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.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Food
Open Kitchen
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Keith Paul and his posse are the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, good eggs — A Good Egg Dining Group, to be precise.
Sparkle and shine
Fancy up your holiday dinner parties with an elegant glass of sparkling wine.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
This holiday season, Oklahoma has more sparkling wine options than ever before.
Burgers in HD
You can have the onions and flavor without the drive to El Reno.
Restaurant Reviews
Greg Elwell
HD's Onion Burgers
12417 N. Rockwell
621-9522
What works: El Reno-style onion burgers in OKC
What needs work: Grilled chicken sandwich could use more flavor.
Tips: closed on Sunday
OKG7 recent restaurants you still need to try
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
These places have outgrown the “new” label but are still relatively young. Have you been? If not, consider this your reminder.
Field of kitchens
Sports-inspired food is the perfect way to get full and support your favorite team.
Taking root
Downtown OKC’s first grocery store hopes to grow with the burgeoning area.
Food and Drink Features
Kelley Chambers
Matt Runkle is quick to point out he did not abandon Norman in favor of Oklahoma City as the home of Native Roots Market.
Something brewing
A coop for beer-makers is set to help grow the local micobrewing culture.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Beer plus beer equals only good things — one reason Oklahoma City-based Mustang Brewing Company purchased OKCity Brewing Company from former owner Sylvia Kang.
Have a Cow
A quirky Edmond eatery serves up juicy burgers with a rustic flare.
Restaurant Reviews
Stephanie Bice
The Cow Calf-Hay
3409 Wynn Drive, Edmond
thecowcalfhay.net
509-2333
What works: great family-friendly atmosphere
What needs work: more signage (It's tucked away and somewhat hard to find.)
Tips: Try the Western BBQ Burger.
OKG7 places where the soup is on
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
Some days, the only thing that will hit the spot is a piping hot bowl of soup. So, where are the best places to go in the metro?
Palate cleanser
Support local artists while sampling wines you can’t get anywhere else in the metro.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Refreshing the Palate
4-6 p.m. Sunday
The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro
6418 N. Western
metrowinebar.com
840-9463
$25
OKG7 spots to eat between shopping
Every week, we give you seven OKC-area restaurants to explore.
OKG7 Dining
Jenn Scott
With the crush of holiday traffic, driving across town and back while shopping is out of the question. Depending on where in the metro you’re hitting the stores, why not stay put and eat, too?
What’s in a name?
Two restaurants go to battle over which one is the real Custino’s.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
An Oklahoma County judge must decide if Oklahoma City is to be home to two Italian restaurants bearing the name Custino’s.
Spice world
The metro offers a tasty selection of shops specializing in spices.
Food and Drink Features
Heide Brandes
The bottle of sweet-smoked Spanish paprika lures shoppers with its blood-red color, but it’s the heady scent of wood smoke that seals the deal.
Nhinja star
Karate-chop-free food in a flash.
Restaurant Reviews
Greg Elwell
Nhinja Sushi & Wok
13905 N. May
nhinja.com
463-6622
What works: fast service, low prices
What needs work: Nhinja Poppers could use more pop.
Tips: Condiments and silverware are not on the table. Go get ’em yourself, lazy bones.
