“They’ve added tacos and sliders,” he said. “There are a bunch of different delivery systems to get barbecue to your mouth.”
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Rural barbecue stand becomes road trip destination
The Butcher BBQ Stand, owned and run by father-and-son pitmasters, serves up fantastic barbecue and gives you a reason to check out Wellston.
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Let me just preface this whole thing by saying I don’t normally eat barbecue. I know, I know, how am I an Oklahoman?
Let me just preface this whole thing by saying I don’t normally eat barbecue. I know, I know, how am I an Oklahoman?
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OKG7 Hot tropic
Carican Flavors 2701 N. Martin Luther King Ave. caricanflavors.com 424-0456 Liven yourself up with the bold jerk chicken platter ($8.10) or the sumptuous curried goat ($11.15), both served with a generous selection of sides, including black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, steamed okra and plantains. But even those can’t beat the hot and hearty stewed oxtails ($11.72) […]
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OKG7 It’s a miracle on 23rd Street
Basil Mediterranean Cafe 211 NW 23rd St. basilmediterraneanrestaurant.com 602-3030 Heading west on NW 23rd Street, its not hard to miss the green building that looks ever so much like an old KFC and Long John Silver’s. Try Mediterranean favorites like hummus or dolmas, or dig into a gyro platter. Perhaps you might want to treat […]
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Get the Blu’s
Brisket sandwich BY: Mark Hancock The inside of the eatery has an upscale look to it, with beautifully Okie-centric art on the walls, giving the appearance of a place that would charge an arm and a leg for some sort of yuppiefied poseur’s idea of what a barbecue joint should be. A closer inspection of […]
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Smokey and the sandwich
The Outlaw BY: Mark Hancock Everybody has one joint they swear is the best barbecue place ever. Sometimes it’s the meat, sometimes it’s the service and sometimes it’s the price. Smokey’s BBQ is all three. Despite a slender, difficult-to-maneuver parking area that should be used as a defensive driving course, Smokey’s is worth the possible […]
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Pig out
By: Mark Hancock From the name alone, you wouldn’t mistake Van’s Pig Stand for a kosher deli or Middle Eastern restaurant. But Oklahomans not in the know might not realize the place, which originally launched in Wewoka, is a bastion for barbecue. The Van clan has been hickory smoking ribs, pork and brisket in the […]
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CFN Quote of the week
“Oil and barbecue are the lifeblood of Oklahoma.” —S. Raichlen in the December issue of Esquire
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CFN Quote of the week
“Oil and barbecue are the lifeblood of Oklahoma.” —S. Raichlen in the December issue of Esquire