Omaha's Bohemian Café to Close After 92 Years

With the closing of Klas in Cicero, Bohemian Café in Omaha may be the country's oldest Czech/Bohemian restaurant. For a few more weeks anyway—Bohemian Café will close in September. The restaurant has been a neighborhood fixture since 1924, though the current location dates only from the 1950s. A crowd of a hundred, looking forward to one last plate of svickova or roast duck, gathered before opening on a recent Sunday.



Passing through the meticulously maintained front door …



… you pass the entrance to the bar room …



… past glass cases of memorabilia, through the welcoming portal …



… into the cheerful and inviting dining rooms. The rooms would be full minutes later.



You know the drill: start with a Pilsner, rye bread and liver dumpling soup.



Then on to svickova, bread dumplings and sweet cabbage. And gravy (that should go without saying).



Homemade strudel tempted, but a poppy seed kolacky seemed more manageable.



The food was very good, but even if it hadn't been, the visit would have been more than worthwhile.

I feel fortunate I got to eat at this fine old restaurant. Bohemian Café will open for the last time on September 24, 2016. Plenty of time to plan your trip.



Bohemian Café
1406 S 13th St
Omaha NE
http://www.bohemiancafe.net/

That is a shame. I have had several meals there and it is my "go to" place in Omaha ... other than when I am heading to Hy-Vee.

Damn, what a shame.... I've eaten there many times, and, like jlawrence, it's my go-to spot in Omaha (we've got Hy-Vee in Kansas City).

Rye bread and liver dumpling soup are an unbeatable first course.

So sorry to hear this.

Geo