The Future of Cocktails Is Already Happening in Omaha
Anna’s Place isn’t a speakeasy. It’s not a theme bar.
We’re just a cocktail bar in Omaha — and we care a lot about what’s in your glass.
When we opened Anna’s Place, the goal was simple: make unforgettable drinks using house-made ingredients, local flavor, and a little grit. Now we’re taking everything we’ve learned and flipping the script on how cocktails get served in this city.
Why the Cocktail Scene Shifted
If you were drinking (or bartending) ten years ago, you remember the era. Omaha bars were buzzing with classics, revivals, obscure spirits, and long-winded stories about ingredients. People were learning what made a Negroni tick. The culture around cocktails was booming.
Then COVID hit.
Bars closed. Industry veterans left. And a whole generation of new drinkers missed out on that transfer of knowledge — the mentorship, the vibe, the unspoken rules of what made a cocktail matter. For a while, drinks got simpler. Seltzers ruled. Vodka + fruit was back.
Now? We’re moving forward — and we’re doing it our way.
What We’re Launching at Anna’s Place
Starting in August, Anna’s Place will debut two full pages of house-made, ready-to-drink cocktails. These are carbonated, bottled drinks served just like a beer or a seltzer. Pop the cap, pour, and enjoy.
But here’s the catch — everything inside the bottle is made right here, by us.
We carbonate in-house
We make all the syrups ourselves
We infuse our own spirits
No co-packing. No gimmicks. Just solid technique, bottled
You’ll still find balance, creativity, and layered flavor — just served in a way that fits how people drink now.
Why This Matters for Omaha
We want to be the bar that shows Omaha a new lane for great drinks.
Not everything needs to be stirred for 10 minutes. Not every cocktail needs to feel like a ceremony. You can get something excellent — made by hand — in under a minute. No shortcuts, just better systems.
We’re not abandoning the old ways. We’re just translating them into something faster, smarter, and more fun.
Try Them Before Everyone Else
Our bottled cocktail menu launches in August. Come see what we’re building at Anna’s Place in downtown Omaha, inside Hotel Indigo at 1804 Dodge Street.
Want to write about it? We’re happy to share behind-the-scenes access, ingredient sourcing, or the weird nerdy stuff we’ve been doing to dial this in.
Contact: info@annasplaceomaha.com
Reading Between the Lines: A Closer Look at Tarot Tuesdays in Omaha
Documenting a weekly ritual inside Anna’s Place
On Tuesday nights, something a little quieter happens in downtown Omaha.
There’s no DJ. No stage. No QR codes promising bucket deals.
Just a small, dark room. A reader. A deck of cards. And you.
This is Tarot Tuesdays at Anna’s Place—a bar tucked inside a hotel, known more for its cocktails and calm than its crowd. From 9 p.m. to midnight, the room shifts. It doesn’t get louder—it gets deeper.
And people keep coming back.
A Different Kind of Bar
Anna’s Place isn’t a theme night. It’s not a pop-up. It’s not trying to go viral.
It’s a bar built on intentionality. That applies to the drinks—crafted with house-made ingredients and months of testing—but it also applies to the energy in the room. There’s a ritual at the door: new guests are asked to keep voices down, phones dimmed, and to wait for a staff member to let them in.
It’s not pretentious.
It’s about creating a space where people can relax without needing to perform.
And that makes it the perfect setting for something like tarot.
What Tarot Really Is
Most people still think of tarot as fortune-telling.
But anyone who’s sat with a good reader knows that’s not quite right.
Tarot isn’t about predicting your future—it’s about checking in with your present.
It’s a conversation. A moment of reflection.
For some, it’s the first time all week they’ve stopped to think about what’s actually going on in their own head.
For others, it’s a tool they’ve used for years—one that helps them name what they’re feeling when the words won’t come.
At Anna’s Place, you’ll meet readers like Knox and Madame Davina, who alternate Tuesdays. Each brings a different style, but they share the same approach: quiet connection, gentle guidance, no theatrics.
The bar doesn’t promise transformation.
But if you’re open to it, you might leave with more clarity than you came in with.
Why It Works
Something about the room makes it easier to talk.
Maybe it’s the candlelight.
