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OKG Shop 7: Mother’s Day

Is your mom hard to shop for? How about this year you break from your pattern of picking up flowers from the grocery store on the way to lunch. Maybe you forgot that Mother’s Day is the same time every year. (It happens to the best of us.) Perhaps you just can’t think of what to get her. Fear not. Help is here.

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Green is good

Brian DeShazo and Chris Buerger Photo by Mark Hancock “There is no way that on a busy Friday night, a bartender is going to be putting their glass in the right containers,” Buerger said. They created Project Green Plate (PGP), an initiative to support and empower local restaurants to go green. Green initiatives have recently […]

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Chow time

Chow’s spring roll Photo by Mark Hancock The first time I saw Chow’s Chinese Restaurant, 3033 N. May Ave., my friend Nate was pointing it out to me as a possible meeting place for the Triad or some other organized crime racket. “It’s always empty until late at night, and then it’s packed,” he said. […]

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Peru-fect

Raul Ramos Photo by Mark Hancock A friend and I recently took a trip to Naylamp Peruvian Restaurant, 2106 SW 44th St. The restaurant is a little difficult to spot, as it is rather small and connected to another establishment. We were able to find it within a few minutes, though. Samara and Raul Ramos, […]

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OKG eat: Highfalutin’ dining

Signature Grill 1317 E. Danforth Road., Edmond  signaturegrilledmond.com 987-6543 One wouldn’t expect a fine dining establishment like Signature Grill to be located in a strip mall, but they make it work on the inside, crafting a wholly upscale experience with a menu that matches. Let the cares of the outside world pass with the grilled […]

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The art of eating

Cupcakes from the Sugar Shack Sweets and Treats Photo by Shannon Cornman The Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts is OKC’s paramount celebration of all things art. The festival has been an annual downtown event since 1967, the year the arts council was granted its nonprofit status. Since then, the festival has […]

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