty thousand people came on January 15, 1931, for the dedication of Omaha’s Union Station, which had been designed in the Art Deco style to express “the distinctive character of the railroad—strength, power, masculinity.” Designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, a chief consulting architect for Union Pacific Railroad and later the National Park Service, the Omaha station was considered among his largest and most visible railroad projects. The station reached its peak of service during World War II, when as many as 64 passenger trains carrying 10,000 soldiers and civilians passed through the station each day. Passenger service declined through the 1950s and 1960s, and Union Station closed its doors in the spring of 1971. Union Pacific briefly considered demolishing Union Station before donating the building to the City of Omaha in 1973. That same year, the Western Heritage Society was formed to preserve the building and to establish a museum for the community. Today, Union Station is home to The Durham Museum, featuring first-class exhibits that preserve our region’s history and traveling exhibits that cover subjects ranging from history and culture to science and industry.

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Track 13 Windsor Hotel, 1885-1887 520-524 South 10th Street Now home to Windsor Square Apartments The Windsor Hotel, designed in the Italianate style, was constructed in two phases— the east wing was completed in 1885, and an addition to the west was finished by 1887. It was designed to be a workingman’s hotel, and with its proximity to both the Union and Burlington train stations, it became known as a railroader’s hotel. Railroad passengers stopped at its restaurant and bar during layovers. The Windsor overlooked the stalls of the noisy open-air Public Market to its west from 1903 until the Market folded in 1964. Renamed the Windsor Inn, it was the last hotel in operation in the Old Market when it closed on June 30, 1979. In 1985, Emil Vohoska and Pete Drake completed their renovation of the building as the Windsor Square Apartments. Nearly a decade later, Vohoska memorialized his grandson, Sam Zmolek, by adding the “Lion Fountain” to the south side of the building. Four-year-old Sam had died of leukemia in 1994. In that year, the Windsor became next-door neighbor to the revived “Farmers Market” during summer weekends.

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The Overland Hotel 1218 Howard Street Now home to Ashley’s Collectibles The Overland Hotel originally was a two-story building with the main floor in 1889 occupied by P.J. Karbach & Sons, builder of carriages, donkey carts, and wagons for vendors of Jobbers Canyon and early businesses. Workers from these businesses, and from the Union Pacific Railroad, occupied the upper level hotel rooms. Over the years, the building housed numerous owners and uses. In 1903, a third level was added for more hotel rooms. Around 1934, the Barrel House Saloon occupied the main floor corner. Affordable Piano & Organ Company and the Nebraska Department of Labor came in the 1940s. The two top floors remained a hotel until present. Randy Ashley, the current owner of this historically significant hotel and building, has renovated the main floor and exposed a beautiful staircase that now is part of one of Omaha’s largest gift and collectibles stores.

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Track 15 Poppleton Block 1001 Farnam Street Now home to the Omaha Visitors Center The three-story Italianate Poppleton Block was constructed in 1880 for a prominent Omaha attorney, Andrew Jackson Poppleton, who was the second Mayor of the City of Omaha. His most famous case was the defense of Standing Bear, the Ponca Indian Chief who had been denied the rights of “a person under the law.” The case set the legal precedent of granting Native American Indians the status “as being treated as persons under the law.” The building was in the forefront of a trend toward new construction and changed land use in that section of Downtown Omaha. The Poppleton Block is significant as a fine example of the High Victorian Italianate style of architecture popular in the Midwest during the latter part of the 19th century. This style was considered to be the practical commercial style of the day. The major elements of High Victorian Italianate found in the 1880 Poppleton Block are the broadly projecting cornice supported by brackets, the vertical emphasis displayed in the three bays of the facade, the stilted segmental arches of the third-story windows, and the sharp, angular cast-iron details. The Poppleton Block was known as the “most elegant and commodious building in the City of Omaha.” The building today is home to the Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Visitors Center.

