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Italian, Venezia-style

Limoncello cake Photo by Shannon Cornman Italian chain restaurants have become shorthand for describing those who don’t like “real” food or aren’t “shopping local.” Now here’s an unpopular position: They’re not that bad. Not really. I mean, if you’re craving the most authentic Italian food in Oklahoma City, you’re already facing a bit of an […]

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OKG7 Tasty meals under $10

Jeff’s Country Cafe 3401 N. Classen Blvd.  524-2023 One of the best things about being an adult is eating whatever you want, whenever you want. Here is an old-school diner with old-school prices — and old-school, heart-clogging, hair-on-your-chest breakfast selections served all day. It’s impossible to beat the 10-oz. rib-eye steak with two eggs and […]

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Louie Louie

The place was close to capacity, but it wasn’t a mob scene. The volume was lively, but not annoying. No one appeared to be three sheets to the wind, and there was plenty of staff to handle all aspects of the business. An overabundance of big-screen TVs all tuned to the same channel made for […]

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Truckin’

Mark Hancock It could have ended there — but Lorne was pretty good at making pizza, and when friends and family came over, they’d all ask when he was going to open his own restaurant. “No thanks,” the Halls said. But in 2012, Lorne was in Baton Rouge when he saw a wood-fired pizza oven […]

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A new Empire

Along with co-owner and chef Avery Cannon, Cope opened the newest restaurant in the district, Empire Slice House. The pizza joint hopes to blossom into a solid late-night dining option at 1734 NW 16th St. It is open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily, except Sundays, when it opens at 4 p.m. Cope and […]

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Ever so Humble

Edmond’s favorite pizzerias. For one thing, when you talk to Matt and Joy Heard, owners of the restaurant, they’re absolutely humbled by their success. Matt is a tinker and a mad scientist in the kitchen, and the menu at Humble Pie is a mix of traditional favorites and his out-there culinary creations. But here’s the […]

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Game of Othello

Tammy Weiss, co-owner and executive chef of Othello’s Italian Restaurant in Edmond and Norman, was one of 60 chefs to battle it out in the traditional category of the International Pizza Expo, held March 19-21 in Las Vegas. “It was exhilarating,” she said. “It was like one of those food challenges with judges and hundreds […]

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