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.
Cork and canvas
A new business combines classic paintings, art instruction and wine to create an evening of culture, learning and fun.
Twin Peaks offers diners a different kind of Black Friday
As in, black lingerie.
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Organic Oklahoma
Three new retailers plan to capitalize on the growing demand for organic and local groceries.
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Malena Lott
Oklahomans hungry for organic grocery stores will soon have their eco-friendly canvas bags overflowing with options.
Regional Food Bank holding drive Saturday
Donations to be collected by letter carriers
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Carol Smaglinski
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is staging its annual Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive, with 83 cities in the state participating to help hungry adults and children.
Hot shots
With a box full of liquor and a houseful of friends, a little creativity can make for a night you won’t soon forget — for better or worse.
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Charles Martin
Shots are often derided as an immature drink for the unrefined drinker, but a glimpse through any bartending guide reveals a complex world of mixology.
Saintly
A new Irish pub makes its home in the Plaza District.
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Jenny Coon Peterson
Saints, a new Irish pub slated to open soon, wasn’t supposed to be in the Plaza District, but owner Patrick Ireland is happy that’s where he’s landed.
Wine Forum wrap-up
Argentinian wines, already well-established in the state, were the focus of this year’s event.
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Greg Horton
South America has been the source of remarkable value wines for the past two decades. Beginning in the 1990s, Chile began collecting shelf space and market share, especially with familiar names like Concha y Toro, Frontera and Walnut Crest.
Top dogs?
Restaurateurs set the local culinary world ablaze again, this time with a stadium staple that ranks high, even outside the ballpark.
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Carol Smaglinski
When is a hot dog good for you? When that quality dog comes out of Mutts, 1400 N.W. 23rd, the newest concept from the successful owners of Big Truck Tacos.
Whiskey river
Don’t be afraid to branch out into the brown stuff.
On the scene
Thanks to a continually evolving, collaborative scene, Oklahoma is developing a reputation as a preferred destination for world-class wines.
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Greg Horton
Bill Stoller has traveled from Oregon to Oklahoma regularly since the early 1990s. Stoller Vineyards, the Willamette Valley winery he owns with his wife, Cathy, was featured at the recent Wine Forum of Oklahoma at Oklahoma State University.
Save Coffy’s Cafe!
You can help keep Coffy’s from being creamed
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Carol Smaglinski
Take note, people! Jennifer Hudgens, local poet and organizer for Red Dirt Poetry, is working on a fundraiser for the beloved Coffy’s Café, to keep the shop open in this difficult economy.
Global warming and wine
Climate change in France threatens to force radical changes on some of the world’s premier winemaking regions.
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Greg Horton
France’s oldest wine regions — Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhone — are famous for producing wines of great subtlety, complexity and balance.
Eat your green
Do a little good for the globe without sacrificing your love of dining out or delicious food.
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Vivian Boroff
Living a green lifestyle takes a little effort and some conscientious thought.
Eco booze
Want to save the environment? Try throwing back a few.
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Heide Brandes
Drinking vodka may not save the rain forest, but choosing the most environmentally friendly spirits can ease the carbon footprint hangover.
Bite Size
Chow chat
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Carol Smaglinski
Jim Sellers is known in the Edmond and Oklahoma City area as the former owner of Edmond’s Schaffer’s Deli and co-owner with his wife, Diana, of the now-closed The Catering Company.
Green beer
Coop does its part to be environmentally friendly
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Heide Brandes
Coop Ale Works, a sustainable and environmentally friendly craft brewery, started its first batch of beer with the planet in mind.
Summer crop
The new crop of rosés are arriving in the metro just in time for patio season.
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Greg Horton
Rosé is not a large category in the metro, and very few stores dedicate serious space to the style, but along with Riesling, it’s a summertime standard, thanks in part to its versatility. It’s a great sipper, very refreshing and food-friendly.
