Nosh Wine Lounge

Second visit from Chicago, this time alone. Great place. It rivals most in Chicago. Good selection, good food and good service!

This is a wonderful and warm wine bar, located just a little bit north of the Old Market.  Thursday nights they have an excellent selection of wines by the bottle, 30%-50% off.  I loved the seasonal salad.  The bartender knows what he is doing with his signature cocktails.  For those of you visiting Omaha, this place is a godsend.

We arrived for the tail end of HH. Next time I'll try to hit it at the beginning. I seriously questioned whether or not I had a kindred spirit employee somewhere in the place, as the musical play-list was exclusively DMB for most of our dinner also... not a bad thing as far as I'm concerned, but that's the type of 'vibe' they were going for at the time.

Duck Tacos were quite good - a nice start to the meal. I also ordered up a bowl of soup du joir - bacon beer cheese - and the steak sliders (sautéed filet slices topped with caramelized onions, shiitake mushrooms and melted havarti garnished with whole grain mustard and spinach) to make up for a slider-related disappointment I'd had earlier in the day.

Strangely, all of Nosh's dinner entrees were listed under a heading of 'Light Entrees' which was a little confusing but not deterring at all. Choice of salad (Nosh seasonal or  Apple/Walnut/Blue Cheese) or fries, as I recall. Two of us opted for the side salads (we all got sliders of one variety or another).

For reasons unbeknownst to me, the soup didn't show up until the main course did... somewhat disappointing since by that time I also had salad and sliders to tackle. Mostly disappointing because the bacon was pureed into tiny bits which sank to the bottom of the bowl and contributed more salt than flavor to the beer cheese base. I would not order the soup again.

Salad was also only an okay item even though everything was fresh, I had to ask for more dressing - which is something I never do - and was a little too heavy on the oil for my preference. I also couldn't honestly tell the difference between the two salads. What should have been exploding with flavor just kind of popped with flavor in small sputters.

Now what was amazing (besides the wine discount I got for checking in here on Yelp) were the sliders and tacos. Those alone, combined with the urban chic decor and DMB musical selection, will draw me back again someday.