NoFo Pizza & Cafe - Norfolk                                               2025 

NoFo Pizza &Cafe is located in the historic River Point Creative District in Norfolk. This place is very nice and it has a beautiful wood oven. 

They Offer a wide variety of pizzas, deli sandwiches, bakery items, side items, coffee, Fat Head Honey and much more.  If you want to eat breakfast, they have a variety of breakfast platters.  We didn't eat here because we had lunch with Frank's sister Roberta just before we headed here.  We did, however, buy a huge chocolate chip cookie, which was delicious.  We even visited with some fellow passport people before we left.  It's always fun to run into others with Passport books and compare our impressions.  These folks were from Pender where Tracy and Frank spent many hours over the years working on various IT projects.

Visit their website nofopizza.com to see all they have on the menu and learn more about NoFo Pizza & Cafe.

V'z Oddz & Endz - Norfolk                                                   2025 

V'z Oddz and Endz in Norfolk is a very unique new and used consignment store.  We have a store in Seward like this only V'z is BIGGER.  As the name implies, there is a huge variety of goods here.  Cindy found some candy cigarettes, remember those?  Keeping with the warning to not smoke, they no longer come pre-lit in the box.  

I realize this image is cluttered but I took so many photos here I had to squish them into one big image.  Make sure you take your time shopping the main and lower floors so you can see all of the things available here.  You can even have some food and ice cream while you're there.  There's something for everyone in here.  We had a great time looking over all items to buy. Cindy bought some of her favorite old fashioned candy.  She didn't buy any of the candy suckers with bugs in them though.  If you are brave enough, you can give them a try.  The friendly staff were very helpful and can answer any questions you may have.  I'm sure that you will enjoy this store.

Fat Head Honey Farms - Clarkson                                     2025 

I never knew this was here and it probably wasn't when I went to Clarkson High School.  The farm is really well kept and attractive.  Purchases are made on the honor system if no one is around.  Cindy does like honey a lot and I think she bought a bottle of chocolate honey.  They also have a few different honey sodas in the cooler and a few books on natural foods and other things.

 

There are a lot of bee hives sprinkled around outside and inside.  Some have become flower displays and some are housing tens of thousands of bees.  We used to have some hives on the farm.  Cindy's family had friends in Snyder who kept bees.  It took me a couple years to walk amongst the hives even though I was always told the bees wouldn't bother me.  It's true, intimidating but true.

Rose Cottage - Wayne                                                              2025 

Very nice cottage that Elizabeth King has turned into a Bed & Breakfast.  She is in the process of removing the Breakfast part because of time constraints.  Elizabeth is one of the kindest and friendliest people you could ever meet.

The front room is available to guests, complete with a fireplace and two comfy chairs to curl up in.  

The house was built in 1927 and served as a Sorority house for Wayne State College.  Elizabeth lived here as a member when she attended college.  She purchased it recently, restored some areas, remodeled some areas and furnished it appropriately with genuine period antiques.

There are a variety of rooms to choose from and if you're driving around collecting Passport stamps, perhaps you can arrange your journey in such a way that you could stay here. If you stay for two nights you get the second night for half price.  

This room with a king size bed is the most roomy and has the most furnishings for comfortable relaxation.  

The floors are all original oak and refinished.  The bathrooms have been remodeled but still have the appearance of belonging to the period.  There is off-street parking, as well.  The photo of Cindy and I above is an enclosed porch facing north, across the street from the college.  They are in progress of installing a green space which will make this an even nicer place to sit.  If you have never been to Wayne State, it's a beautiful campus.  Stop in and look around, if you have time.

We don't often give a shout-out to anyone NOT on the Passport but I made an exception today.   We went to Godfathers Pizza in the old train depot in Wayne and were served by a super nice person named Eve.  Can you spot anything a little unusual?

 

 

For those who don't know, Godfathers Pizza was started in Omaha, NE in 1974.  Check them out, they have a great story.  They also have a connection to a 2025 Nebraska Passport stop.

Zoellner Design Company - Beatrice                                2025 

Zoellner Design Co. at Beatrice is located in the Creative District in the Historic Langs Building.  It's a beautiful and unique building.  Inside is a very interesting home decor and design business.  What stands out for Cindy and I is the name.  Turns out Abigayle and her mother are co-owners of this business and are part of the Jason Zoellner family.  Jason is the owner of Zoellner Ford in Beatrice, where we bought our last 4 vehicles. 

You may have noticed here in the background, the home decorations on the shelves are mostly white.  That is the theme in the store.  I like it but Cindy isn't as fond of it.  I spotted a book on one shelf titled, "Learning How to Live with White".  All the items have a very modern look.  They also can help you pick out what you need for your house and give you design ideas.  This is a family operated lifestyle design company bringing beautiful modern designs to the area. 

 

They will come to your home and design it according to your preferences.  It was fun looking around here.  There are a lot of somewhat unique table and shelf items and a few pieces of furniture.  

They also have a cafe serving gourmet coffee, tea and seasonal beverages. Yes, of course, Cindy had to have an iced mocha with Oat milk.  Local jellies and condiments are available, as well.