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Porter’s

3.8 (19 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Dogs allowed

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Michael G.

While visiting the Arbor Farm, we decided to eat at Porter's just adjacent to the gift shop. We both love BBQ and the menu looked good. I had the brisket plate, and my wife has a special St Louis style ribs plate that isn't on the menu. We arrived at the lunch hour peak but the wait wasn't long, service was friendly, and the food arrived promptly. The ribs and brisket were both delicious, as were the side. The pickled green beans were a first for both of us. There were plenty of spaces to eat at, but wish we would have noticed the outdoor tables or we would have eaten there instead of the main dining area. Overall a very pleasant lunch.

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Angeline R.

Best BBQ I've had in Nebraska! No need to drive 3 hours from Omaha to go to Kansas City for bbq. Porter's is located at Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City. I had the burnt ends plate with coleslaw. It came with crunchy pickled green beans and Texas toast. The burnt ends were tender and not too fatty. So good! My husband got the chicken and baked beans. Also got a cider sushi for the kids and a slice of apple pie. Sadly, they were sold out of their ice cream but their apple pie is so good alone. There is indoor and outdoor seating. You can also get some cider or wine at the bar. Would definitely make the drive just to eat the BBQ.

Corey H.

Porter's is located in Arbor Day Farm. The bbq is made on site. I ordered the brisket sandwich and potato salad. Overall, it was okay. The brisket was smoked well and started out good first couple bites. Then I eventually got to a lot of fatty pieces and it was evident the brisket is not trimmed. That was a bit disappointing. The potato salad was not my favorite either. The service was good. The lady at the register was open and honest. She let us know the pies are frozen and not made fresh in house. She gave a sample of the apple cider slushy. That was really good and made onsite with the apples from the orchard.

Brisket and mac n cheese
Jeremy H.

All of the BBQ from Porters looked delicious. I chose the brisket, it was tender and moist, and the tasty smoke flavor permeated the beef. They source the finest quality ingredients, emphasizing local meat and produce, with much of the produce grown on site with plans to develop and expand their garden moving forward.

Lunch special: brisket sandwich with Mac n cheese and Cole slaw, burnt end beans on the side

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2 years ago

Good food! Would recommend if you are in town! The service is good as well! The food was good perfect!

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Very nice and quaint establishment. Located inside the ArborDay Farm building. Food was great!

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Dairy Queen Store

1.6(13 reviews)
2.1 mi
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Wow. Just. Wow. A.)…read moreThey were 100% out of cherry dillybars but had around a million chocolate and butterscotch ones. I was sooooo disappointed. Seriously, they probably had a 100 boxes of the chocolate. What about us cherry lovers, huh! B.) I guess they had some kind of employee meeting and it was just getting over when we got there. The place was a GIANT mess. Wrappers and pizza boxes and chairs/tables everywhere. Looked like the end of a college dorm party. The employees (which looked all like teenagers to me) were more concerned with getting their free treat and talking to each other and running around like chickens that my Mom had to ask TWICE if someone was even making her milkshake. C.) There was 1 employee, a young man, shaggy black hair in a hat, that actually helped us and he was wonderful. I could tell he was the ONLY person even attempting to do their job. My God...the girl who rang us up was more concerned with punching out and leaving than the 2 minutes it would have taken her to get our order done and paid for. She was also VERY concerned about the amount of Reese's some other kid was putting in her blizzard. D.) This place would have 1 Star for the mess and service if it wasn't for that one kid. I wish I would have gotten his name. I also didn't see a manager, or adult, what so ever in the room. Floors were super sticky. And we had to ask TWICE for a straw and napkins. Ugh. Good thing I don't live in this town. Won't have to mess with that place ever again. I can't imagine ordering actual food from here.

The young guy working wasn't very friendly when I placed my order to start off. He didn't look too…read morehappy to be working there honestly. All of the booths and tables are sectioned off and it's dark. This location is inside a bigger store with Taco John sharing the corner of the building. It's 1100 on Sunday and very quiet.

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The Chocolate Season - Artisan Truffles made in house each day

The Chocolate Season

4.6(53 reviews)
41.2 mi
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Love this coffee shop/chocolate shop. This is a great place to sit and enjoy beyond coffee and…read morechocolate. They have a menu with waffles and fun baked goods. I appreciate they have a children's area with coloring books and a little table. My son loves coloring and reading books while we enjoy our drinks.

