Best local craft brewer COOP Ale Works 4745 Council Heights Road Angry Scotsman Brewing, 704 W Reno Ave. Bricktown Brewery, several metro locations Stonecloud Brewing Co., 1012 NW First St., Suite 101 Vanessa House Beer Co., 118 NW Eighth St. Best local tap room Prairie Artisan Ales 3 NE 8th St. Angry Scotsman Brewing, 704 […]
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Best of OKC 2020: Cannabis
Best dispensary Fire Leaf Dispensary several metro locations You don’t need us to tell you there are literally hundreds of cannabis dispensaries all over town, often several on the same corner. Yet, Fire Leaf has managed to distinguish itself and repeats as Best Dispensary after winning in last year’s debut for this category. One […]
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Best of OKC 2020: Life & Wellness
Best place to volunteer Oklahoma Humane Society two metro locations Infant Crisis Services, 4224 N. Lincoln Blvd. Mutt Misfits Animal Rescue Society Oliver and Friends Farm Animal Sanctuary, 20217 N. Indian Meridian, Luther Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, 3355 S. Purdue Ave. Best nonprofit Oklahoma Humane Society two metro locations One of the unforeseen positive […]
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Big picture
Visual artist Denise Duong compared painting a mural on the side of a parking garage to cliff diving. Before adorning two walls of the roughly 40-feet-tall West Village Parking Garage, 927 W. Sheridan Ave., with her vivid murals titled “Life in the Light,” Duong had never worked on a project of that scale, but she […]
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ALCOHOLMANAC Lyrical libations
Oklahoma City has a rich and thriving live music scene, and a wide variety of venues have found success supporting the diversity of the city’s music fans. Some of OKC’s coolest venues have bars that reflect this uniqueness, too. Want someplace smoke-filled, small or sort of divey? Or how about an arena setting where the […]
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Working women
Hannah Schmitt is editor of the local parenting magazine Metro Family. As her own boss, she chose to work from home for the past four years. She called this set up “kind of fine” until she and her husband Brian Schmitt had their son two years ago. Suddenly, lines between work, family and the home […]
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Brewing district
Film Row was once home to major Hollywood film studio offices like Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., but it has since been reborn into a mix of artistic businesses, restaurants and, of course, breweries and taprooms. The district is bound between Main Street, California Avenue, Walker Avenue and Classen Boulevard. Last October, alcohol in Oklahoma […]
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OKG Shop: Fresh face
Chelsey Cobbs began developing a passion for clean cosmetics after she decided, almost by accident, to become a makeup artist. She has now established herself as an experienced artist and a local expert on clean beauty products and unique self-care items through her recently opened shop, Salt & Water Co., at its temporary location at […]
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The Sanctuary Barsilica
The Sanctuary Barsilica, a religion-themed bar at 814 W. Sheridan Ave. on Film Row, comes festooned with Catholic iconography and the kind of atmosphere that feels equal parts reverent and irreverent. The bar, which opens 7 p.m. Friday, includes signature drinks with names like Satan’s Whiskers and carries a line of craft beers from Utah-based […]
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OKG Shop: Unique jewel
Not too long ago, Oklahoma City jewelry buyers were relegated to either BC Clark Jewelers, chain mall stores or gaudy costume jewelry that instantly turned the wearer’s skin an unsettling shade of green. The emerging artisan jewelers would have to haul foldable card tables to dusty craft fairs stuffed into churches or swap meets set […]