Restaurant Reviews
Carol Smaglinski
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
310 Johnny Bench Drive
231-0254, www.tobykeithsbar.com
Wednesday 19 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: restaurant
Country strong
At the festive and spacious Toby Keith’s, Americana decor amps up the energy.
Restaurant Reviews
Carol Smaglinski
Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
310 Johnny Bench Drive
231-0254, www.tobykeithsbar.com
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Good one, Keith
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Carol Smaglinski
Keith Paul, co-owner with Heather Paul and Sean Ray of A Good Egg Dining Group, proved he really is a good egg when he was chosen recently as one of 20 people nationwide to be profiled in the book “Restaurant Owners Uncorked: Twenty Owners Shares Their Recipes for Success.”
Better than ever
Longevity says it all with metro restaurants that have passed the 25-year mark and continue to thrive.
Food and Drink Features
Carol Smaglinski
Metro restaurants that have managed to stay around long enough to clink a glass of Champagne for their silver anniversaries are few and far between. New ones pop up with lofty ideas on the lookout for hungry diners, but many of those restaurants are shuttered before even hitting the one-year mark.
Tweet ’n’ eat
Metro restaurants have embraced social media to spread their message to tech-savvy diners.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
“We had a rough Saturday night,” the tweet read. “We want to apologize to everyone we had to turn away. We’re a small restaurant & sometimes mistakes happen.”
Border town
Tasty, traditional south-of-the-border specialties mix with familiar, hearty Tex-Mex fare at Alvarado’s.
Restaurant Reviews
Doug Hill
Alvarado’s Mexican Restaurant
11641 S. Western
692-2007, www.alvaradosmexican.com
Creative cuisine
Ludivine mixes innovative cuisine with green principles for a restaurant and dinner you’ll remember.
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Chow chat
Food and Drink Features
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.
Food biz newcomers
OKG7 Dining
Carol Smaglinski
New restaurant openings provide needed jobs for a great number of people in the metro area, and these seven small businesses are certainly helping out with the economy. From Chinese to great steaks and Russian caviar, it’s all here.
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Chow chat
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Carol Smaglinski
Chef Donnie Samara helped open Papa’s Lil Italy, worked at Michael’s Grill and owned and operated the much-missed Vineyard in Edmond.
