Last week, I shared my first of two year-end food lists: a look back at the best restaurants I think have opened in the Omaha metro in the past five years. This week’s list is more personal. These are simply my Omaha favorites, the tried-and-true places I return to again and again. They’re the places that make some of my favorite drinks and dishes in town: My favorite Manhattan, my favorite ribeye, my favorite burger and my favorite pizza among them. They offer singular service and creativity and are run by some of the city’s best chefs. These are the places where I am most comfortable. These are the restaurants where I’m personally most reminded that Omaha is a great city in which to live – and to eat.