CULINARY “ YOU CANNOT EAT UNL DAIRY STORE ICE CREAM WITHOUT FOREVER COMPARING FUTURE ICE CREAM TO WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED AT THE DAIRY STORE.” —GBR_HUSKERS, TRIPADVISOR FARM-FRESH SHOPPING & DINING UNL Dairy Store, Lincoln ICE CREAM CRAFTED WITH NEBRASKA DAIRY Local dairy, local scoops // Only-in-Nebraska fl avors Open the door at Omaha’s Conefl ower Creamery , and the aroma of fresh-out-of-the-oven waffl e cones signals more deliciousness to come. Seasonal selections like salted caramel and signature fl avors such as tart cherry crumble make for some tough decisions. Students create and serve up the scoops at UNL Dairy Store in Lincoln, which got its start serving milk to students in 1917. The store rotates 16 fl avors at any given time and always carries Scarlet & Cream—vanilla swirled with double strawberry to represent the school colors. Why not try champagne sherbet or black walnut at Platte Valley Creamery ? Ron Smith has owned his old-fashioned Scottsbluff ice cream parlor for 39 years and creates 25 scrumptious fl avors. READY-MADE NIGHTS OUT Reward yourself by heading to the cobblestone streets of The Old Market in Omaha for dinner, followed by drinks and browsing the district’s shops and galleries. Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket off ers a ready-made night out at restaurants and nightlife in turn-of-the-century warehouses. Farm-to-table dinners and on-the-farm markets invite feasting on Nebraska’s juiciest produce and grass-fed meats. Amid pastoral views on certifi ed-organic Lakehouse Farm near Waverly, dine on best-of-the-season dishes at Prairie Plate Restaurant . In Omaha, Dante specializes in wood-fi red Neapolitan pizza using ingredients sourced from small Nebraska farms. Seek out the sweetest peaches and cherries at Nebraska City’s Apple Barn Farm Market at Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard . The Old Market, Omaha CREDITS: CRAIG CHANDLER/UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN; PRAIRIE PLATE RESTAURANT; DANTE VisitNebraska.com 21
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