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.
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.
Seasonal spirits
Ciders, eggnogs and mulled wines are on the menu around the metro.
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.
Tuesday 18 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Food
What’s your drink?
When it’s time for an adult beverage, what’s your drink of choice? We asked some Oklahoma notables what wets their whistle.
Food and Drink Features
Gazette staff
“White wine. Because it makes me smarter.”
—Megan Mullally, actress
Bar none
The Sushi Bar provides metro sushi-lovers with a tasty experience.
Restaurant Reviews
Greg Elwell
The Sushi Bar
1201 N.W.178th, Edmond
thesushibar.com
285-8484
What works: Hamachi Kama and All ’Bout Tuna are tasty.
What needs work: slow service, noisy dining room, some overly complicated rolls
Tips: Call ahead if you think it might be busy. Consider sitting at the bar.
Game of Othello
Food and Drink Features
Rachael Cervenka
A metro restaurateur did the state proud recently with a fourth-place finish in an international pizza-making challenge.
Overdue books
Food and Drink Features
Alyssa Grimley
The Facebook pages for The Library Food and Spirits and The Nook bore a poignant message early last week: the news that it was closing its downtown location after 23 years of service.
OKG7 gluten-free options
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
Cutting gluten out of your diet can seem overwhelming, but thankfully these local spots already have gluten-free dishes on the menu.
Spinning top
A restaurant atop a landmark tower is slated to rotate once again.
Food and Drink Features
Mark Beutler
Sitting quietly atop Oklahoma City’s iconic United Founders Life Tower is a dark, cavernous space of deafening silence.
OKG7 perfect patios
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
It’s patio weather! Take advantage of it before summer’s scorching rays arrive.
Feast of love
Tune in to the 26th annual Chefs’ Feast aims to entertain audiences and raise money for Regional Food Bank.
Food and Drink Features
Alyssa Grimley
Chefs’ Feast
6 p.m. Thursday
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
1700 N.E. 63rd
regionalfoodbank.org
604-7109
$120
Bubbles and bouquets
Whether you know wine or just like to drink it, spring means new bubbles and blends.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Spring has arrived, meaning it’s time to change your drink orders from winter’s heavy reds to lighter, crisper wines.
Bloomin’ treats
Offering everything from bagels to whiskey cake, new restaurants spring up across the city.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Soon, everything will start blooming, awakening new in seemingly barren spaces.
Artistic appetite
Italian Jim’s and Bella Forte work together to create great food and unique blown-glass artwork.
Restaurant Reviews
Stephanie Bice
Italian Jim’s Restaurant
13 S. Broadway, Edmond
italianjims.net
285-8800
What works: eggplant ratatouille and lasagna
What needs work: fettuccine Alfredo sauce
Tips: Reservations of eight or more are accepted. If possible, ask to sit in the dining area that overlooks the glass studio.
Game of Othello
A local pizza chef wins fourth-place in a national competition.
Food and Drink Features
Rachael Cervenka
A metro restaurateur did the state proud last week with a fourth-place finish in an international pizza-making challenge.
Nic of time
You may have to stand in a long line, but these perfect patties are worth the wait.
Restaurant Reviews
Greg Elwell
Nic's Grill
1201 N. Pennsylvania
524-0999
What works: The food. Seriously. It’s uniformly good.
What needs work: Specials ought to last a little longer than just before noon.
Tips: Nic’s is cash only. If you go without cash, don't go without cash.
More faves you crave
If you’re going to eat less-than-healthy food, make it a delicious and local choice.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Elwell
I have seen the inside of your crisper, and it is America’s nightmare writ large.
SNAP to it
Food and Drink Features
Greg Elwell
Low-income Oklahomans can now SNAP into locally produced produce, meats and bread at Urban Agrarian, 1235 S.W. Second.
