OKCPS is transitioning to our Summer Meal Program, beginning Wednesday, May 13. Summer meals will be available at 23 sites on weekdays through Tuesday, June 30, excluding Memorial Day (May 25). The district will provide “Grab & Go” breakfast and lunch at no cost under the USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to individuals aged […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Beer Alliance shares COVID-19 alcohol updates
In response to changes necessitated by the coronavirus in Oklahoma, many brewers, restaurants, wineries and liquor stores have had to adapt to a new normal — social distancing — leaving many establishments closed and searching for new ways to reach consumers. Fortunately, Oklahoma agencies and leadership have responded quickly, providing new orders for online, delivery […]
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PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma Beer Alliance shares COVID-19 alcohol updates
In response to changes necessitated by the coronavirus in Oklahoma, many brewers, restaurants, wineries and liquor stores have had to adapt to a new normal — social distancing — leaving many establishments closed and searching for new ways to reach consumers. Fortunately, Oklahoma agencies and leadership have responded quickly, providing new orders for online, delivery […]
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PRESS RELEASE Food Assistance available through Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s network of partners
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma wants to assure residents that food assistance is available. “Throughout the 53 counties that we serve in western and central Oklahoma, there are nearly 300 community-based partner agencies that continue to provide food assistance even during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Deb Bunting, interim CEO of the Regional Food Bank. […]
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Restaurants offering curbside pickup and/or delivery
Abel’s Mexican Restaurant 5822 NW 50th St., Warr Acres 405-491-0911 Abuelo’s multiple locations order.abuelos.com Aurora Breakfast, Bar & Backyard 1704 NW 16th St. shinewithaurora.com 405-609-1960 Back Door Barbecue 315 NW 23rd St. backdoorbarbecue.com 405-525-7427 Bar Arbolada 637 W. Main St. instagram.com/bararbolada 405-601-8659 Bar Chichetti 121 NE Second St. barcicchettiok.com (405) 795-5295 Belle Kitchen belle-kitchen.com Deep […]
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PRESS RELEASE VOLUNTEER UPDATE: Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma continues its response to COVID-19
Hello! Late Tuesday evening we established a protocol to help us meet our food assistance needs while also adhering to safe social distancing. We are now in need of volunteers to help us pack emergency food boxes as we prepare our response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We have opened several small shifts of nine volunteers […]
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84 Hospitality Group moves to takeout, delivery and curbside pick-up
84 Hospitality Group announced today that it is switching to takeout-, delivery- and curbside-only service for an undetermined amount of time. The restaurant group owns five popular Oklahoma City restaurants: Empire Slice House, 1804 NW 16th St., 405-557-1760 Gorō Ramen, 1634 N. Blackwelder Ave., 405-606-2539 Gun Izakaya, 3000 Paseo St., 405-900-6615 Revolución, 916 NW Sixth St., 405-606-6184 Burger Punk, 3012 N. […]
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Alcoholmanac: Will and way
The largest-ever product launch for Oklahoma City’s largest brewery is not an IPA or lager. Building off trends in the market that have catapulted alcoholic seltzers into huge sales growth, COOP Ale Work’s Will & Wiley is the first local hard seltzer distributed to retail and restaurant locations. Led by market share leaders like White […]
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Alcoholmanac: Legacy continues
The legacy founder Elmer Kemp established throughout the decades and locations of Elmer’s Uptown is still felt, even after his death in 2018. Walk into the bar and grill, 3925 N. Lincoln Blvd., for one of the four nights a week it offers live music and there is likely to be a table with three […]
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Slice return
The common legend for what makes New York pizza special is the water. But for New York native Danny Falcone — who introduced Oklahoma City’s first by-the-slice pizza option — the qualities of a good crust are about the other ingredients. “I use olive oil and if you use the right oil, you get the […]