What works: The food is authentic and priced right. What needs work: The service could be streamlined — especially during the busy lunch period.The tip: The large menu means almost anyone can find something they’ll like. I don’t get to Midwest City all that much. Scratch that. I never get to Midwest City. But my […]
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Food flock
There’s the rosemary-spiced beef and truffle oil shepherd’s pie and lots of other comforting British culinary delights to sample while you bend your arm with your favorite suds or a classic cocktail. Norman restaurateurs Jack Hooper and John Howell, managing partners of The Good Life Hospitality Group, have a long string of hit eateries and […]
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Food to flip over
For an early morning get up and go, the body needs fuel. After you change out of your pajamas, here are a few good suggestions that will make you lick your lips. And these are some places where you don’t need a wad of money as big as a beach ball. Kristi’s Cafe4401 N.W. 23rd […]
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Vino adventure
Do you like it fruity? How about oaky? It’s all up to you when you’re creating your very own bottle of wine at Vintner’s Cellar, 1389 E. 15th in Edmond. “We do a wine tasting to determine their palate — the sweetness level, the dryness level, the amount of acidity or oak — and then […]
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While in Vietnam, he was a reporter for the BBC and Reuters and is now a part of the thriving Vietnamese community here in the metro. Family: “Wife, Nga Nguyen, and three children, and one of my grandchildren is the first female Vietnamese Rhodes Scholar.” If someone came here from Vietnam, where would you take […]
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Wine words
Oklahoma has had a few of Theise’s wines for several years, but as of this summer, the availability expanded to about 30 wines. What marks Theise as special in an industry with so many names and personalities is both his ability to select outstanding wines and his commitment to a way of selecting those wines. […]
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How’s it hangin’?
“This, I thought, was eating,” Bourdain wrote, describing the onglet, better known as hanger steak. When a cow is processed, there is this mysterious, little-known piece of meat, which some people (including me) find good. Others, however, stay far away. There is nothing modern about the no-waste hanger steak; it’s been a cut known for […]
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Mideast feast
WHAT WORKS: The super fresh ingredients used in the recipes and friendliness of the staff. WHAT NEEDS WORK: More signage is needed to find the place. THE TIP: After eating there once, you may be tempted to have a longtime affair with fresh food from the Middle East. Before moving here from Atlanta more than […]
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Smooth move
Patrick Mok and his wife, Jo Anne, own Tropical Cafe, 304 S. Kelly in Edmond, a full-service restaurant with a smorgasbord of smoothies. The menu features combinations like the Tropical Teaser (coconut milk, pineapple, mangoes, bananas, nonfat yogurt and ice) and Strawberry Fields (strawberries, bananas, yogurt and ice). Other blended delights include options like Chocolate […]
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The nonprofit Fine Arts Institute of Edmond hosts “Rhythm Qs & Blues,” an inaugural barbecue and music celebration, May 28. Kicking off at 10 a.m. in Edmond’s Hafer Park, the festival will spotlight more than 40 barbecue teams from across the country that will compete in a cook-off officially sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque […]