BY: Mark Hancock There is great promise in grocery stores. Especially unfamiliar ones When you walk down the aisles, you’re bound to find something you haven’t seen before — a new brand, perhaps, or some new flavor you’ve yet to encounter elsewhere. And in your mind, there is a hope that this time, this time, […]
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Hot date
Before this season winds down, it’s important to squeeze in some summer romance. For such occasions, you might consider The Vine Italian Cafe in Nicoma Park. Located in a nondescript building, it feels as if you’ve been transported to the old country — provided Italy is that country in question. Strands of white lights twinkle […]
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Pouring it on
Breakfast should always be an occasion. When someone suggests I start my day with cereal, that person becomes dead to me. True, the mornings I rush off to work, I tend to find myself making breakfast out of a Coca-Cola and a candy bar. But I try to give that meal the respect it deserves, […]
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What about Kabob?
Daal channa BY: Mark Hancock Look, I just eat the food. Sorry. If you’re looking for an in-depth look at what makes Indian food and Pakistani food different or some kind of historical significance or really anything … I don’t know. I just like Kabob-n-Curry, which is the only Pakistani place I’m aware of in […]
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Shackin’ up
Seafood court-bouillon BY: Shannon Cornman From the outside, there’s probably no name more apt for The Shack Seafood & Oyster Bar than the one it has. But once inside, you’d be forgiven for wondering if this was some kind of national chain you’d just never heard of before. Because The Shack is polished. Not in […]
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All aboard!
BY: Heather Brown Back in the day, Interurban was the popular streetcar people-mover between Oklahoma City and Norman. The system eventually went away as cars and highways took over transportation needs. Norman’s Interurban station survived and was transformed into a restaurant in 1976. Since then, the locally owned and operated eatery has grown to three […]
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Get in line
My food history is all backward. In high school, my brother and I begged my mom to make meat loaf, because we wanted to know why so many people hated it. (We loved it.) I first tried asparagus and Brussels sprouts as a college student and have come to savor one and tolerate the other. […]
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Greece is the word
I took my very first date to a buffet. Her name was Sarah, and I thought she was just the prettiest thing since ever. That night, I learned a hard lesson about women and buffets: They probably should not meet. At least not on a first date. Simply saying the word “buffet” can conjure images […]
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Beverly fills
Chicken in the Rough BY: Mark Hancock When I moved back to Oklahoma City after a decade-long absence, I was bummed to see that Beverly’s Pancake House, across from Penn Square Mall, was gone. I felt a longing in my heart that only the words of ’80s hair-metal band Cinderella could describe accurately: “You don’t […]
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Das tasty
By: Mark Hancock Das Boot Camp is like the little brother of Royal Bavaria who moved to Norman for college and just parties a lot. In a good way. It’s a restaurant where you can hang out with friends and watch a basketball game while enjoying some beers and sausage. Das is decorated with German […]