Bite Size
Carol Smaglinski
Eat out, help out
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Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: food news
Bite Size: March 28, 2012
Bite Size
Carol Smaglinski
Like a rock
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
After being badly damaged in a May 30 fire, Redrock Canyon Grill is scheduled to reopen in mid-October.
Show me The Greens
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
The Greens Country Club, 13100 Green Valley Drive, and local entrepreneur Clarke Harris are sponsoring an end-of-summer beach party to raise money for the Oklahoma chapter of the Make- A-Wish Foundation.
Pizza pyre
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
In the wake of a Sept. 27 fire that badly damaged the Hideaway Pizza at 6616 N. Western, company officials plan to rebuild as soon as possible.
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.
Lee Bennett
Chow Chat
Currently executive chef at Iguana Mexican Grill at 9 N.W. 9th Street, Lee Bennett has cooked at Lucille’s in Mulhall, and the now-closed Trattoria il Centro, among others. Each working day, the Oklahoma-born chef can’t wait to get back into the Iguana kitchen and come up with more creative ideas.
Family: “I am single, with three children who are Vincent, 19, Allyssa, 18, and Kayla, 3.
Friends say you look like: “Kadeem Hardison or Denzel Washington.”
Food I would never eat: “Brains.”
But would kill for: “My mom’s, Anna Bennett, chicken soup and corn bread; comfort food.”
The moment you decided to become a chef: “I was in California and got a job at a country club as a dishwasher. When they shut down for a remodel, I spoke to the chef, and he worked me in and it’s been history ever since.”
Listen to music: “On Pandora, a rhythm and blues station. I love Earth, Wind and Fire and love jazz.”
Most people don’t know: “I was once a Boy Scout.”
Your hero: “My dad, Otis Bennett.”
Favorite kitchen gadget: “Our over-sized chopper. Actually, an over-sized food processor that can hold 20 pounds of beef that we can grind into hamburger.”
Culinary star you would love to meet: “Gordon Ramsey.”
You die and come back as: “Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder.”
A perfect date: “Dinner at Stella’s. For comfort food, Mama E’s.”
Dating tip: “Be a true gentleman and you will win her heart. Treat her like a queen.”
Smart thing you did to land a job: “I just put myself out there.”
Best advice from your boss: “Robert Painter forced me out of the kitchen to walk the floor and got me out of my comfort zone.”
Just love your: “Black leather trench coat that drops down about 6 to 8 inches above the floor.”
Hidden talent: “No, I only sing in the shower.”
What I wish I knew five years ago: “What Oklahoma City was going to be. I’d have put in a restaurant of my own.”
Funny kitchen happening: “[Year ago] to clean a deep fat fryer, I drained the fat, filled the fryer with water, added dishwashing soap and turned it on. About 15 minutes later, the whole room was filled with soapsuds with everybody laughing. I have a lot of funny happenings.”
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.
