Mamasitas Restaurant Bennet, Ne

When I first moved to Lincoln, Ne in 1998 after getting out of the Marines, I remember making the mental note that there are no good Mexican restaurants in the whole city, none what so ever. There have been some that have sprouted up since then like DeLeons, Los Margaritas, no others come to mind but I think there may be one or two more. One of my friends, Brian, had suggested Mamasitas which is in the very small village of Bennet, Nebraska which is located about fifteen minutes from southeast Lincoln. If you leave Lincoln eastbound on Hwy 2, take Hwy 43 south towards Bennet and, really, you can't miss it.
Me, my wife and four kids arrived at Mamasitas at about 7:00 pm last Friday night, The place was busy, but we got our seats right away without reservation. We were immediately served chips and salsa. The chips weren't the usual corn tortillas cut to triangles like most wanna-be Mexican apps, but very tasty flour-base fried chips which are better than most places I've been to. The salsa had natural garden taste with deep red tomato chunks and just a little kick. I think this was maybe my third visit here and had to order my usual and the most popular plate, beef enchiladas.
The wait was a little longer than I would have like, however when the warm plate arrived in front of me, I was once again thrilled with the perfect blend of mexican spices in the ground beef rolled into a flour tortilla, covered with gravy and a generous topping of (sharp cheddar?) cheese. The side of Spanish rice was a perfect blend, I declined the sour cream, but did add the guacamole. On a good day I can tackle at least a half dozen of these, but Mamasita's makes theirs just plump enough for me to call it good with their two enchiladas. Top it off with with a couple- maybe three Tecates, Coronas, or Negra Modelos (all three available at Mamasitas) and you have very tasty dinner at a decent price.

pros- Amazing food at a great price

cons- Out of the way unless you live in Southeast Lincoln or close to Bennet.

Good day

Misty's Steakhouse

My two oldest sons Wyatt and Paxton have both been sick the last few weeks, well really not sick, they just have this cough they can't get rid of. Wyatt was coughing especially hard the last couple of days so my duty as a dad was to get him to the doctor today. While in the doctors office I asked Wyatt where he wanted to eat for lunch. I knew he was very hungry as he didn't join us for dinner last night and I didn't see him eating anything this morning. 'Outback Steakhouse' was the number one choice.

I am the last person who would turn down an Outback Steakhouse steak, but I live in southeast Nebraska and feel that there should be an amazing steakhouse on every corner. There is not. After driving by Outback and finding out that it doesn't open until 4pm I suggested Misty's. To my knowledge Misty's started in Lincoln, Nebraska and is one of the last successful Mom and Pop steakhouses around.

Misty's is located in the Havelock area just off of 56th and Cornhusker in the Lincoln city limits. I have eaten here maybe two other times in the past and both times I got really good food but never great food.

Wyatt and I got to Misty's right when it was opening. We were the only ones in the restaurant at first but there were at least five other tables occupied and at least one guy at the bar by the time we left. Wyatt was impressed by the sports stuff hanging on the walls. We walked through the restaurant and bar and he was able to name all of the teams that belong to the helmets but one. I didn't even know who the team was. When we got back to our table my salad was waiting. Side Garden Salad with ranch. Typical iceberg lettuce with carrot slivers and some really crunchy croutons. This was one of the better salads I have been served especially considering the month is February and I live in Nebraska. Wyatt and I both love a little fat on our steak and had ordered the 14oz ribeye with a baked potato (butter only) and toast to be split. Wyatt says 'it was awesome' I would agree that once again the food at Misty's was really good but not great. My biggest problem with my own review is I don't know how I would make the food or service better. I would have to use the same qualification the Supreme court uses when it come to pornography. I don't know exactly how to define it but I know it (a great steak) when I see it. Good Day.