Throughout her more than three-decade career in the food industry, Alicia Gomez-Grayson has literally worked with food from seed to table. It wasn’t until the domino effect after an accident led her to open a restaurant that provides both healthy and indulgent choices in downtown Oklahoma City. Cafe 110, located at 110 N. Robinson Ave. […]
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Soul expansion
The journey from food truck to brick-and-mortar restaurant was already a successful one for Taste of Soul owners Cerese and Ricki Bly, but it has only gotten stronger as the brand opened a new storefront in Del City and expanded its chicken and waffles concept into Kansas. Taste of Soul opened a new venue for […]
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Craft Capital
As guests arrived at the grand opening of the first phase of Scissortail Park in downtown Oklahoma City, Social Capital was ready to offer the city’s largest commitment to independent craft beer with an inventive food menu. Founded by Community through Beer LLC, the same group behind The Patriarch Craft Beer House & Lawn in […]
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Salad days
Coolgreens is the latest Oklahoma City-based restaurant concept to expand its wings regionally, joining the likes of Orange Leaf frozen yogurt and some of Hal Smith Restaurant Group’s most popular brands by pushing not only into Texas but also Nebraska and as far away as the Boston area. Last year, Coolgreens opened in Tulsa, and […]
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Gazedibles: Fresh noods
Noodles can be found in a variety of cuisine, so we’re highlighting some of our favorite places to enjoy pasta, which now include some expanded choices for fresh options. By Jacob Threadgill with Gazette / file and provided photos Sparrow Modern Italian 507 S. Boulevard, Edmond sparrowitalian.com | 405-815-3463 This elevated Italian concept from the […]
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Celebration cup
For the first time in a decade, Urban Teahouse’s owner arrives for a meeting fresh off doing some volunteer work with Restore OKC, a nonprofit working to bridge the city’s poverty gap. After opening Urban Teahouse at its original location at May and Grand avenues 10 years ago and opening its current location at 519 […]
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Cicchetti-style
One print of art on the second floor of the combination lounge and dining space of Bar Cicchetti — the former Urban Johnnie location in Deep Deuce — depicts a Victorian-era lord in fancy clothes, but it has a tiger for a head. The print next to it depicts a high-class lady with a dog […]
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High seas
Summer temperatures have stuck along later than usual this year, and the chefs at Guyutes are offering an infused dish with about the same amount of heat. Each month, owner Jarrod Friedel and chef Matt Pryor bring Oklahoma Gazette readers a recipe that goes beyond the traditional edible with inspired options. This time, they have […]
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Lebanese taste
After growing up in Lebanon, Charlie Khalaf’s schooling and career in marketing has taken him to Dubai, New York, Tampa and eventually Tulsa. At each stop, he searched in vain for a restaurant that could replicate the flavors he grew up eating. He had to move to Oklahoma City to take matters into his own […]
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Gazedibles: Fresh links
Whether you’re watching the big game or in the mood for some smoked meat, the best way to enjoy it is with a fresh, in-house smoked sausage. These seven places are making their own sausage for you try or bring home and cook on your own. By Jacob Threadgill with provided and Gazette/file photos Fassler […]