Omaha Love’s Local Food and Drink Bingo

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Sushi roll from Yum Roll at Flagship Commons at Westroads.

We love our community and want to see it continue to grow and prosper.  We enjoy each opportunity to promote what we have in Omaha. In fact, we have two books featuring the great things to see, eat and do in Omaha. With great chefs, as well as a dining scene that encompasses almost nearly every type of cuisine you can find across the planet, it’s hard not to find something for every palate. Omaha has become a foodie destination, with eateries such as Yoshitomo, Dante, Modern Love and Au Courant offering amazing dishes.

We know our local restaurants and bars have been hit hard by the pandemic.  The community has done an impressive job of supporting them during this challenging time. However, we know that there is still a great need to do more to help our local businesses.

We’ve seen other communities offer ways to encourage dining and drinking at local places. One of the ways they’ve done this was by making it fun, such as a game of Bingo. We want to combine our love of the city, its food and drink with prizes for you to explore and support Omaha. We are excited to partner with Keep Local Alive – Omaha to bring this fun way to support Omaha’s great local eateries and bars.

Who is Keep Local Alive – Omaha?

Keep Local Alive Omaha The Keep Local Alive movement started as a way to impact local independent businesses in communities nationally. They engage volunteers, whom they call ambassadors, to help identify and support local businesses through a targeted “boost” effort. These targets are identified because of a need for additional support and attention. During the “boost” effort, ambassadors encourage others to support the business with their dollars through social media posts, reviews and their own purchases. Learn more here. We encourage you to like their FB page and join the FB group.

What is Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo?

The Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo offers a chance to not only continue to support local restaurants but also possibly broaden your experiences. It also represents an opportunity to try a new restaurant or a chance to get out to locations outside of your normal stomping grounds.

Local foodies and the culinary curious can earn entries for prizes with every Bingo they complete on their card. You can find the details and rules below.

The concept is simple. Download or print a Restaurant Bingo card and fill in five spaces in a row at local eateries. Options include “Ordered tacos from _____,” “Got a cocktail at _____” and “Chowed down on some pasta at _____.” Other general spaces make it even easier to score a Bingo with the likes of “Had a date night at _____”  and “Treated myself at _____.” You can dine-in or carry out. 

What places are eligible to get Bingo squares

Check out Supporting Omaha Restaurants for inspiration of places to order from in order to complete your Bingo squares. All local places (the eatery must be a local one or if part of a chain, it must be headquatered in Omaha, i.e. Little King) are eligible for credit for the square. Below are just some links to Oh My! Omaha, a fellow blogger with some great posts that can help you to mark off your squares.

Prizes

By participating in Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo, players who complete a Bingo and follow the rules to submit will receive entries each week to win prizes. The prizes include:

Prize Bundle #1

Prize Bundle #2

Prize Bundle #3

How to play/rules

  1. Screenshot, download, or print your BINGO card below! Choose from one of five different Bingo cards.
  2. Support local restaurants and practice safe social distancing.
  3. E-mail your completed Bingo card, along with photos and/or receipts of your food/drinks, to enter to 100thingsomaha@gmail.com.
  4. Diagonals count and take advantage of the free space, too!
  5. If you saved the Bingo card digitally, email us which restaurants/places you went to for your Bingo win!
  6. Please remember to include your name on the email, so you can be entered into the grand prize giveaway.
  7. One card may be submitted per person. Cards may not be shared between people.
  8. Submitting a card does not guarantee a prize.
  9. Winners will be chosen at random at the end of the contest period.
  10. The promotion starts Sunday, Feb. 21, and ends Sunday, March 28.

Additional entries can be earned in the following ways (please notate when submitting your Bingo entry of any additional entries you qualify for):

We reserve the right to determine valid entries and to exclude invalid entries. You agree, by participating in Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo to indemnify and hold harmless this blog, blogger, its agents, and its employees or associates from any claim or proceeding resulting from your entry.
*ELIGIBILITY: Employees, subsidiaries and household and immediate family members of this blog/blogger are not eligible.  Contest void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.
*PRIZE:  Each participant is eligible to win up to one (1) of the prizes described above. Odds of winning depend on the number of entrants.  Winners will be notified through Facebook and email.

Happy Dining Out!

Follow and play along by posting your Bingo adventures on social media using #OmahaLOVESFoodBingo.

Bingo Card A

Omaha Loves Food Bingo Card A

Bingo Card B

Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo Card B

Bingo Card C

Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo Card C

Bingo Card D

Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo Card D

Bingo Card E

Omaha Loves Local Food/Drink Bingo Card B