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Aquila Court 1615 Howard Street Now home to Magnolia Hotel Built in 1923, the Aquila Court building was designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche and built by Chicago financier Chester Cook. The building was named to honor Chester’s grandfather, and the faces of George and Aquila Cook are featured on the front of the building. The large, U-shaped structure is constructed of Bedford limestone and contains Tennessee marble floors and a Brazilian cherrywood lobby. The building design was based on the Bargello, a palace in Florence, Italy. The Aquila Court served as a mixed-use building, offering office and retail space and studio apartments. In 1974, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2006, Magnolia Hotels purchased Aquila Court and began renovating the property. Today, Magnolia Hotel Omaha is a 145-room boutique hotel with 20 suites and a spacious presidential suite. The hotel also boasts an outdoor courtyard and an ultra-chic lounge and bar. Both leisure and corporate travelers frequent the hotel, which also hosts many wedding celebrations.

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Flying Worm Vintage (H-5, 12th & Jackson).......................402-932-3229 The Lotus (F-4, 12th & Howard)..........................................402-346-8080 McLovin (E-8, 10th & Howard)...........................................402-915-4002 Nouvelle Eve (E-6, 11th & Howard)..................................... 402-345-4811 Old Market Sundries (F-8, 10th & Howard)........................402-345-8198 Overland Outfitters (F-8, 10th & Howard)...........................402-345-2900 Reserve Goodwill (F-3, 13th & Howard)..............................402-342-4102 Second Chance Antiques (G-5, 12th & Jackson)...................402-346-4930 Souq, Ltd.(E-7, 11th & Howard, The Passageway)...............402-342-2972 The Shop Around The Corner (E-5, 415 S. 12th St.)...........402-609-8046 FLOWERS Old Market Habitat (E-6, 11th & Howard)..........................402-342-0044 GIFTS Ashley’s Collectibles (E-4, 12th & Howard)..........................402-934-3100 Imagine...Back in the Day (E-3, 501B S. 13th St.)................402-690-5736 Le Wonderment (E-7, 421 S. 11th St)..................................402-206-9928 Soul Desires/Urban Abbey (G-8, 10th & Jackson)................402-898-7600 Susie’s Baskets (B-3, 13th & Farnam)...................................402-341-4650 Tannenbaum Christmas Shop (F-8, 10th & Howard)...................................................... 402-345-9627 HOME FURNISHINGS Habitat ReStore (24th & Leavenworth).................................402-934-1033 Iron Decor and More (G-5, 12th & Jackson)........................402-346-6123 Niche (F-6, 11th & Howard)................................................402-344-4399 Urban By Design (F-3, 517 S. 13th St.)................................970-214-7608 JEWELRY Cibola of Omaha (F-7, 11th & Howard)..............................402-342-1200 Cornerstone Gem & Bead Co. (G-3, 13th & Jackson).......... 402-346-4367 Goldsmith/Silversmith (F-7, 11th & Howard)...................... 402-342-1737 Perspective Jewelry Design Studio (D-4, 12th & Harney).....402-934-4416 MUSIC Drastic Plastic (F-4, 12th & Howard)...................................402-346-8843 Homer’s Music & Gifts (E-4, 12th & Howard)....................402-346-0264 SPECIALTY SHOPS Ashley’s Collectibles (E-4, 12th & Howard, Lower Level).....402-934-3100 Basic Tease (F-2, 13th & Howard)........................................402-991-2869 Cibola of Omaha (F-7, 11th & Howard)..............................402-342-1200 City Limits (E-6, 11th & Howard)........................................402-345-3570 Cornerstone Gem & Bead Co. (G-3, 13th & Jackson).......... 402-346-4367 DSR Power Sports (E-4, 12th & Howard)............................402-991-1383 Havana Garage Cigar Bar (E-8, 10th & Howard).................402-614-3800 Iron Decor and More (G-5, 12th & Jackson)........................402-346-6123 J. P. Cooke Rubber Stamp Co. (F-2, 13th & Howard).........402-342-7175 Jay Welter Cigars (18th & Jackson).......................................402-345-1965 The Lotus (F-4, 12th & Howard)..........................................402-346-8080 Nebraska at the Market (L-3, 13th & Leavenworth).............402-346-6975 32

