Forward Foods in Norman Credit: Mark Hancock You can be an uncaring jerk 364 days of the year, but for at least one day, it’s forcibly required to show undying love for one through the purchase of flowers, teddy bears or barbershop quartets to serenade your significant other at his or her workplace. Forgetting Valentine’s […]
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How the West was yum
4U Cafe Credit: Shannon Cornman There’s good reason for that. Since 1910, the icon of Stockyards City has been feeding hungry cowboys and ranchers, from the real-life variety to those who just like boots and cowboy hats. But listen up, cowpokes. There’s room in town for more than one eatery that stokes the Okie stereotype. […]
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OKG7 places to shake it up
Billy Sims BBQ1001 E. State Highway 152, Mustangbillysimsbbq.com256-0760 It’s a name you already know, just another location. Grab a combo plate, which includes a meat — from brisket to ribs — two sideliners, one super side and some Okie toast. Sideliners include potato salad, add-a-rib or baked beans, to name a few. Chapala Mexican Grill1001 […]
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Downtown chow down
Park Avenue Grill By: Shannon Cornman Whether you’re coming from the latest blockbuster at the Harkins movie theater, stumbling out of another riotous Thunder game or even renting a U-Haul, one of the most common dilemmas when downtown is where, and what, to eat. With so many overly familiar chains invading, along with their name-brand […]
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OKG7 Downtown Restaurant Week stops
Nonna’s Euro-American Ristorante & Bar1 S. Mickey Mantlenonnas.com235-4410 For lunch, delight in your choice of chicken tortilla soup or tomato and red onion salad. It will set the stage for entree options: crab cakes, crispy pork chops with Guinness gravy or blackened chicken. For dinner, try the chop and chutney or lemon walnut pesto pasta. […]
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Pizza pizzazz
By: Mark Hancock Sandro Osmani, the owner of Sandro’s Pizza and Pasta, is keeping alive his family tradition. “My grandfather, Giovanni Osmani, taught me how to cook when our family still lived in Roma,” he said. “We’ve always been in the restaurant business.” And business has been good for the first-generation Italian and Albanian-American. So […]
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OKG7 places to try in 2013
S&B’s Burger Joint7745 S. Walkersandbburgersokc.com631-0983 If you’ve been to S&B, then you understand why it’s popular enough to be opening another location to feed the hungry masses. If you haven’t dined on its inventive burger combinations, cheese cubes or smothered fries, it’s time to add that to the top of your 2013 resolution list. Still […]
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Sky high
The brew debuted on New Year’s Eve at Grandad’s Bar, 317 N.W. 23rd. Brad Stumph, Black Mesa co-owner and partner, said the name is a tribute to Woody Guthrie. In “This Land Is Your Land,” the Oklahoma-born folk icon sings, “As I went walking that ribbon of highway and saw above me that endless skyway […]
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Shell game
And how many of those fancy foods do you actually want to eat? Because while caviar and pâté sound quite hoity-toity, the hoi polloi are often less excited when they’re served fish eggs and mashed goose liver. Steak can be fancy, but you can also get it at Denny’s. But lobster? Lobster is fancy. If […]
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Curry in a hurry
Spice and Rice is behind a filling station and convenience store on the east edge of Norman’s Campus Corner. Because of close proximity to campus and limited space in the tiny strip mall, parking is a bit of a nuisance, but it’s worth the hassle. Don’t go looking for fancy at this one-room restaurant, which […]