Restaurant Hoppen

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Dan Hoppen breaks down the Nebraska cuisine scene one bite at a time. He talks to local chefs, media members, and just interesting people about what's going on in the Cornhusker State when it comes to food, where people need to eat, and how food relates to Nebraska sports.

  1. 6d ago

    Family, Fusion, & Flavor: Exploring Indian Cuisine w/ Little India

    The Antony family has been bringing Indian Cuisine to Omaha for more than a decade at several locations and restaurants, and now they've landed at Little India in Blackstone. Joshy, Agnes, and Christian discuss what it's like to work with family, the wonders of Indian cuisine, how they're surviving the streetcar construction, and more! Visit Little India: https://littleindiaomaha.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  Timestamps: 00:00 – What Little India Wants You to Experience About Indian Culture03:21 – From Indian Grocery Store to Omaha Restaurant04:48 – Why Little India's New Kitchen Changed Everything08:07 – The Kerala Dishes They Still Want to Bring to Omaha10:49 – The Indian Sandwiches Coming to Little India19:20 – How Taj Kebab & Curry Became Part of Their Story21:44 – The Chef Who Taught Joshy Indian Cooking29:19 – How a Bigger Kitchen Changed the Menu32:13 – Little India's Secret Menu34:10 – Why Christian Learned the History Behind Every Dish37:07 – Exploring the Different Regions of Indian Cuisine39:08 – Spiced, Not Spicy: The Biggest Indian Food Misconception41:35 – Why Little India's Handmade Samosas Are So Special52:34 – Why Little India Still Doesn't Serve Dosa59:39 – Dan's Little India Recommendations #RestaurantHoppen #LittleIndiaOmaha #IndianFood #OmahaFood #OmahaRestaurants #IndianCuisine #OmahaEats #IndianFoodOmaha #BlackstoneOmaha #DanHoppen

  2. Oct 1

    The Ins & Outs of Cottage Baking (Live Panel)

    What is it like to start a bakery business out of your home? How do you balance being a parent and having a family when your work takes over your home kitchen? Three of Omaha's favorite cottage bakers—Kelsay Cosgrove (KCC Bakery), Hailey Vinter (crumb coat & chill), & Corinne Honan (Sweet Earth Delights) joined Restaurant Hoppen for a panel discussion on the highs, lows, and everything in between when it comes to cottage baking! Guests: Kelsay Cosgrove — KCC Bakeryhttps://www.kccbakery.com/ Hailey Vinter — crumb coat & chillhttps://www.crumbcoatomaha.com/ Corinne Honan — Sweet Earth Delightshttps://sweetearthdelights.com/ Restaurant Hoppen — Hosted by Dan Hoppen This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  Timestamps: 00:00 – What Does It Actually Take to Become a Cottage Baker?03:13 – When Cottage Baking Turns Into a Brick-and-Mortar Bakery11:06 – The Reality of 4 AM Wakeups & 20-Hour Workdays13:32 – Nebraska Cottage Baking Rules Explained16:35 – What a Home Bakery Really Looks Like22:18 – What Happens When Baking Becomes Your Job33:34 – Cottage Baking Disaster Stories37:21 – The Best Advice for Starting a Cottage Bakery38:57 – Why You Should Grow Your Baking Business Slowly41:38 – Becoming a Business Owner, Not Just a Baker56:59 – Quick Hits: What Should You Try First?59:49 – “Organized Chaos” at Midnight #RestaurantHoppen #OmahaFood #CottageBaking #OmahaBakers #OmahaBakery #KCCBakery #CrumbCoatAndChill #SweetEarthDelights #OmahaEats #Hurrdat

  3. Sep 24

    Pizza Science and the Evolution of Restaurant Hospitality w/ Tim Maides (Dolomiti)

