Now that the Oklahoma Tourism Department has officially terminated its contract agreement with Swadley's Foggy Bottom Kitchen, I guess we're looking for a new casual dining restaurant to feed hungry weekend tourists (except on Sunday) at State Parks, and fleece taxpayers with inflated invoices, pricy management fees, and other shady activities that look like they could be part of a vast criminal conspiracy within the Stitt Administration.
Since we at The Lost Ogle like to offer solutions to go with our non-award-winning news coverage, Rob O. and I thought it would be fun to share a list of restaurants that we think would be a good fit at our state parks. Some of them are real, while others are just concepts, but they'd all be better and less fraudulent than Swadley's Foggy Bottom Kitchen.
Check them out below:
1. Braum's "Dirty Table" Ice Cream and Grill
Does anyone else think it's weird that the Braum family hasn't tried to launch a casual dining restaurant chain? Sure, they can barely manage their fast-food empire, but you'd think they'd at least pull a Johnny's and launch an Urban Braum's or Drew's Steakhouse. Maybe if the state promised them $17-million in subsidies and management fees, they could be tempted to give it a shot. – Patrick