Coffee & Treats in Nebraska

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Nestled on the grounds of Pheasant Bonanza, Roosters overlooks hunting fields dotted with plump fowl. Chef Aaron Schroder, a hunter himself, draws inspiration from the view, infusing an ever-changing menu with fresh pheasant and other succulent cuts of meat and seafood. Though born and raised in Nebraska, Schroder cut his teeth as a chef at his mother's Italian restaurant in Seattle and then at eateries in New York City, including Mario Batali's Lupa in SoHo. Since returning to Nebraska, he has applied his skills to prepare such favorites as smoked pheasant and slow-roasted pork shoulder. His wife, April Goettle, brings 20 years of bartending experience to Roosters, where she curates an artisan drink menu alongside simple pours of whiskey and beer.

Though its menu always promises something new, Roosters' decor is a reflection of the past. Mounted animals on the walls pay homage to hunting lounges of the 1950s, and the wooden tables, chairs, and bar top pay homage to really old trees.

Open for amateur and professional cooks alike, The Saucy Cook is a specialty food store that houses a myriad of organic, kosher, and low-sodium cooking and baking products, including international cheeses, oils and vinegars, dessert toppings, chocolates, and more. A saunter down the sandwich-spread aisle will lead guests to a jar of raspberry peach champagne jam ($7.75), designed to lift the spirits of austere slices of toast, while the Husker-produced red hot chocolate powder ($6.99) will educate taste buds on the Socratic interpretation of hot cocoa. See the list of products and services online for more details.

The Pettit family is used to getting up early. A tradition begun by bakery owner Richard Pettit in 1954, Richard's sons Bret and Mark are now the ones shaking themselves out of bed to ensure the scratch-made donuts, bismarks, and freshly baked pastries are hot and ready when the doors open at 4 a.m. Other morning morsels include homemade muffins, chewy cookies, and gooey cinnamon and pecan rolls, while pies are also baked each day to guarantee their freshness for special occasions or rumbles between warring gangs of clowns. For celebrations, the chefs can be also appointed to create custom cakes for weddings and birthdays or decadent coffee cakes that help make any morning feel extra-special. Pettit's Pastry recently opened a new location in West Omaha.

The Donut Professor uses locally sourced ingredients to create fresh donuts, pastries, and muffins every morning. With 37 varieties of donuts ($0.99 each; $9.29 per dozen) ranging from garden-variety glazed to elusive vanilla peanut, The Donut Professor offers a full catalog of fried, doughy treats. Éclairs, fritters, and cinnamon rolls ($1.19) satisfy partisans of pastries without holes. All locations open at 6 a.m., mere minutes after fresh donuts come into being, giving night-based vigilantes and day-faring caped heroes a place to eat while comparing notes. If the full amount of the Groupon is not used in one visit, The Donut Professor will issue a gift card with the remaining balance.

Each Candyopolis is home to more than 1,000 different varieties of sweets, everything from Depression-era favorites such as licorice, Herbert Hoovers, and "chewing dirt," to the latest wave of sugary and sour confections (Toxic Waste sour candy, $1.99). Retro sweet teeth sink into Abba-Zaba candy bars ($7.99 per pound), Big Hunk ($1.49), and the Holy Trinity for chewing connoisseurs: Beemans, Black Jack, and Clove Gum ($1.49 each). Imported and domestic chocolates cohabitate peacefully in neighboring bulk bins, while insurgent bands of gummy worms build IEDs out of Pop Rocks ($0.99) and plot a military coup over Candyopolis's ruling class of imported Haribo gummi bears ($3.99 per half pound), which also come dipped in chocolate ($4.99 per half pound). With 48 flavors of Jelly Bellies ($5.99 per half pound), 50 unique PEZ dispensers ($2.49 each), and 21 colors of M&Ms ($9.99 per pound), each year Candyopolis exports a colorful crop of treats directly to the bellies of local children, children-at-heart, and hopelessly misinformed health nuts everywhere.