Maybe it’s the fact that there’s no TV shouting over your shoulder.
Maybe it’s the drink in your hand that was mixed with more attention than you expected.
Whatever it is, people show up for it.
And unlike most spaces where spiritual practices are either hidden or hyped, here it’s just part of the rhythm.
Like everything else, it’s approached with care.
No Gimmicks. No Flash. Just Time to Think.
If you’re someone who prefers meaning to noise…
If you’ve been feeling a little too full and a little too disconnected…
If you’re just looking for something in Omaha that feels real—
You’ll find something worth sitting with at Tarot Tuesday.
Tarot Tuesdays | 9 p.m. to Midnight
Anna’s Place — annasplaceomaha.com
Follow @annasplaceomaha for weekly updates.
A bar for the others
For the Othered: Why Anna’s Place Is in the Conversation (Even If It’s Not a Gay Bar)
A quiet kind of safety in Omaha
You won’t find a rainbow flag out front.
There’s no disco ball. No drag brunch.
But people still ask:
“Is this a gay bar?”
And the honest answer is… not exactly.
But we are a bar where queer people feel safe.
Where the energy is protected.
Where respect isn’t a request—it’s the floor.
Anna’s Place is a third space. A place that’s not work, not home, but somewhere you can show up and exhale. And for a lot of people—especially people who’ve been “othered” in louder rooms—that’s something rare.
Why Inclusion Matters Here
We didn’t build Anna’s Place to be exclusive.
We built it to be intentional—and that means making room for the kinds of people who often get left out of the room altogether.
We’re inclusive because so many of us—ourselves, our friends, our guests—have been the ones who were too much, too queer, too neurodivergent, too sensitive, too quiet, or just plain unwelcome in traditional bar culture.
We know what it’s like to be scanned instead of seen.
We know what it’s like to be talked over.
We know how exhausting it is to shrink in a space that never made room for you in the first place.
So we decided to build a place where no one has to do that.
Where your full self is welcome—without commentary, without correction, without the need to explain.
Inclusivity isn’t branding here.
It’s how we survive.
It’s how we build something better than what came before.
What We Actually Are
We’re a small bar, tucked inside a building with history.
The lighting is low. The volume is lower.
We don’t do beer or wine—not because we don’t respect it, but because cocktails are our medium. It’s what we study. It’s what we serve.
We’re not here to chase trends.
We’re here to make something intentional.
We test every drink a hundred times before it ever touches a guest’s lips. We make our own cola. We curate every detail so the people who walk through the door know they’re walking into a space that’s been built on purpose.
And that carries over to everything—especially the atmosphere.
The Door Speech
When you come to Anna’s Place for the first time, we meet you at the door.
We don’t do bouncers or ropes.
Just someone who cares about the energy in the room.
We ask everyone to:
Use their inside voice
Respect their phones (no flash, no loud videos, no FaceTiming your cousin mid-Old Fashioned)
And most importantly: understand that the people inside matter.
The door doesn’t open unless a staff member opens it.
That’s not exclusivity—it’s careful access.
It means that everyone inside has agreed, even silently, to keep the room sacred.
A Home for the Othered
We’ve seen what happens when the right people find the right space.
We’ve watched guests cry into napkins, laugh through grief, admit things they’ve never said out loud. We’ve watched strangers become chosen family.
And while we’re not exclusively a gay bar in Omaha, we are:
Queer-friendly
Sex-positive
Big believers in autonomy and body respect
And fiercely loyal to the idea that everyone deserves to feel safe.
This isn’t a bar for everyone.
But it is a bar for the people who’ve ever felt out of place in most rooms.
Find Us. Or Let Us Find You.
Anna’s Place is where the conversation can go deeper.
Where you don’t have to yell to be heard.
Where you don’t have to prove you belong.
Whether you’re part of the queer community, the kink community, the artist crowd, or just a person looking for some kind of peace—we built this place with people like you in mind.
No hashtags. No theme nights.
Just intention.
You can read the room when you walk in.
We just make sure it reads you back.
Anna’s Place | annasplaceomaha.com
Follow us on Instagram @annasplaceomaha
Come curious. Come calm. Come as you are.