{"id":7321,"date":"2024-10-08T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2024-10-10T17:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:49:44","slug":"omaha-food-the-blackstone-reuben-sandwich-at-cottonwood-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-food-the-blackstone-reuben-sandwich-at-cottonwood-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Food: The Blackstone Reuben Sandwich at Cottonwood Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally!\u00a0 I made it to the Cottonwood Hotel to try the Blackstone Reuben.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7323\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubencloseup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubencloseup.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubencloseup-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A very close up view of the Blackstone Reuben with two thin, soft and sturdy pieces of rye bread holding an ample amount of corned beef with melted gruy\u00e8re cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With all the stories and anticipation from waiting so long, I was afraid that I might be building this up into something bigger and be disappointed. I was not!<\/p>\n<p>First, looking at it I could tell it was no ordinary sandwich with its two slices of rye bread that were much thinner than the comparatively massive interior. For me, a real sandwich has more in between the bread than there is bread.<\/p>\n<p>The bread was tasty and a good complement to the cornbeef, gruy\u00e8re , sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing and took nothing away from the star of the sandwich- the indescribably tender corned beef.<\/p>\n<p>I have never had, in all my years of enjoying Reubens and corned beef and cabbage,\u00a0 a corned beef so tender and flakey. It was the truly the star of the sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>The gruy\u00e8re cheese was a nice surprise. The sauerkraut was mild and not overpowering and flowed well with the milder version of the dressing, keeping the corned beef front and center for your palate&#8217;s delight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7322\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubenPlated700.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubenPlated700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/omahanebraskaDOTcomOmahaFoodBlackstoneReubenPlated700-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blackstone Reuben sandwich along with ketchup and fries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Come to the Cottonwood Hotel and try this tasty Omaha food for yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel<br \/>\n302 S 36th St.<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68131<\/p>\n<p><!---White tray on black grainy table showcases t---><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally!\u00a0 I made it to the Cottonwood Hotel to try the Blackstone Reuben. With all the stories and anticipation from waiting so long, I was afraid that I might be building this up into something bigger and be disappointed. I was not! First, looking at it I could tell it was no ordinary sandwich with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-food-the-blackstone-reuben-sandwich-at-cottonwood-hotel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Omaha Food: The Blackstone Reuben Sandwich at Cottonwood Hotel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[645,646,644,42],"class_list":["post-7321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-omaha","tag-blackstone-reuben-sandwich","tag-cottonwood-hotel","tag-omaha-food","tag-omaha-restaurant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7321"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7358,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7321\/revisions\/7358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}