CocoFlow 100 E. Main, Bricktown 524-9500 CocoFlow opened a chocolate studio on its second floor offering classes and parties in Bricktown. It is right above the retail spot. CocoFlow offers artisan chocolate, freshly made pastries and desserts. This is a perfect spot for an after-dinner dessert with coffee or hot tea. There is also a […]
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Drinking well
So you’ve made it through the inevitable holiday bloat and promised yourself that this year — this year — is the year that it happens. This is the year that you Get In Shape. This is the year you will sculpt a body that will make your 23-year-old self want to vomit with jealousy. You […]
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The Societies of Oklahoma City University are honoring four women at the annual Awards of Excellence dinner Feb. 26 at the Skirvin. The honorees are Jenny Love Meyer, being awarded the Kirkpatrick-Petree Music and Performing Arts Society Award; Julie Hall, awarded the Dulaney-Brown Library Society Award; Lori Hill, awarded Norick-Hulsey Art Gallery Society Award; and […]
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Grape forecast
This last year saw Australian wine take a beating and South American wine rise to prominence all over the country. Led by popular brands like Luigi Bosca, Crios, Colome, Lamadrid and La Posta, South American wines carved out a niche in metro wine lists and saw an increased presence in shelf space in liquor stores […]
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Valley forge
When Jay Miller of Wine Advocate magazine traveled to Washington state in 1990, he said he was able to visit all 42 wineries operating in the entire state in a very short time. That wasn’t an unimpressive number considering that the first winemakers in Washington, Gary Figgins and Rick Small, started making wine in their […]
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His restaurants there are Topolobampo and Frontera Grill. This past summer, Bayless and his wife, Deann, opened yet another called XOCO, offering affordable, quick-serve food inspired by the street food of Mexico. For example, an item on the menu is a ham-andegg breakfast bread pudding. On the Saveur list, Bayless listed not a thing but […]
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Getting squirrely
The Bossy Squirrel Cafe 104 E. Gray, Norman 364-5116 Owner: Melodee Squirrel Food style: Healthy American Average check: $9 Melodee Squirrel has heard all the squirrel jokes and coined a few of her own. But when she finally had the opportunity to own her own restaurant, she and husband Richard decided they’d incorporate their name […]
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Cutting-edge chili
Coney Island 240 S.W. 25th 232-8734 Coney Island doesn’t have anything to worry about. People have been coming from all over town just to eat here for decades. The Greek spaghetti topped with chili, onions and cheese splashed on the top is a hit, and the flavors are in Technicolor. A server will quickly take […]
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North face
When Bruce Rinehart thought he’d found the perfect location for his second Rococo, he did what every devoted husband should do. “I went to my wife, and she said, ‘Go for it. I love the location and I’d love to have a location up north,’” he said. Rinehart spoke between phones ringing off the hook […]
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Win or lose at OU/Texas, your taste buds will know victory at these Dallas eateries
While you’re in Dallas this weekend for the OU/Texas game, yes, you could stop in at Chili’s and/or Taco Bell to eat, but why? Being the ninth largest city in the country, Dallas has roughly 1.3 million mouths to feed “¦ and about 8,000 restaurants to do just that. Try out these city spots for […]