Awards

What They're Saying

First Place, Best French Restaurant
First Place, Best Romantic Restaurant
Omaha Magazine, 2008

Voted Best French Restaurant
SecondPlace, Best RomanticRestaurant
Omaha Magazine, 2007


The French Cafe
"A five-star experience."
Omaha World-Herald, December, 2006

"The French Café remains one of the city's great restaurants...It offers high-quality, non-intrusive service, paired with ...engaging cuisine and makes for a night to remember. "
Omaha World-Herald, November, 2006
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Omaha's Best Formal Dining Restaurant
"… (Readers) have once again pegged the high-class establishment No. 1 for formal dining. Why? Tony Abbott, who has owned the restaurant for the past 34 years, say it helps to 'pay attention' and 'reinvent the wheel from time to time.' The French Café has become an Omaha icon, not just for its food and service, but for its memories, too."
Omaha Magazine, February, 2004

"The Old Market's crown jewel and a port of call
for the rich and famous..."
Midlands Business Journal, May, 2003
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"...The French Café wine list has always been exceptional...[the restaurant] offers an elegance unique to the Old Market. The vibe at the French Café is warm and inviting..."
Midlands Business Journal, May, 2002
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"Just walking into the French Cafe in the Old Market, you'll feel whisked away to a European bistro...oozes romance and taste..."
The Reader Votes French Cafe' Best Brunch; Runner-up for Best Romantic Restaurant
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"The presentation of every dish delivered to us was perfect. (Dare I say 'inspired'? I think I do.)"
Review by Jill Koch, The Reader, June, 2000
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