Here are a pair of red wines, a white wine and a blush for you to enjoy on decks, balconies and lawns this Easter season (when the weather cooperates anyway). Santa Margherita — Pinot Grigio From the first company to bring the pink Pinot Grigio grapes to America as a white wine comes the 2021 […]
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Grease trap
It’s going to be hard to keep a low profile when the centerpiece of your dive bar has been dubbed “the best double cheeseburger in America” by a celebrity chef. But that’s the plan for Flycatcher Club, a “high dive” that will open late April. The concept was designed by co-owners Riley Marshall and Dustin […]
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Core audience
It’s the night before a winter storm is expected to hit Oklahoma City and the wind hacks and slashes at anyone or anything in its path. But inside a slice of the Paramount Building, the taproom at Core 4, 7 N. Lee Ave., is packed. It’s board game night, so the regular crowd is there […]
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Private stock
As the “Bourbon Boom” wears on and on, it’s getting harder every day to get your hands on the good stuff. With producers and distillers blasting through their stock of mature barrels for blending and bottling, even the best and most respected bars and restaurants are struggling to stock all the great whiskies and spirits […]
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Hop dreams
Gail Shore had never brewed a beer until the year before she decided to take over The Brew Shop, but she’s still slinging hops and yeast more than a decade later. “It was actually opened in 1995. So this is our 26th year. Personally, I bought it in 2010. So this is my 12th year. […]
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Brew cruise
Lloyd Vines believes in the power of good beer to bring people together. When he took over as the owner, manager, driver, tour guide, and sole employee of OKC Brew Tours in April of 2021, he’d only been with the business for about four months. After coming on board as a part-time driver and host […]
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Tap in
Alcohol laws have finally evolved in Oklahoma, paving the way for dozens of taprooms to serve their brews directly to the public. In addition to the design of each individual brewery, from the white and bright interiors of places like Vanessa House to the cozy stylings of Cross Timbers, each creates an ambiance that marries […]
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Irish goodbye (to winter)
Straddling the stark winter and the renewal of spring, here are two heavy brews as well as a couple heralds of the spring thaw as we approach St. Patrick’s Day. Magner’s Irish Cider Magner’s is a goldilocks cider in that it’s neither too sugary nor too dry. The label says it’s made from the juices […]
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Burger kings
The stretch of May Avenue between NW 23rd and NW 36th is teeming with three things: dispensaries, buy-here-pay-here car lots and some of the best burgers in Oklahoma City. Charcoal Oven is the newest kid on the block, even though it predates both of the other burger joints on the block. The original Charcoal Oven […]
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Light and dark
COOP Ale Works — Ice Chest IPA While it’s warm most days, it’s not quite nice enough outside to go floating the rivers just yet, but COOP’s Ice Chest IPA is especially cruel on the days when the wind bites. An IPA with less sting than January gusts at 30 IBUs, it goes down easy […]