Oklahoma City will welcome its first cat cafe this spring. don’t stress meowt – Cat Cafe [ed. note: henceforth referred to as “Meowt”] will offer patrons a delicious cup of coffee, tasty snacks, and a chance to meet their new furry best friend. Adam and Michaela Fitzpatrick love cats, but filling their home with them […]
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Dog park reviews with Edgar
In urban living, dog parks provide pet owners a safe place to let their canine friends roam free and socialize. According to our expert dog park reviewer and unofficial mascot, here are the best free off-leash dog parks in Oklahoma City. Midtown Mutts 407 W Park Pl. www.midtownmutts.org If you’re ready to socialize and take […]
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Welcome to Beer City
While the original Beer City was a lawless and short-lived pre-statehood Panhandle town from which Beer City Music Hall took its name, the collective force behind the venue intends to bring the spirit of the town back to life in the form of a new 500-person music venue and survive much longer than the two […]
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Grease trap
It’s going to be hard to keep a low profile when the centerpiece of your dive bar has been dubbed “the best double cheeseburger in America” by a celebrity chef. But that’s the plan for Flycatcher Club, a “high dive” that will open late April. The concept was designed by co-owners Riley Marshall and Dustin […]
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Wild tales
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater (OKCRep) continues its spring reboot season with Piano Tales. Following the success of their first new work of the season, An Evening with an Immigrant, Artistic Director Kelly Kerwin and company present another original work for Oklahoma City audiences. Piano Tales is a devised piece of theatre, meaning there is no […]
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Drinking buddy
Adrienne Jaskula isn’t your Fair-Weather Friend, but her brewery is. Adrienne and her husband, Reed, moved to Oklahoma from Ohio several years ago. She managed the new Stonecloud taproom while he brewed beer at Prairie OKC. A craft beer fan since high school, Jaskula took a wine-tasting class in college where she met an intern […]
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Family ties
Ciara Brooke and Brody Farrow go together like peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, macaroni and cheese. As a two-person brother/sister band, they are snack-size compared to some music groups, but for a new project rooted in sibling camaraderie, there is no need for a third ingredient. “You’d think we were twins,” said Brooke, […]
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Hop dreams
Gail Shore had never brewed a beer until the year before she decided to take over The Brew Shop, but she’s still slinging hops and yeast more than a decade later. “It was actually opened in 1995. So this is our 26th year. Personally, I bought it in 2010. So this is my 12th year. […]
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Flavor wave
Florence’s Restaurant If you haven’t heard rave reviews of Florence’s Restaurant in the seven decades that they’ve been in business, then you must not read, own a television or have many friends because you’d be hard pressed to find anyone here who hasn’t been to this northeast Oklahoma City fixture. When Oklahoma Gazette dropped in […]
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Slice of life
For a man whose motto for years has been, “To the Eastside with love,” it’s only fitting that Eastside Pizza House opened on Valentine’s Day. Years in the making and after several pivots in the restaurant concept, Jabee Williams said that reception has been nothing short of fantastic, having to turn away would-be patrons at […]