    Few people in Omaha's restaurant scene are more fun to chat with than Tim Maides, the co-owner of Dolomiti, and unpacking his brain on pizza is a true delight. We nerd out on ovens a dough a bit, but we also talk a lot about Dolomiti's approach to treating guests and how expectations, from both restaurant and guest, can affect a dining experience. This is a fun one, and very educational! 🍕 Dolomiti Pizza 🌐 https://www.pizzadolomiti.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  Timestamps: 00:00 – What Makes a Great Restaurant? Tim's Three-Pillar Philosophy 01:38 – Why Dolomiti Doesn't Follow Traditional Pizza Rules 10:45 – Inside Dolomiti's Giant Italian Pizza Oven 14:03 – The Sourdough & Semolina Dough That Makes Dolomiti Different 16:08 – Why There Isn't One "Right" Kind of Pizza 18:55 – The Panuzzo: Pizza Dough Gets a Whole New Life 23:52 – The Biggest Lesson Hospitality Taught Tim 31:51 – The Little Hospitality Moments Customers Never Expect 34:19 – Has Restaurant Hospitality Become Too Complicated? 42:37 – How Dolomiti Built Its Famous Cubano Pizza 50:05 – The Part of Restaurant Ownership Nobody Warns You About 59:40 – "In Crust We Trust" & Final Thoughts #RestaurantHoppen #DolomitiPizza #OmahaPizza #OmahaRestaurants #Hospitality #OmahaFood #MillworkCommons

  4. Sep 21 ·  Bonus

    How Lola's Became One of Omaha's Favorite All-Day Cafés

    What happens when you stop trying to make food more complicated—and start letting great ingredients speak for themselves? In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Clare Bartolomei, owner and operator of Lola's and Fig, to talk about the ideas behind both restaurants. Lola's began seven years ago as an espresso bar and coffee shop before evolving into an all-day café, sourdough bakery and wine bar. Clare describes the philosophy simply: simple, beautiful food made from scratch, with fresh, local and organic ingredients whenever possible. That same philosophy inspired Fig, the "little sister" to Lola's located inside the Kiewit Luminarium. When the opportunity arose, Clare didn't want to simply open another Lola's. Instead, Fig became its own concept, with a broader menu that includes burgers, fries and other dishes while maintaining the same commitment to scratch-made sourdough. Clare also explains why sourdough has become so central to both businesses, including the flavor and structure that can come from local grains and long fermentation. And looking ahead, she's already dreaming about taking Lola's beyond Omaha through culinary and wine experiences. It's a conversation about food, community, creativity and what it means to build restaurants around a set of values. 🍞 Lola's 🌐 https://lolasomaha.com/ 🌿 Fig 🌐 https://www.figomaha.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  #RestaurantHoppen #LolasOmaha #FigOmaha #OmahaFood #OmahaRestaurants #Sourdough #OmahaEats

  5. Sep 21 ·  Bonus

    People Loved Her Toffee So Much, She Had to Start a Business

    What happens when a family recipe is so good that people refuse to stop asking for it? For Katie Becker, it turned into a business. In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with the owner of Tasty Good Toffee to hear how her grandmother's holiday recipe grew from a family tradition into a full-time candy company. Katie inherited the recipe from her grandmother Louise 24 years ago. She originally made the toffee for the holidays, shared leftovers with coworkers and gave it to friends. Then people started asking for the recipe. Then they started asking to buy it. Eventually, that seasonal tradition became a hobby business, which became a full-time operation producing toffee in Crete, Nebraska and supplying more than 50 business partners around the country. Today, Tasty Good Toffee offers a growing lineup of flavors, from classic milk chocolate pecan and dark chocolate sea salt to churro, s'mores, peanut butter, ghost pepper and seasonal creations. Katie says her mind is constantly spinning with new toffee ideas. The story gets even more special when Katie talks about her children, who have grown up around the business and now help with deliveries, packaging, marketing and selling at events. This isn't just a candy company. It's a family legacy. 🍬 Tasty Good Toffee 🌐 https://tastygoodtoffee.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  #RestaurantHoppen #TastyGoodToffee #OmahaFood #NebraskaMade #Toffee #SmallBusiness #FoodEntrepreneur

  6. Sep 21 ·  Bonus

    She Dreamed of Becoming a Chef as a Kid. Now She Owns a Bakery.

