Kurt Fleischfresser
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Cuvée comfort

Jacob Threadgill

Café Cuvée 1200 N. Walker Ave. cafecuvee.com 405-898-8120 What works: It delivers both contemporary and classic French-inspired dishes like cornbread and hazlenut-crusted salmon. What needs work: The Brussels sprouts were a little bland and could have benefitted from texture. Tip: Don’t forget about breakfast and brunch service. On the bottom floor of the Ambassador Hotel, […]

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Chef celebration

Jacob Threadgill

The oak that is Oklahoma City’s dining scene and has sprouted and grown sturdy over recent decades lost its roots on July 22 with the passing of chef John Bennett at the age of 77. Bennett, who counted culinary luminaries James Beard and Julia Child as lifelong friends, helped push Oklahoma City out of the […]

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Best of OKC 2019: Food & Drink

Gazette staff

Best local craft beer COOP Ale Works 4745 Council Heights Road Anthem Brewing Company, 908 SW Fourth St. Prairie Artisan Ales, 3 NE Eighth St. Stonecloud Brewing Co., 1012 NW First St., Suite 101 Vanessa House Beer Co., 118 NW Eighth St. Best cocktail Lunchbox Edna’s, 5137 Classen Circle Disco Nap, The Jones Assembly, 901 […]

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Family fusion

Jacob Threadgill

Chigama isn’t just a fusion of cuisine; it’s also a fusion of two of the most successful and experienced restaurant minds in Oklahoma City. The combination of Asian and Mexican flavors comes from the mind of Jeffrey Khowong, who, after 14 years as executive chef at Western Concepts (Sushi Neko, The Lobby Café and Bar, […]

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Recipe favorites

Jacob Threadgill

A Christmas meal can be equal parts nostalgia and conundrum. Less than a month after Thanksgiving, many families turn around and have a similar meal again during Christmas. If you’re looking for something other than a turkey or ham as your centerpiece, chef Kurt Fleischfresser provides his version of a roasted pork loin that is […]

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Bistro comfort

Jacob Threadgill

As the restaurant space at the Ambassador hotel went through a three-week renovation to convert Viceroy Grille into Café Cuvée — which opened its seven-day breakfast, lunch and dinner service last week — the space was deliberately brightened with new paint and the introduction of natural light. The hotel’s new chef de cuisine Taylor Desjarlais […]

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Cover: Fresh influence

Jacob Threadgill

During the 1950s and ’60s, Oklahoma City earned the reputation as “the cafeteria capital of the country,” which was given to the city by the president of the American Restaurant Association. Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of Oklahoma Historical Society, said that 37 independent cafeterias operated during that period and defined the food scene in […]

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