Culinary Dropout, a popular restaurant chain from Scottsdale, Arizona, plans to open its first Nebraska location at Village Pointe Shopping Center. According to a City of Omaha building permit, Culinary Dropout will renovate the former Local Beer Patio & Kitchen space on the shopping center’s west end. The space was originally home to Cheeseburger in Paradise. No opening date has been announced. Culinary Dropout has 15 locations in nine states. The closest existing locations are in Denver and Indianapolis.