    What happens when a childhood love of baking turns into a career, then a business, then a bakery of your own? In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Elana Crum, owner of Crum Cakes Bakery, to hear the story behind her journey from childhood baking dreams to one of Omaha's growing bakery businesses. Elana says she was helping in the kitchen and asking to bake cookies from a young age. After high school, she followed that passion to Metro Community College, where she earned degrees in baking and pastry and business management. But owning a bakery wasn't always part of the plan. Crum Cakes grew organically through farmers markets, pop-ups, word-of-mouth and baking from home before Elana spent several years working out of the No More Empty Pots kitchen. Eventually, she took the leap into her own storefront in 2022. Along the way, she learned that running a bakery takes more than loving to bake. It means managing demand, navigating Omaha's constantly changing weather, maintaining extremely high standards, leading a team, and finding the energy to keep going when the day-to-day pressure gets heavy. And somehow, it all started with a pretty simple idea: Her husband was named Crum. She was in culinary school. So why not Crum Cakes? 🧁 Crum Cakes Bakery 🌐 https://crumcakesbakery.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  #RestaurantHoppen #CrumCakes #OmahaBakery #OmahaFood #OmahaRestaurants #Baking #CulinaryArts

  7. Sep 21 ·  Bonus

    Sweet Magnolia's Turns 10! What's Next for Katina Talley?

    Ten years of Sweet Magnolia's. Three-plus years of Know Good. And another restaurant project already on the way. Katina Talley is one of Omaha's busiest—and most relentlessly creative—food entrepreneurs. In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen catches up with Katina to talk about Sweet Magnolia's Bake Shop, the evolution of Know Good, and the brand-new European-style all-day café she's preparing to open. Katina describes Sweet Magnolia's as an American-style bakery where everything is made from scratch and where the team pours an enormous amount of love and labor into handmade pastries. She also explains why the bakery embraces both sweet and savory baking, including her personal favorite: pesto twisties. Then there's Know Good, which started almost accidentally. What began as an opportunity during a slow period in Millwork eventually became a full-fledged bagel and breakfast sandwich concept after Katina realized they couldn't keep up with demand for their bagels. And somehow... she's still not finished. Katina teases her next project: a European-style all-day café serving espresso, pastries, breakfast plates, sandwiches, salads and handmade pasta from morning through late evening. It's a short conversation, but it captures something really fun about Katina: She's not building food businesses because she has to. She's building them because she can't stop being curious about food. 🥐 Sweet Magnolia's Bake Shop 🌐 https://www.sweetmagnoliasbakeshop.com/ 🥯 Know Good 🌐 https://knowgoodeats.com/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  #RestaurantHoppen #SweetMagnolias #KnowGood #OmahaFood #OmahaRestaurants #OmahaBakery #OmahaEats #FoodEntrepreneur

  8. Sep 21 ·  Bonus

    The 70-Year-Old Secret Behind La Casa Pizzaria's Famous Pizza

    For more than 70 years, La Casa Pizzaria has been serving Omaha with a pizza recipe that's become part of the city's history. In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Nicole Jesse, owner of La Casa Pizzaria, to talk about the family history behind one of Omaha's most iconic pizza restaurants. Nicole explains why La Casa's pizza doesn't look—or taste—like the typical pizza many people grew up with. The crust is thin and made without yeast, the pizza is finished directly on the oven rack for a unique grilled texture, and the restaurant makes its ingredients from scratch. Then there's the Romano cheese: a signature ingredient that has been part of La Casa's identity since the family's roots in Sicily. Dan and Nicole also talk about what happens when someone tries La Casa for the first time, why some customers become lifelong fans after just a few visits, and what it means to operate a family restaurant that has welcomed multiple generations of Omaha diners. This is a quick conversation with a big story behind it: 70 years. Multiple generations. One unmistakable pizza. 🍕 La Casa Pizzaria 🌐 https://lacasapizzaria.net/ This is a Hurrdat ONE Production. Hurrdat ONE is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat ONE Network by going to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hurrdat ONE YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  #RestaurantHoppen #LaCasaPizzaria #OmahaPizza #OmahaRestaurants #OmahaFood #NebraskaFood #OmahaHistory

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Dan Hoppen breaks down the Nebraska cuisine scene one bite at a time. He talks to local chefs, media members, and just interesting people about what's going on in the Cornhusker State when it comes to food, where people need to eat, and how food relates to Nebraska sports.

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    Hurrdat ONE
  • Creator
    Hurrdat Media
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    384
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Hurrdat Media
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