On the edge of a rapidly gentrifying Classen Ten-Penn sits one of the mejor taquerias in town, Taqueria Rafita’s, 1222 N. Penn. Holding on tight for a few years now, Rafita’s has steadfastly...
I’ve painted up my lips and rolled and curled my tinted hair; there’s no contemplating it, I am going somewhere…to Ruby’s Restaurant, 1737 S. Green Street, in Purcell. As I’ve steadily...
Built on the well-refrigerated tomb of the old El Mariachi Supermercado, 3020 NW 16th, this positively post-apocalyptic center of commerce, now renamed Public Wholesale Supermercado, has opened its...
It was the middle of the 31st Annual El Reno Day Burger Festival and I still hadn’t had anything to drink or eat, patiently waiting hours for the famous giant onion burger to make its riotous...
The edible piece of history that is the spiritually Oklahoma-owned Onion Burger dates back to the Great Depression, with many conflicting accounts as to who did what and where it was done still in...
I have never been to the Caribbean, sadly, but have always dreamt about, probably more than I should, spending a tumultuous week on the golden beaches there, possibly with a spindrift lover who...
I received an email from an old high school crush a few weeks ago, not wondering how I’m doing or if I ever get lonely, but instead asking if I had reviewed Sheesh Mahal, 4621 N. May, yet. In her...
Ree Drummond, Oklahoma’s own Pioneer Woman, is back on store shelves with a new collection of “family favorite” BBQ sauces, with disparate flavors based on her “own” recipes that include...
Every couple of weeks, I have an appointment with a cardiologist at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, down in Midwest City. When I’m there, I’m usually trying to pass every blood test they give...
If the constant stream of memes on your parent’s Facebook page hasn’t clued you in, the weather in Oklahoma has been an Irwin Allen-style stream of extremes as of late, from pipe-freezing cold...
Call me a basic bitch, but I really enjoy a traditional Pad Thai. I know I should be exploring other types of dishes like clay pot noodles or basil squid, but how often do you actually get a good Pad...
Although they’re a shell of what they once were, Mazzio’s seems to be just about everyone’s favorite homegrown pizza buffet—I’m guessing it’s the ranch dressing—but I’ve never...
A few weeks ago, TLO editor Patrick sent me a feverish text-message that Ozzie’s Diner, 1700 Lexington Ave. in Norman, had Indian Tacos, knowing full-well this invigorating news would arouse my...
Recently, the Oklahoma City Thunder selected legendary Love’s Country Stores to be their first-ever uniform-destroying sponsor. Patrick and Hayley mocked it here. Having never been to one of these...
I had gone to Norman early that Saturday to meet up with my brother and nephew for lunch before taking them to see the latest Marvel movie. When I suggested eating at the Diner for their all-day...
With discount DNA tests all the rage online these days, I recently took a 23 and Me and, jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, found out that my grandmother was an Irish princess! I’m kidding, for the most part...
I was recently at Quail Springs Mall attending a movie screening when, entering through the food court, I noticed a new restaurant—well I guess you could call it a restaurant—called Dragon’s...
As good as some of our grocery stores are here in Oklahoma City—and, for the most part, they are pretty good, I guess—I recently had the stark realization that none of them will ever be as...
About a week or so ago, there was an electrical fire at my house. While the various contractors and electricians work hard to get things up to municipal muster—at least to the point where it will...
The word “authentic” seems to have been mostly bastardized as of late, the calling card of gabacho hipsters and their dislike of ethnic things that they fully believe shouldn’t be a part of...
There is nothing so appetizing in all the annals of hunger like a freshly prepared chicken fried steak with your choice of eggs, a bowl of grits and a warm, flaky buttermilk biscuit for breakfast...
I have had the famed combo of chicken and waffles just about everywhere, from the pounding shores of the west coast to the pulsating metropoli of the east coast, with just about every podunk burg...
According to various accounts that I believe, barbecue as we know it in the States was perfected by Southern slaves who, after a long day of manning the pits of the slave-owners and their hunger...
Straight outta Austin, the Honorable Rep. Gina Hinojosa filed a resolution to make tacos the official state food of Texas. If it passes, I applaud Texas for not only honoring Latino culture, but for...
I’ve been pretty feeling pretty enfermizo the past week, with my worst fear of a mild bout of la gripe attacking while still in procurement of this damn tracheotomy. Believe me—it makes...
