BEST OF OKC: Restaurants
The best restaurants in the metro, circa 2011!
BEST OF OKC: Food & Drink
This year's best in food and drink!
Break the chains
Think you can’t kick the habit of national chain restaurants? Think again.
Top of the city
Dine in the sky this coming October!
How cheesy
Gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches are on the menu at The Mule, the Plaza District’s newest haunt.
Seasonal spirits
Ciders, eggnogs and mulled wines are on the menu around the metro.
Where’s the beef?
Local, grass-fed beef makes for a healthy meat option
Adult ice cream
Ice cream cocktails sound brilliant, but it takes skill to keep a delicacy from turning into a sludge of cream and alcohol.
OKG7 places where the soup is on
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
Cork and canvas
A new business combines classic paintings, art instruction and wine to create an evening of culture, learning and fun.
Monday 20 May
OKG Newsletter
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Pretty in pink
The lighter body and refreshing notes of rosés might appeal to red-wine lovers looking for a warm-weather alternative.
OKG 7 sushi rolls to savor
Enjoy some of the best rolls in the city!
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
Whether you like it raw or cooked, sushi is a delicious way to get in a balanced meal.
Lean and green
If moderation is your maxim, you might be a flexitarian.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
The word “flexitarian” probably first appeared in Dawn Jackson Blatner’s 2008 book, The Flexitarian Diet. The idea was simple: Substitute a few meals each week with vegetarian-only entrées. Among the happy side effects Blatner listed were improved heart health, weight loss and a healthier planet.
Bite Size: April 18, 2012
News and notes on OKC dining.
Bite Size
Carol Smaglinski
The Midwest City Chamber of Commerce leadership class is hosting the event and anticipates around 20 different restaurants to show up and offer a “taste” of what they’re doing.
Light my fire
Juan del Fuego’s open kitchen serves Mexican-style diner fare for breakfast and lunch.
Restaurant Reviews
Doug Hill
Name: Juan del Fuego Mexi Diner
Address: 223 34th Ave. S.W., Norman
Telephone: 310-2030
What works: Genuine homemade goodness in every dish.
What needs work: Open daily 7 a.m.-2 p.m. is good, but serving 24/7 would be amazing.
The tip: The diner with authentic Latino flair.
Green guzzling
Here’s your guide to decide if going organic is worth the effort.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Of the three main categories of booze — wine, beer and spirits —the former is by far the most difficult to produce organically, at least in the U.S. Thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s certification process, organic wines cannot contain added sulfites, which are chemicals added to wines to inoculate against bad bacteria.
Food, fast
Faster food that doesn't compromise your health!
OKG7 Dining
Carol Smaglinski
Thank goodness it’s almost summer! Start the season with some food that comes out fast, but doesn’t spare the flavor or quality. Here are a few places where you can grab ’n’ go and not feel guilty.
Don’t be a weenie
Try out-of-the-box hot dogs that will take your taste buds on a gourmet adventure.
Restaurant Reviews
Greg Elwell
What works: The standard dog combinations are inventive and delicious.
What needs work: A few of the specialty dogs are so loaded with toppings you can't really taste the meat that makes them special.
The tip: Not in the mood for a dog? You can get any dog toppings on a burger.
Enjoy Mother Nature
Dinner with a side of fresh air!
Bee local
Though it may not help fight seasonal allergies, local honey makes up for it in taste and health benefits.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
First, the bad news: According to a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, local honey does not alleviate seasonal allergies any more efficiently than placebos.
Unsinkable meal
Rose State offers an 11-course re-enactment meal for the Titanic’s 100th anniversary.
Food and Drink Features
Jenn Scott
The Last Dinner on the Titanic
6 p.m. Saturday
Midwest City Hall Complex
8251 E. Reno, Midwest City
736-0315
$125-$200
Bite Size: April 11, 2012
Bite Size
Carol Smaglinski
Spring means in-season fruits and veggies and the opening of farmers’ markets!
Grand-slam grub
The RedHawks season opens with more options for America’s second-favorite pastime: eating.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Elwell
When the 2012 RedHawks season begins Thursday with a homestand against our most-hated foes and history’s greatest monsters, the Memphis Redbirds, there will be baseball and sunshine. But most important, there will be food.
Raw appeal
A culinary academy offers one-time or extended courses in raw food techniques and tenets.
Food and Drink Features
Christina Nihira
Tucked away on the Classen Curve, the Matthew Kenney Restaurant and Academy is a place where chefs in white aprons and pants happily bustle about the kitchen.
Soup’s on
Mr. Pho delivers what its simple name implies: Delicious pho, plus all the accompaniments.
Restaurant Reviews
Jenn Scott
Mr. Pho
1133 N.W. 25th
525-7692
What works: You get fresh and authentic dishes.
What needs work: The curry dishes lack the “wow” factor.
Tip: Don't wait for your server to take your payment; do that at the front cash register.
