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Editorial: [email protected] Food & Spirits Magazine is a quarterly publication of Food & Spirits Enterprises, Food & Spirits Magazine writer Mark Gudgel LLC and is distributed for free at many introduces Jean Hoefliger and the restaurants, bars, lounges and hotels as well as being direct-mailed to select households. JH Collection of wine to Omaha. Subscriptions are also available for $15 39 a year. The publisher does not knowingly accept false or misleading advertising or editorial content and does not accept responsibility for error, omission or content On the Cover accuracy. Material may not be reproduced in any form without written permission Take a gander at all of our past issues, from the first to the issue in front of you now. from the publisher. Statements of fact and opinion in articles written by contributing writers are solely those of the author and do not necessarily imply those of Food & Spirits Magazine. fsmomaha.com 3 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Welcome to the latest issue Without them, the magazine wouldn’t be here, and while of Food & Spirits Magazine, the food and drink scene may have continued to evolve at an which marks our 10-year unchecked pace, you certainly wouldn’t have heard as much about anniversary. When reflecting it: over FSM’s history these people I speak of have created nearly over that last 10 years, it seems two million words worth of articles and thousands of photos. All that so much has changed about eating and drinking in Omaha. Countless readers have read during that time, both for me the magazine or been on our website taking all this in. personally and, of course, for My heartfelt gratitude and admiration goes out to them and I our fine city of Omaha. hope yours does too. There are two ads in the magazine thanking Omaha has developed in all of them and, if you would, do me a favor. Look through each ways many of us hoped for, one of those ads and see how many names and businesses you but maybe didn’t expect. recognize (I suspect there will be more than a few). After that, Sections of town have arisen go and tell them thank you. They deserve it for subsidizing and as their own certifiable creating this magazine for everyone else in the city. They’re a rare neighborhoods and now call themselves Benson, Blackstone, bunch that offered up their time and money to create something Little Italy, Midtown Crossing, Aksarben, Capitol District, they believed in for the rest of us. And that’s how growth and etc., while the venerable neighborhoods like the Old Market and development happen. You have to have a core group of people Dundee have continued to develop and adapt to the times. These that have a vision and want the rest of us to see it. So, while we sections of town can now boast of having their own food, dining all should be proud of the many great things our city has to offer and entertainment options that pull people from all over the area. in the food and spirits scene, we should also be thankful to those The food, bar and dining scene has also continued to develop at that wanted to make sure you knew about it and experienced it for a rapid pace and Omaha can now be proud of the many made- yourself. from-scratch restaurants using local ingredients that populate the So, enjoy. For those of us that are a part of Food & Spirits city. Our local community (like much of the country) has also Magazine, it’s important to us that you do so.