By: Shannon Cornman There are two problems with the burgers at Nic’s Grill. 1. The line out the door before you can squeeze inside the 17-seat restaurant just to order. 2. Finding the bottom of the thing to pick it up. Fans of reading comprehension will note that I didn’t say the burger isn’t worth […]
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Super naan-y
Chef Rag Gautam By: Shannon Cornman Consistency is key to a restaurant’s survival. Diners need to be confident that each time they go into a restaurant, they’ll get the same quality of food and level of service they expect. Heritage India, Edmond’s new and highly touted Indian restaurant, is turning out great food. And the […]
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Look who’s cooking
Credit: Shannon Cornman Chef Jonathan Groth cooks all day long. As an instructor at Platt College, he prepares duck breast, lamb chops and rabbit. And then when he gets home … “Chicken breasts three or four times a week,” Groth said. “When you get home and you’re tired, you want to make interesting, healthy food, […]
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I dream of Gabriella’s
Credit: Shannon Cornman Psst. Hey. Hey, you. C’mere Hey, man. You like Italian food? Yeah, I’ll bet you do. Everybody does. You like big portions? You like tasty sauces? Did you like the old County Line building, with the stables and the high ceilings? Then let me introduce you to Gabriella’s Italian Grill & Pizzeria. […]
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Thai-ed up
Credit: Shannon Cornman Thai food scares me a bit. See, I have a fair idea what a cheeseburger is supposed to taste like, even though there are endless variations. And I’ve had enough spaghetti in my time to identify the good from the bad. I have eaten and enjoyed some Thai food, but I’m nowhere […]
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Pizza panache
In the recent past, my wife and I were callously poisoned by a local distribution center for a nationwide pizza chain. Surely, this was our comeuppance. We chose convenience over quality and paid a heavy, weekend-ruining toll. And we deserved this stern reprimand from the universe because it’s not like you can’t get good pizza […]
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Shack up
Credit: Mark Hancock Take away the mustard and the mayo and the lettuce and the onion and tomato. Forget the cheese. At the most basic, a hamburger is a patty of cooked ground beef on a bun. That is not the way I prefer to eat a burger, generally, yet I did. Twice. Side-by-side. To […]
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Funny talk
University of Oklahoma professor Andrew Horton has a simple rule for students of his new course, The Nature of Laughter: Laugh, or you’ll fail. “It’s a joke,” Horton said. “But it is important for students to learn to laugh. We can all be too serious.” Which is why he and his course co-creator, OU English […]
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Midtown medley
Credit: Mark Hancock There’s no easy way to describe Foodies. I’m talking about the Asian-American diner in Midtown, not people who are persnickety about food. Foodies is a tiny eatery that probably seats 20, if everyone packs in. It’s in a building that was formerly a gyro shop and a purveyor of Jamaican food, among […]
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Faves you crave
You knew it wasn’t going to be good when you ordered. You knew it wasn’t going to be good when you started shoveling it in your mouth. And you’ll remember how bad it was when you’re awake in the middle of the night with an intense need to visit the bathroom. Fast-food is the worst. […]