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Old-school Lombardo’s serves up reliable comfort food in a comfortable space

Mar 08, 2017 997

BY: Sarah Baker Hansen

Lombardo’s is the kind of reliable, Italian-American neighborhood restaurant that the people living nearby — around the 132nd Street and West Maple Road area — must really appreciate. It’s not a chain. It’s affordable. And it’s serving giant portions of things like saucy pastas, classic lasagna and a few surprisingly good appetizers, including a fried eggplant that I’d recommend without hesitation.

Manager Grant Lundin, who is working with Omaha-based owners Noreen and Jeff Thelen, said that’s exactly what they are aiming for: comfort food in a comfortable, everyday space. So far, he said, diners are responding. The restaurant’s menu is sizable enough that, during two visits, I barely scratched the surface. Most of what we sampled, though, was pretty good.

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