Omaha’s 103-year-old steakhouse boasts best onion rings, thrives with timeless simplicity

There’s a small sign on every table in the dining room at Johnny’s Cafe, Omaha’s oldest and perhaps original steakhouse.

“103 years,” it reads. “Perfectly aged.”

Johnny’s is a Nebraska icon, still owned by the descendants of a Polish immigrant named Frank Kawa, who bought a bar on 27th and L Streets in 1922 with no idea that the business would still be going strong in 2025…

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