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Peek at Peaks
The Oklahoma City location of the Twin Peaks restaurant, 3109 W. Memorial, will host a bikini contest at 8 p.m. Tuesday, featuring its Twin Peaks Girls. By wearing very little, one woman will take home a lot, as $1,000 will be awarded to the first-place winner. Second- and third-place winners will receive $500 and $300, […]
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Wine on tap
“I’ve always loved downtown and its potential for growth,” she said. “There aren’t very many places that offer a lot of wines by the glass, and we wanted to create a place and a list where people could try a variety of wines you can’t find everywhere.” Chesser’s love of wine led her to convert […]
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Smag 7: Super Bowl snacks
Dan McGuiness1003 S.W. 19th, Moore 703-3367 Satisfy everyone in the watch party with menu items from boiled shrimp to sausage and cheese trays. You can’t go wrong with the blackened chicken fingers with an extra crispy crust, which are dusted with a Cajun spice just before being cooked. Get $10 beer buckets while you enjoy […]
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Seoul kitchen
It may be unusual to hear smacktalk from a man of the cloth, but those were his words about spouse SunSoo Chong’s cooking. He explained that in their Korean homeland, the trend has been toward adding more sugar and MSG to recipes. This goes against their mission statement on the menu that reads, in part: […]
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A sound shade of Blue
For her, Norman’s Blue Bonnet Bar had real potential as a live music venue. Eight years ago, during her undergrad years at the University of Oklahoma, she told her friends she’d like to work there. They said that she couldn’t: “That’s a rough place.” right Black Canyon at Blue Bonnet “Well, I’m going to try […]
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Neighborhood haunts
After all, beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder, but when the term comes to mind most think of a dark, smoky atmosphere filled with bluesy-rock music and an often sullen or overly rowdy crowd. For a frame of reference, some say Moe’s from “The Simpsons” would qualify as a dive bar. And Obi-Wan […]
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Food biz newcomers
House of Hunan 1316 N. Interstate Drive, Norman 360-7798 After a kitchen fire temporarily shuttered the restaurant last July, Joy Zhao and her husband, Neo Dake Zhang, have reopened their House of Hunan/White Swan in Norman. They are offering authentic cuisine, such as beef with cumin or cilantro chicken. Or, try Ants on a Tree, […]
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The world of tomorrow
The house blends modern building techniques with materials from the past. Exterior walls are concrete, while inside, 2,500 square feet of wood is reclaimed. Even the bar comes from the original O’Connell’s Bar & Grill in Norman. More than 15,000 pounds of scrap material were repurposed for the home’s construction, including 6,000 pounds of recycled […]
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Country strong
It’s a sure bet that Toby Keith’s I Love this Bar & Grill has turned into one of Bricktown’s “must-do” restaurants for visitors and residents alike. The restaurant, the brainchild of Moore’s own country star, Toby Keith, spreads out along the Bricktown canal. And look close: The shape of the building is inspired by a […]