Old Market Archives - Travels With Martin

I arrived into Omaha late in the day and spent my first night exploring the Old Market. The Old Market in Omaha is the most historic and most entertaining neighborhood in the city. There are all kinds of shops, galleries, restaurants and taverns along its cobblestone streets. I found it to be a great place to interact with some locals and people watch.

My first stop was at a local tavern called Mister Toad. I was hoping to find some live music and this seemed to be the only place that had any in the area. According to the website, there was a piano player that night. Unfortunately, I didn’t think he was very good and neither he nor the bartender were very friendly. I did like the bar itself. There was some cool stuff on the old brick walls and in one room there was pew seating and bookshelves. I stayed for one beer and then went exploring.

I continued exploring, walking in and out of stores, sitting on benches people watching and just enjoying the fact that I was in Omaha, Nebraska!

I enjoyed a store called The Lotus. The Lotus is a new age shop with fun gifts, home made soap, unique clothing and other interesting items. The owner, Loralee, welcomed me in and even offered me a glass of wine. I stayed there and chatted with her for quite awhile. I bought some soap and a back pack and continued on.

Just a few doors down from The Lotus was a bar called The Monster Club. I was intrigued so went in. I probably spent close to an hour here. The bartenders were very friendly and engaged in conversation, the beer selection was excellent and the collection of monsters was outstanding! They refer to themselves as ” an homage to horror in popular culture”. Loved this place! I ended up wandering around the bar looking at things and taking pictures.