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Dining COFFEEHOUSES Some of you can’t start the day without that coffeehouse coffee. You need to know this: the Old Market just doesn’t have the national chains. Buck your comfort zone. Enter the galaxy of locally owned, cozy coffee and specialty food shops. Some have handmade pastries, artisan chocolates, cushy couches, and oh, the ambiance. Call around to find the style to match your mood. SPECIALTY FOODS & COFFEE 13th Street Coffee Co. (G-3, 13th & Jackson).......................402-345-2883 Aromas Coffeehouse (J-8, 11th & Jones)...............................402-614-7009 Bliss Bakery (J-8, 11th & Jones)............................................402-934-7450 Cubby’s Old Market (H-3, 13th & Jackson).........................402-341-2900 Hollywood Candy (H-4, 12th & Jackson).............................402-346-9746 La Buvette Wine & Grocery (F-7, 11th & Howard)............. 402-344-8627 Marble Slab Creamery (F-4, 12th & Howard).......................402-933-5280 Nosh Wine Lounge (10th & Dodge)..................................... 402-614-2121 Old Market Candy Shop (F-8, 10th & Howard)..................402-344-8846 Patrick’s Market (15th & Howard)........................................402-884-1600 Scooter’s (F-5, 12th & Howard, First National Bank)...........402-991-9868 The Tea Smith (E-5, 12th & Howard)..................................402-932-3933 Ted & Wally’s Ice Cream (G-5, 12th & Jackson).................. 402-341-5827 Urban Abbey/Soul Desires (G-8, 10th & Jackson)................402-898-7600 Urban Wine Company (J-7, 11th & Jones)...........................402-934-0005 Wheatfields Express (E-4, 12th & Howard)........................... 402-991-0917 OLD MARKET DINING The Old Market features some of the city’s best restaurants. No matter what you are interested in, there is a restaurant that will satisfy the palate, all unique, some very upscale. How about eating outside when the weather is beautiful? There are more than a dozen locations to pick from. Want something more casual? Less expensive? Family-oriented? Ethnic? You never need to leave the Old Market to find great food!

