Taco Origins
Sergio Gil came to Oklahoma on vacation in 1985. “She brought me,” he says, gesturing at Eva, his wife of 40 years and mother of their five children. “She brought me back in 1988, and my father-in-law said I…
Food Lover’s Guide
The Masters of Margaritas
The simplicity of the classic margarita is such that, in theory, any decent bar can make one, and good bars can zhuzh them up with premium ingredients or spirit variations such as Mezcal. With only three required ingredients –…
Norman Restaurant Week Returns
The second annual #EatNorman Restaurant Week continues through Sunday, July 11, featuring 15 restaurants, bars and specialty shops offering specials, original items and prix fixe menus. “The first restaurant week came about when we were looking for a way…
Sensational Vegan Flavors in the 405
Assume for a moment that you’ve given up cake, and that before making the sacrifice, you really loved cake, as in you routinely ate some kind of cake every day. But you gave it all up. A well-meaning friend…
Ice Cream Treats Around the 405
While the truth is that there’s never a bad time to eat ice cream, hot summer months are definitely the best time to dive into everyone’s favorite frozen treat. Braum’s has long been the default choice for a quick…
Mooby's Pops Up in the Plaza
The newest release from Vanessa House Brewing Company, Beerserker Hoppy Lager, bears the images of Jay and Silent Bob, characters from filmmaker Kevin Smith’s series of movies including Clerks, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, on the…
Craft Beer Festival at the Ballpark
On Saturday, June 26, more than forty breweries will be at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark for the inaugural Oklahoma Brewers Fest. The one-day event organized by the Craft Brewers Association of Oklahoma (CBAO) will feature member breweries, vendors and…
Cheese the Day at OKC's Best
Chef Amanda Jane Simcoe calls burrata “a little balloon full of deliciousness,” which may be the most accurate description of food ever. She explained it in technical terms, too, but a summary will probably suffice: It’s fresh mozzarella curds…
Six Degrees of Sandoitchi
Sandoitchi was supposed to be a restaurant. Stevie Nguyen had a solid network in Dallas, and his resume of work at Momofuku and Morimoto in New York virtually guaranteed people would pay attention. Working with his friends Keith Tran,…
New Pizza in Old Britton
Venn Pizza on Britton officially opens today. Located in the stretch of Old Britton, the main street of the Britton municipality absorbed into OKC in 1950, Venn has a focused menu featuring pizza, wings, a few appetizers, and salads.…
Make a Toast to Oklahoma's Finest Happy Hour Specials and Social Spots
When State Question 792 passed in 2016, thereby reforming Oklahoma’s alcohol laws, one of the most popular changes to the law concerned happy hours. Prior to 792, establishments could only offer happy hour specials if they ran for seven…
Award-Winning Rum Comes to Oklahoma
Maggie’s Farm Hidden Harbor Rum was awarded “Best Rum” at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the most prestigious awards in the industry. A collaboration between Pittsburgh’s Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery and Hidden Harbor, a tiki bar that…
Sandoitchi pops up in OKC
The popular Japanese sando pop-up Sandoitchi is coming to Oklahoma City. Based in Dallas, Sandoitchi (Japanese for “sandwich”) will operate out of the former Tori Tori building in the Plaza District. The concept focuses on the traditional Japanese sandwich,…
OKC's Taste of Italy
Enis Mullaliu arrived in the U.S. in 2000, a refugee from the Kosovo War. He and his family had sought asylum in the U.K., and eventually – with the help of Catholic Charities – made their way to Edmond,…
OKC’s Sous Chef Stars
The ideal sous chef is someone who doesn’t complain, works well at volume, is more dependable than the line cooks and gets paid much less than the executive chef or chef de cuisine. Ask anyone who used to be…
The Coconut Cocktail we'll be Sipping All Summer Long
Julia McLish at Barkeep has a spring cocktail menu built around base fruit flavors, and to help them stand out, she's incorporated a few of the more interesting, new-ish spirits and mixers available in the state right now. The…
10 Must-Try (Free!) Chips and Salsa Options in the 405
At least once in your life you’ve eaten so many chips with salsa that when your food arrived, you asked for the box right away, or maybe after a bite or two. The baskets of chips and bowls of…
Dessert, of Course
Formal five-course or seven-course dinners are not exactly the norm in these days. But while the concept can potentially be intimidating, thoughtfully planned menus can provide intriguing ways to break up and pace a meal. Aperitifs and hors d’oeuvres…
Wander Folk’s Path to being a Bigger, Better Distillery
Wander Folk is the new name of the Guthrie-based distillery that was formerly called Prairie Wolf. The company will keep one product – a liter bottle of vodka – under the Prairie Wolf name, but the new Wander Folk…
Decadently Delicious Cookies in OKC
The beauty of a cookie – other than its taste – is that it’s often the perfect size to satisfy a craving for sweets at the end of a meal or in the middle of the day. Yes, some…
We Love Salsa
When the history of a salsa brand includes the line “Testing the results of his efforts on his golfing buddies…” there may be a bit of an authenticity issue. David Pace’s creation wasn’t really authentic in the strictest sense,…
Family-Friendly Dining in the 405
The restaurant – a loungey, booze-centric place with a moderately expensive menu – prepared for the worst. A family with an infant and two toddlers came in and took “open seating” in the center of the lounge, a spot…
OKCs Great Steakhouses
The 405’s prime destinations for beef
