[Old General]

Proposed building at Mister C's site designed to mesh with Metro campus - Omaha.com

This would be an outstanding addition to the neighborhood!

[Busguy2010]

Its great that they're targeting students with the development. Its probably the only thing that would work.

[McBain II]

For purely nostalgic reasons, I'm a little sad to see the old Mister C's building go. That was always my favorite restaurant when I was in Omaha and we had many great memories there.

That said, glad to see this positive development moving forward.

[rezfreak]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

For purely nostalgic reasons, I'm a little sad to see the old Mister C's building go. That was always my favorite restaurant when I was in Omaha and we had many great memories there.

That said, glad to see this positive development moving forward.

me too

My grandmother worked there as a young adult and Mr C always treated our family like his family when we went there.

[McBain II]

Originally Posted by rezfreak

me too

My grandmother worked there as a young adult and Mr C always treated our family like his family when we went there.

Mr. C was a very good man. We didn't know him personally, but visited the restaurant often enough that he recognized us and would stop by the table when we were there. Somewhere, I still have a toy snake that he gave me when I was about 8 or 9 years old.

[Old General]

To be honest, I didn't like Mister Cs. Of course, by the time I came to Omaha it was clearly a restaurant in decline. Basically, the food was like the institutionalized stuff you'd find at Golden Corral, but less of it. Mister C himself was still tottering around & glad-handing people, but the whole place was in bad shape. Its past was glorious, but not its present.

I just hope they do something really good on that corner. It is in a spot that could be fantastic, and could be a real cornerstone of neighborhood renewal.