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“We want you to taste the meat. The way we do it makes a difference,” said Sally Kawa, who runs Johnny’s Cafe with her sister and father. “And ultimately, that makes it taste different when people visit.”

Memories of the Omaha Stockyards are alive and well at Johnny’s Café in south Omaha, where you can find juicy steaks and an iconic Nebraska atmosphere.

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Johnny's has been Omaha's steak house since 1922. At the edge of the stockyards, it was once a café for cowboys and cow shippers.

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