Billy Wardle Happenings

 Rise'n Roll is an Amish donut shop.  It is a place we always frequent at least once when we are in Elkhart.  The donuts are very good albeit a bit more expensive.  They do not maple bars.  Instead they have caramel donuts, or caramel powdered sugar donuts.  Many family members prefer the powdered sugar to the caramel frosting.  They are about $17 a dozen.

 Johnny's is in South Omaha on L street.  It is a bit confusing to get to.  You turn like you are getting on the freeway and then there is a sid road off of the freeway entrance road that takes you to the restaurant.  When I visited Johnny's the South Omaha air was present from the meat packing operations; but not inside the restaurant.  Johnny's is a well known steak house.  I was with a presentation so the steak was not offered.  I had the Prime which which is a French dip with sliced prime rib.  The sandwich and the au-jus were excellent.  The salad had a vinaigrette which made it too something for my taste.  The fries were also sort of bland and not even ketchup could rescue them.  I would like to go back and have prime rib or just ribs.

 We went to Qdoba after a volleyball game at the kids school.  This is my first experience with Qdoba.  I understand there are about 850 Qdoba restaurants nation wide and in 45 states.  There are seven in Omaha, one in Papillion and two in Elkhart.  We went to the restaurant on 72nd and Pacific which is close to UNO.  They often have university and airport stores.  Their market in California is limited.  I ordered the citrus lime shrimp burrito.  It was fantastic.  I missed out on the free chips and queso as I didn't have a membership.  Sheri had tacos, steak and pork.  The steak was tough and not up to carne assada.  Miranda also had steak and didn't care for it uch.  Tony had a chicken bowl which he enjoyed.  He also got chips and salsa.  We all liked their chips but not so much their sals.  It is a restaurant I would return to, especially for the shrimp.  If I had to choose between Cafe Rio and ...

 While Mark and Dianna were her we went to First Watch for breakfast.  Mark and Dianna had been to First Watch in Logan so it must be a chain.  AI said there are 648 locations in 32 states.  I was not too impressed.  I had biscuits and grave which was good.  However the potatoes were over cooked.  They did not offer hash browns but just country potatoes.  Sheri had strawberry tres leches French toast which she enjoyed.  However a breakfast place has to do better with their fried potatoes.  

 Slowdown is on 14th street a half block from Cummings.  It is an entertainment venue with a bar; or a bar with an entertainment venue.  At any rate there was an area where you could get away from the bar.  Because of the event we were attending, Sing Omaha, it was very crowded.  The entry was close to the bar and thee were many people around.  We tried the balcony for the first part, and then I moved down to the floor which was funner and not quite as crowded.   Parking is also very hard in this area.  I don't know who was able to find parking. but you had to get there much earlier than we did.  This is what I wrote of Charity's show:  That evening we went to downtown Omaha to the Slow Down Bar for Charity's concert performance with Sing Omaha.  She is in the women's choir.  The master chorale also sang.  They sang pop songs, each group sang six and then one together.  I enjoyed "Listen to the Music" "Man Eater"...

 The habit is a restaurant on the west coast and the east coast, and not much in between.  They are a Gourmet hamburger restaurant.  We visited in Cupertino California where is is close to De Anza and Stevens Creek.  They are gourmet burgers, and the are a bit pricier than most hamburger restaurants.  I had the portobello burger.  I started worrying it would just be mushroom, but it did come with a hamburger patty.  It was very good, in the top tier of mushroom burgers.  Tony and Sheri had bacon burgers.  We all had meals so fries and a drink from the soda fountain. In terms of preference I would pick Five Gus over the Habit although both are pricey.