I’ve successfully avoided 2727 NW 50th for over twenty years. I’m very well versed in the series of former restaurants that have called that space home, up until the time I moved far away. You...
To paraphrase the late Andy Warhol, in the future every Oklahoman will get their fifteen minutes of Covid. As footage of the mile-long line of collegiate rotters outside of the terribly-named...
Fried chicken and cheese grits, though pretty synonymous with living in a countrified state like Oklahoma, is surprisingly hard to make and even harder to make well. So, of course, for this...
I sat in the darkly lit dining room, sipping on my glass of ice water as I waited for my food, thinking back about how I got here. I had a few leads about a Cuban food truck or two in town, but they...
I have to admit I’ve never been to Stillwater’s somewhat famous Eskimo Joe’s, a college-town eatery best known for their burgers, their cheese-fries and, especially, their wholly damaging...
When asked what they’d like their last meal on Earth to be, I’m sure that most people often respond with an order of expensive steak—possibly Kobe beef—and costly truffles, flanked by a...
At her job a couple of weeks ago, a co-worker had loudly lauded to my ladyfriend about her undying worship of Jo’s Pizza Place, 1438 S. Green St., in Purcell. This unnamed woman loved their pizza...
A tree had collapsed on the side of my house, dragging down multiple black wires in its fall. With OG&E nowhere to be seen and with far more important neighborhoods in need of electricity, they...
Contrary to popular belief, the best cooks in Oklahoma City are not in the hipster hovels of Classen Curve, Midtown or even the Plaza District. To me, the true culinary masters are in the forgotten...
When we last left our caffeinated heroes… Many moons go—actually sometime last month—my former neighbor Amy asked me to recommend a few area coffee-shops other than Starbucks. Like a stale pot...
As we headed into Shawnee, I was pretty excited to finally try Sancho Ancho, 4734 North Kickapoo Street, a primarily Latin restaurant with a Spanish flair, offering a wide array of tapas, the famed...
I recently acquired a thoroughly used copy of Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl from an online auction site for around five bucks with the idea to, in...
After months of describing the deep fried grandeur of the state’s best chicken joint, I was finally going to introduce my ladyfriend to the honey-drenched ecstasy that is Bobo’s Chicken. With...
Before I moved back to Oklahoma City about eight or so years ago, I had been living in Colorado for around a decade. And while I missed the true Tex-Mex eats that I was born in and raised on, I was...
Saturday morning, I had just gotten back from taking my beloved mutt Sean Ramirez on a rather long walk around the neighborhood. Before I even had a chance to take off his halter, I received a text...
I don’t need the best burger in Oklahoma City, but a decent one would be nice for lunch, and Barry’s Grill, 3124 N. May Ave., is as decent as they come. I have fond memories of that large green...
Maybe I’m giving Oklahomans too much credit, but I feel that we’re all smart enough to know when food is, you know, vegan. Be it for its strange colors, otherworldly tastes or the fact that...
I have stated many times, in many ways, to many people, that my most disliked foodstuffs are of Italian origin. While I never really cared for it as a youth—I blame too many impoverished meals of...
As we know, many people in Oklahoma are indoctrinated from birth that homosexuals are damned to Hell and, if you associate with their likes, you’re damned right alongside them. Growing up, I...
“Jūnin toiro.” – Japanese proverb When my ladyfriend asked where I would like to go for my long-awaited birthday dinner, this year I had only one place in mind: Mr. Tacos in Tulsa. However...
I recently saw a poll that said 71% of Americans are afraid to go back to the movies. As I was about to turn 42 last weekend, my mortality always in question, I could really see that cinematic fear...
Wanting to get out of the city if only for a few scant hours last weekend, my ladyfriend and I took a random road trip to medium-sized berg of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Thankfully taking over, she had...
Once upon a time… The other day, the closest Starbucks to me—which still quite a distance, mind you—decided that they were going to start closing shop at 2:30 p.m., well before the internal...
I grew up a thankfully nourished child due to Oklahoma’s once-stellar free lunch program. To typically hungry kids like me that counted on a warm tray of eats every school-day for breakfast and...
I recently co-adopted a lovable mutt that every few weeks needs to make a trip to Spencer to receive various puppy-based vaccinations that, I’m told, are quite important. And while waiting in the...
