It’s easy to give out Twitter accolades and Instagram bravos to the same series of easy-to-reach food trucks that are all located in the same oil-stained spots day after day and are written about...
A couple of years ago, TLO editor Patrick gave me $20 and sent me to the outskirts of town to write an article about fireworks. When I did, it was met with resounding jeers, leading many readers to...
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” ― Marcel Proust In honor of their 30 years in Oklahoma City, all City Bites restaurants are going totally...
In my other job as a film critic, I sometimes see up to three, maybe four movies a week in the theater. Many of these are free preview screenings that often seal-off a small section for press and...
It’s a little bit unsettling to be the only person in a diner when it opens, especially one like the Hungry Frog, where the rising sun glimmers off the hundreds of glass and ceramic frog tchotchkes...
As I walked through the rain-soaked gates of Bleu Garten, it was impossible not to feel like I was back in my middle school lunch room. Searching for an open table as popped-collar bros clutching...
Without fail, the dreariest, saddest places to eat are always inside of government buildings. From municipal cafeterias to state capitol snack bars, prepare for an emotionally draining...
The State Capitol is in such as sad state of affairs, both inside and out. From the wholly embarrassing past couple of weeks as both sides of the aisle couldn’t come to a compromise on the budget...
A few weeks ago, I pontificated wildly on the absolute perfection that is this small time rib joint located behind a small glass case in the Corner Market convenience store down on Martin Luther...
It was recently announced that likeable-enough 90s bubble-gummers Hanson are going to be inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. While many people who are only superficially aware of the HOF...
The news of Braum’s 23-skidooing their highly-popular one-third pound burgers, as well as the supposed switcheroo of their milkshake recipe, seems to have opened the floodgates of popular opinion...
For over twenty-five years now, Toby Keith has personified the big hairy calf fries of country music, refusing to take a dive and be anything less than the disgruntled drunken redneck from Moore...
It’s no secret that Oklahoma is in the middle of a severe budget crisis that threatens to cripple our state and leave us without even crutches to walk on. With only hours left to go to find a...
In a nou-faux riche city filled with overeducated coffee-houses overly-proud of their overpriced confections, it’s good to visit a hole-in-the-wall joint that don’t give a good Goddamn about...
Fans of the horror genre, such as myself, gathered in Dallas, Texas this past weekend for the 12th Annual Texas Frightmare Weekend convention, an all-day excuse to wear profane black t-shirts and...
Growing up, whenever my family took the traditional car-piled road trips, we very rarely, if ever, stopped. My father was absolutely determined to get wherever we were going within a recklessly short...
It’s been over a year since it was announced that a Natural Grocers was going to move into the iconic Gold Dome at N.W. 23 and Classen, but, like everything ever associated and announced with that...
Even though I am admittedly a novice when it comes to Guatemalan cuisine, since moving back to the Metro a few years ago, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the epicurean experiences I’ve had sampling...
“And the meek shall inherit the Friday Night in the Big Town…” As someone who is currently without transportation, most of my Friday nights are spent sitting in the dark, listening to...
Tomorrow night, the hit CBS series Undercover Boss takes on beloved regional Tex-Mex chain Taco Bueno, an Okie favorite if only for the Mexi-Dips and Chips. While we won’t know which store CEO...
In a world filled with pain and strife, oh what a beautiful morning it is to wake up and find out there’s a Latino-owned taco truck that has set up shop not too far from where you live. It’s...
If there’s one good thing about being a writer, it’s that if you try really hard and believe in yourself, you very rarely have to pay for anything ever again. One such thing is concerts –...
Whilst the usual suspects were touting the gentrified smoked meats of a new Midtown food truck, I decided to follow-up on a tip I received from a reader regarding a heretofore hidden fortress of BBQ...
I have always found there to be a macabre beauty to Mexican seafood. Whether it was enjoying a cóctel at a seafood shack down by the shore or delicately sliced and fried cúbera roja at a seafood...
Much like that other beloved Okie culinary compatriot the Onion Burger, hungry historians continue to debate exactly who created the Metro’s other meaty claim to fame, the Theta Burger. Some say it...