City: Omaha, NE

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (402) 391-0400

Address: 120 Regency Pkwy.

Insider Pick:

Description: Borsheim’s is an Omaha legend. Operating in the city since 1870 and owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway companies since 1986, the store is often called the Tiffany of the Midwest. It lives up to this name, with its gleaming, glossy interior, hushed music, professional employees, loads of diamonds, watches, and two separate departments dedicated to estate jewelry and fine gifts. The store’s inventory maintains more than 100,000 items and on any given day, men search inside for the perfect engagement ring, people buy gifts of fine china, silverware, and other items, and the friendly staff behind the service counter change watch batteries and clean rings. During the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting, which regularly brings 30,000 or more people to Omaha, Borshiem’s plays host to the shareholder’s reception, a rollicking party with food, wine, drinks, and, of course, lots and lots of shopping.