In January, when we launched our yearlong examination of Omaha steakhouses, we started by asking a few simple questions: What is the Omaha steakhouse, anyway? Who is doing it the best in 2025? And what gives it such staying power, continuing to define what both lifelong Omahans like me and visitors love to eat?
We’re back with the final story in the series to answer at least one of those questions: Who is doing it best. After 10 restaurants, many steaks, many desserts and at least one excellent spaghetti sauce — of course we had to have one, in this town of Italian steakhouse lore — it turns out there is one definitive winner, a place that ranks as Omaha’s best steakhouse according to my highly scientific process. (Or, really, my taste buds.)
But there’s much more than one to seek out as a diner in this beef-loving town. What follows are my rankings in each Steak Town USA category, and an underlying argument that steak, and steakhouses, continue to provide Omaha memories to return to…