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RESTAURANTS 801 Chophouse at the Paxton (A-1, 14th & Farnam)...........402-341-1222 Ahmad’s Persian Cuisine (E-8, 10th & Howard)...................402-341-9616 Billy Frogg’s Grill & Bar (E-5, 12th & Howard)................... 402-341-4427 Blue Sushi Sake Grill (E-4, 12th & Howard)........................402-408-5566 The Boiler Room (I-6, 11th & Jones)....................................402-916-9274 The Diner (D-5, 12th & Harney).........................................402-341-9870 Eat the Worm (F-4, 12th & Howard)...................................402-614-4240 Falling Water Grille (F-9, 10th & Howard, Embassy Suites).402-346-9000 The Flatiron Cafe (17th & Howard).....................................402-344-3040 Hiro 88 (G-2, 13th & Jackson).............................................402-933-5168 Indian Oven (E-8, 10th & Howard).....................................402-342-4856 J’s On Jackson (H-6, 11th & Jackson)...................................402-991-1188 Jackson Street Tavern (H-5, 12th & Jackson)........................ 402-991-5637 Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen (15th & Farnam)..........................402-342-3662 Joe Banana’s (1022 S. 10th St.)............................................. 402-346-7227 Julio’s Old Market (F-2, 13th & Howard)............................ 402-345-6921 Little King (F-4, 12th & Howard).........................................402-344-2264 M’s Pub (E-6, 11th & Howard)............................................402-342-2550 Maria Sangria (B-6, 11th & Farnam).................................... 402-504-4901 Matsu Sushi (B-8, 10th & Farnam).......................................402-346-3988 Michael’s at the Market (C-6, 11th & Harney).....................402-346-1205 Nicola’s Italian Wine & Faire (G-3, 13th & Jackson)...........402-345-8466 O Dining & Lounge (A-8, 10th & Farnam).........................402-502-7888 O’Connors Irish Pub (F-3, 13th & Howard)........................402-934-9790 Old Chicago (D-6, 11th & Harney)......................................402-341-1616 Omaha Prime (E-7, 11th & Howard)...................................402-341-7040 PepperJax Grill (F-3, 13th & Howard)..................................402-315-1196 Rock Bottom Brewery (D-6, 11th & Harney).......................402-614-9333 Roja Old Market (C-4, 12th & Harney)...............................402-346-9190 Shuck’s Fish House (19th & Leavenworth)...........................402-614-5544 Spaghetti Works (F-6, 11th & Howard)................................402-422-0770 Spencer’s (102 S. 10th St, Hilton Garden Inn).....................402-280-8888 The Stadium Club Sports Bar & Grill (E-8, 10th & Howard)......................................................402-359-1290 Stokes Bar & Grill (E-5, 12th & Howard)............................402-408-9000 Subway (E-3, 13th & Howard).............................................402-341-8814 Sullivan’s Steakhouse (15th & Farnam)................................. 402-342-0077 Trini’s Mexican Restaurant (E-7, 11th & Howard, The Passageway)...........................402-346-8400 Twisted Fork Grill & Bar (E-7, 11th & Howard).................402-932-9600 Upstream Brewing Company (G-6, 11th & Jackson)............402-344-0200 V. Mertz (E-7, 11th & Howard The Passageway)..................402-345-8980 Vivace (E-6, 11th & Howard)...............................................402-342-2050 Wheatfields Express (E-4, 12th & Howard)........................... 402-991-0917 The Zin Room (15th & Farnam, Hotel Deco)......................402-991-0660 Zio’s Pizzeria (F-6, 11th & Howard).....................................402-344-2222

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Bars, Lounges & Pubs The Old Market and downtown area offer a multitude of exciting things to do at night. Theater | Blue Barn, The Rose. Arts | Omaha Symphony, Opera Omaha. Live Entertainment | CenturyLink Center Omaha, The Orpheum Theater, Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha Civic Auditorium, The Slowdown.

After the show, you can always come to the Old Market for desserts and coffee, after-dinner cocktails and wine, or late-night dining and libations. You’ll have many different atmospheres to choose from. The Old Market has great bars and pubs that offer many different types of atmospheres—everything from sports bars to bars with entertainment. There are over 20 different locations within the Old Market that offer something for everyone. Bar 415 (E-3, 13th & Howard).............................................402-346-7455 Barry O’s Old Market Tavern (E-8, 10th & Howard)...........402-341-8032 Billy Frogg’s Grill & Bar (E-5, 12th & Howard)................... 402-341-4427 Blue Sushi Sake Grill (E-5, 12th & Howard)........................402-408-5566 Dubliner Pub (D-4, 12th & Harney).................................... 402-342-5887 Eat the Worm (F-4, 12th & Howard)...................................402-614-4240 Embassy Suites Old Market (F-9, 10th & Howard)..............402-346-9000 Havana Garage Cigar Bar (E-8, 10th & Howard).................402-614-3800 House of Loom (1012 S. 10th St.)........................................402-505-5494 J D Tucker’s (E-8, 10th & Howard).....................................402-934-5190 J’s On Jackson (H-6, 11th & Jackson)...................................402-991-1188 Jackson Street Tavern (H-5, 12th & Jackson)........................ 402-991-5637 Julio’s Old Market (F-2, 13th & Howard)............................ 402-345-6921 La Buvette Wine & Grocery (F-7, 11th & Howard)............. 402-344-8627 Maria Sangria (B-6, 11th & Farnam).................................... 402-504-4901 M’s Pub (E-6, 11th & Howard)............................................402-342-2550 Mr. Toad’s Pub (E-8, 10th & Howard).................................402-345-4488 Myth Lounge (F-6, 11th & Howard)....................................402-884-6985 O Dining & Lounge (A-8, 10th & Farnam).........................402-502-7888 O’Connors Irish Pub (F-3, 13th & Howard)........................402-934-9790 Old Chicago (D-6, 11th & Harney)......................................402-341-1616 Old Market Tavern (G-8, 10th & Jackson)........................... 402-341-0191 Omaha Tap House (1403 Farnam St. #136)......................... 402-932-5131 Parliament Pub (C-5, 12th & Harney).................................. 402-934-3301 Rock Bottom Brewery (D-6, 11th & Harney).......................402-614-9333 Roja Old Market (C-4, 12th & Harney)...............................402-346-9190 Sake Bombers @ Blue (E-4, 12th & Howard).......................402-408-5566 The Stadium Club (E-8, 10th & Howard)............................402-359-1290 Stiles Pub (F-5, 12th & Howard).......................................... 402-991-9911 Stokes Bar & Grill (E-5, 12th & Howard)............................402-408-9000 T. Henery’s Pub (C-6, 11th & Harney)................................ 402-345-3651 Trini’s Mexican Restaurant (E-7, 11th & Howard, The Passageway)...........................402-346-8400 Twisted Fork Grill & Bar (E-7, 11th & Howard).................402-932-9600 Upstream Brewing Company (G-6, 11th & Jackson)............402-344-0200 38

