The Best Restaurant in Kearney: The Alley Rose
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The Alley Rose is a downtown Kearney fixture that leans into the kind of “sit down and stay awhile” menu that can handle lunch, a date, or a group that cannot agree on anything. The current menus bounce from a French dip made with shaved prime rib and house-made au jus to lobster vodka penne, frutti di mare pasta, and burgers that go classic or go full bacon-jam-and-brie, with the soup-and-salad bar daring you to get just one more plate.
The restaurant’s founder and owner is Shawn Engberg, and the kitchen does a steady side hustle catering all of Kearney’s most important events. Which tracks for a place that keeps its food straightforward but polished enough to justify the “dress a little nicer” mood. —Jamie Dutton
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