With a commitment to farm-fresh ingredients, the Ludivine dinner menu is famous for changing by the day, but the debut of its Sunday brunch menu allows diners to pick favorites around a set selection of entrees with slight seasonal tweaks. Chef Russ Johnson said the restaurant has received many requests for brunch since opening in […]
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Welcome return
Sean Cummings’ Irish Restaurant has returned to Oklahoma City, filling a nearly four-year pub void. The new location is in the former Sophabella’s at 7628 N. May Ave. and opened in early May a few blocks north from his wife’s Vito’s Ristorante, where the original Irish pub shared a wall. Sean Cummings’ Irish Pub closed […]
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Motherly influence
Mother’s Day 2017 was a difficult day for the Kahoe family, as the matriarch Carol died, but by Mother’s Day 2018, her son Brian and husband Jim Kahoe were hosting a packed house at a Norman restaurant named in her honor. Carol’s Kitchen opened in early March at 2620 Classen Blvd. in Norman with a […]
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Coffee compassion
The flag hanging high in the EÔTÉ Coffee Company roasting facility, 416 NE 48th St., depicts the globe, but not in an American-centric manner that permeates classrooms across the United States. Getting inspiration from Acts 1:8, “EÔTÉ” is an acronym for Ends of the Earth. “Being Americans, we’re really good at being the centers of […]
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Rolling nourishment
Chef Beth Ann Lyon walked out of her front door one morning, and the bright yellow food truck sitting in her neighbor’s front yard called to her. Lyon has shaped menus across the city (Provision Kitchen, The Mule, Anchor Down, The Press) since establishing an eponymous LLC two years ago, but life as a consultant […]
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Cover: Fresh influence
During the 1950s and ’60s, Oklahoma City earned the reputation as “the cafeteria capital of the country,” which was given to the city by the president of the American Restaurant Association. Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of Oklahoma Historical Society, said that 37 independent cafeterias operated during that period and defined the food scene in […]
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Sunny expansion
For generations, all-day breakfast was confined to local diners and mid-tier chains like IHOP, but over the last decade, dedicated breakfast restaurants became more popular, and not just for weekend brunch. A study from the NPD Group, a food and consulting research firm, announced that breakfast is the only one of the three meals that […]
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Charcoal-kissed
Early in his career, chef Jonathon Stranger admits that he was caught up in the quest for accolades. He certainly received them while developing fine dining concepts Ludivine and The R&J Lounge and Supper Club before branching out with new ventures En Croûte and St. Mark’s Chop Room & Bar. As he has gotten older, […]
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Next Issue: Super Cao Nguyen helped transform Oklahoma City’s food scene
P. 13 By stocking fresh, inexpensive and previously difficult-to-find ingredients, Super Cao Nguyen helped transform Oklahoma City’s food scene. By Jacob Threadgill Photo by Mark Hancock
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Agave life
As we’re gearing up to celebrate Oklahoma Gazette’s OKC Margarita Week, it only makes sense to begin a discussion by taking a look at the drink’s main ingredient: tequila. Much like how true champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France, Mexican laws dictate that tequila must be made with at least 50 […]