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Real Estate America First Companies(A-8, 10th & Farnam)....................402-444-1630 Blackthorne Real Estate Dev. ................................................402-884-6200 Bluestone Development (15th & Jones)................................402-505-9999 Grubb & Ellis/Pacific Realty..................................................402-345-5866 Investors Realty, Inc..............................................................402-330-8000 Mercer Management Co. (F-7, 11th & Howard)..................402-346-4445 NP Dodge Condo Sales.........................................................402-255-5099 NuStyle Development Corporation....................................... 712-647-2041 Shamrock Development, Inc. (B-3, 13th & Farnam)............ 402-934-7711

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SALONS & SPAS Edgeworthy, A Fringes Salon & Spa (G8, 10th & Jackson)..402-345-0404 Omaha Yoga School (E-7, 11th & Howard, The Passageway)...........................402-346-7813 Sirens Salon & Day Spa (F-6, 11th & Howard At The Loft).402-933-9333 The Hair Market Salon (E-7, 11th & Howard).....................402-345-3692 The Nail Shop (9th & Douglas)............................................402-595-8805 Rain Salon (1006 S. 10th St.)................................................402-991-9974 RARE (E-3, 13th & Howard)...............................................402-706-9673 Urbane Salon & Day Spa (B-8, 10th & Farnam)..................402-934-2909

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Temp (F) High 37 o Low 17 o Precip. (in) 1” / Snow (in) 4” Wind (mph) 11 / NNW

Temp (F) High 64 o Low 40 o Precip. (in) 3” / Snow (in) .5” Wind (mph) 13 / SSE

Temp (F) High 84 o Low 60 o Precip. (in) 4” / Snow (in) 0” Wind (mph) 10 / SSE

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Temp (F) High 88 o Low 66 o Precip. (in) 4” / Snow (in) 0” Wind (mph) 9 / SSE

Temp (F) High 75 o Low 54 o Precip. (in) 4” / Snow (in) 0” Wind (mph) 9 / SSE

Temp (F) High 49 o Low 29 o Precip. (in) 1” / Snow (in) 1” Wind (mph) 11 / SSE

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Temp (F) High 85 o Low 63 o Precip. (in) 3” / Snow (in) 0” Wind (mph) 9 / SSE