It was a little difficult for my friend to find the shop in the unfamiliar parking lot with odd…read moreangles and spread out buildings, but walking in was like a revelation! It was incredibly welcoming and begged for you to take a seat by the fireplace in the corner. Unfortunately, I didn't have time for a sit-down visit, I was just buying tasty things to bring home from my vacation, for me and for gifts. Not pictured (because I demolished them before I even thought about it) are the chocolate-covered gummy bears! I cannot recommend these enough. This treat is actually hard to find and even harder to find well done, and these were wonderful. The bears were nice and fresh and they had just the right amount of chocolate coating. The dark chocolate drizzle finishing them off was nice but probably unnecessary, and just ended up in a pile of crumbles that was hard to get out of the bottom of the plastic tube they came in. The serving size justified the price, in my opinion. There were so many other great souvenir treats available! But I moved on to the truffle case with all its gorgeous gourmet gems awaiting me! I selected four and was most excited for the Earl Grey one. It was decent but disappointing; I tasted very little tea inside, it was pretty much just a plain caramel filling to me. The other two are still awaiting me. The ladies behind the counter were helpful and friendly, and were patient with my indecision. I also got one of their house stickers for my collection and I was thrilled that it was so reasonably priced! Some places charge SO MUCH for stickers that are, essentially, advertisement for them. I wish I could return soon but I live far away and it will probably be a couple years before I'm back. But you can be sure I'll be making time for a longer trip here then!

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Coneflower Creamery - Waffle cone

Coneflower Creamery

4.8(857 reviews)
40.2 mi•Blackstone, Midtown
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It would be reasonable to expect that a Midwestern city would offer some high quality local ice…read morecream, and this place appears to be the standard-bearer here. Branded as "Farm to cone", they have an exciting flavor variety to intrigue the adults in the room, of which there were quite a few. I sampled a more classic mint chocolate chip and a more experimental basil flavor with white chocolate chips, both kind of thematically similar. Both flavors hit hard, and the house waffle cone was thinner than I expected but pleasingly browned and it held up well. While the focus on dairy is expected, they do offer several sorbets for those whose dietary needs require it. Business was vigorous even on a midweek night, and I would note that for an ice cream place in an area where the sun does not set in summer until almost 9, they close on the early side, so hurry on over.

Yelp's 100 Ice Cream list came out right before we drove down to Omaha and saw this place on the…read morelist! So, of course, we had to stop by as a treat! We visited the Blackstone District location, but the other one had no parking and the area was so sketchy. Blackstone though is going through construction so we had to drive around, but we found street parking right in front! The shop is very cute, but small! I think service was friendly, I think I was just distracted with how many options there were! The ice cream flavors were interesting and I went with the basil white chocolate - it was so basil forward and I LOVED that. It had bites of white chocolate and I think it mellowed out the basil for me. Still, my favorite. My husband ordered cinnamon cheesecake for himself, and a tart cherry crumble - both of these were lovely! Seating is very limited as there is a bench inside with two round tables, but they are so close together you might as just sit outside at another set of two tables. Decently priced for gourmet ice cream and I loved the shout out on their wall of local farmers that supply certain ingredients!

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Blackstone + berry tart crumble (unseen in pic)

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High Society Cheesecake

High Society Cheesecake

4.3(53 reviews)
41.0 mi
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Yall... just stop. If you're a cheesecake whore - like me - you need to run to HSC. Literally run…read more Well, ok.. maybe drive because she is in Lincoln (don't wanna hear it), but pack a lunch and then get a snack. Their IG account graces my eyes on the daily, and I don't know if it's the seductive, sexy way they spoon their cheesecake to show us cheesecake whores-alike what we're missing, but holy it works! I RAN to their website and grabbed their 2-12oz scoopables in the oh-so-tart Coconut Lime Supreme and Strawberry Rhubarb Parfait... yall.. that supreme rang my bell so well! Tangy, sweet, lime-ee, creamy and very little coconut. Pretty sure my eyes rolled back into my head. But then... you try the other, more calm one to off set the tang and SHES JUST AS GOOD! Very mellow in comparison but definitely a pallet pleaser, and I am NOT a rhubarb fan. But this little 12oz of joy.. sign me up! I chose to ship cause I'm going through some shit right now and I really didn't want to make the drive to Lincoln (life is a literal chore), but if you're a natural road trip woman like me, I encourage you to visit their brick and mortar and check out their plethora of choices! And you tell me, if they don't scoop those scoops in a seductive way!

We recently visited here as a Nebraska Passport stop. Bookguy isn't that fond of cheesecake but…read moresaid he would try the cherry cheesecake. I went with strawberry. Bookguy was disappointed because he expected it to be topped with cherries instead of infused. My strawberry was the same with a ribbon of strawberry flavor and a couple chunks of strawberry. I liked it, but I think I would have enjoyed a plain traditional piece better. The consistency was great--baked perfection. They also have other cheesecake treats such as chocolate chip cheesecake sandwiches cookies, mini cheesecakes, samplers with different flavors and scoop-able cheesecake. I thought the scoop-able bins were ice cream at first. Many of the items they sell can be shipped frozen. There's also outdoor seating. This is a wonderful place to get delicious cheesecake.

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High Society Cheesecake
High Society Cheesecake
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