Temp (F) High 66 o Low 41 o Precip. (in) 2” / Snow (in) 0” Wind (mph) 10 / SSE

Temp (F) High 35 o Low 16 o Precip. (in) 1” / Snow (in) 5” Wind (mph) 11 / NNW

North Downtown Blatt Beer & Table (5-E, 610 N. 12th St.)............................402-718-8822 Blue Line Coffee (3-C, 749 N. 14th St.)...............................402-932-4463 Capitol Lounge & Supper Club (9-G, 10th & Capitol)........402-934-5999 Centurylink Center Omaha (6/7-H/I, 455 N. 10th St.)........402-341-1500 DJ’s Dugout Sports Bar/Blazin’ Pianos (9-G, 10th & Capitol).......................................................402-763-9974 The Dugout (3-D, 1303 Cuming St.)....................................402-934-5252 Film Streams (4-D, 1340 Mike Fahey St.).............................402-933-0259 Goodnights Pizza Bar & Patio (4-D, 1302 Mike Fahey St.).. 402-502-2151 Green St. Cycles (4-D, 1310 Mike Fahey St.).......................402-505-8002 Hot Shops Art Center (1-D, 1301 Nicholas St.)..................402-342-6452) Inclosed Studio (4-D, 1330 Mike Fahey St. )........................402-321-3442 Liberty Tavern (7-G, 1001 Cass St., Hilton Omaha)............ 402-998-4321 Lids Locker Room (5-E, 6140 N. 12th St.)...........................402-334-0183 Nosh Wine Lounge (9-G, 10th & Dodge)............................ 402-614-2121 Old Mattress Factory Bar & Grill (6-E, 501 N. 13th St).......402-346-9116 Pinnacle Bank (10th & Douglas)...........................................402-346-9180 Red Mango (3-D, 808 N. 13th St.).......................................402-933-8815 Saddle Creek Shop (4-D, 721 N. 14th St.)............................402-384-8248 Takechi’s Jewelry (17th & Harney).......................................402-341-3044 TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (3/4-E/F, 1200 Mike Fahey St.)........................................402-546-1800 The Slowdown (4-D, 729 N. 14th St.)..................................402-345-7569 Union Pizzeria & Sports Bar (2-C, 15th & Cuming)............402-932-2929 Urban Outfitters (3-D, 745 N. 14th St.)...............................402-280-1936 Zesto’s Ice Cream (5-E, 3901 S. 13th St.).............................402-932-4420

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5 7. Wohlner’s Neighborhood Grocery & Deli

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6 0. Lotus House of Yoga

5 0. Garbo’s Salon and Spa

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5 1. Fashion Cleaners

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Midtown Crossing The Afternoon (30)............................................................... 402-933-3809 Arlan’s Barber Shop (53)....................................................... 402-505-8767 Black Oak Grill (7)................................................................402-341-0622 Brix (8)..................................................................................402-991-8466 Callahan Financial Planning (54).......................................... 402-341-2000 Cantina Laredo (10)............................................................. 402-345-6000 Coldstone Creamery/Rocky Mountain Chocolate (5)........... 402-359-1719 The Corky Canvas (72).........................................................402-637-4066 CRAVE (9)........................................................................... 402-345-9999 Chef2 (41).................................................................... Opening June 2013 Definitive Vision (55)........................................................... 402-502-7323 Delice European Bakery (4).................................................. 402-505-9500 Fashion Cleaners (51)........................................................... 402-916-1987 Garbo’s Salon and Spa (50)................................................... 402-933-9737 Glo Lounge (71)................................................................... 402-342-4505 The Grey Plume (6)............................................................. 402-763-4447 Ingredient (1)........................................................................ 402-715-4444 Lenny’s Sub Shop (2)............................................................402-218-1745 Lotus House of Yoga (60)......................................................402-933-1822 Marcus Midtown Cinema (70)............................................. 402-345-6900 NT Nails (59)....................................................................... 402_991-7676 Pana 88 (3)............................................................................402-934-7262 Parmida Home Concepts (31).............................................. 402-504-9267 Prairie Life Fitness (56)......................................................... 402-916-5000 Saint’s Pub + Patio (11)......................................................... 402-932-1911 Three Dog Bakery (40)......................................................... 402-715-4500 Element by Westin (58)........................................................ 402-614-8080 Wohlner’s Neighborhood Grocery and Deli (57).................. 402-551-6875 Z Wireless (52)..................................................................... 402-991-1180

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