Pupuseria Mi Chalateca
For those with a craving for authentic Salvadoran cuisine, Pupuseria Mi Chalateca in Oklahoma City is your golden ticket. Using only the freshest ingredients, Pupuseria strives to present its diners with the best possible meal, every time.
The restaurant, open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except Wednesdays, offers several menu sections including antojitos (little cravings/appetizers), caldos (broths), Salvadoran specialties as well as a section just for the joint’s namesake dish: pupusas – or thick griddle cakes.
Begin with those little cravings that range from empanadas to tamales, pastelitos (puff pastries) and chicharron (fried pork). The main menu is sure to entice with plates like carne asada, pollo guisado (chicken stew) and pollo dorado (cooked chicken). Add in a side of broth, or try the Especialidad del Salvador – a pupusa, three empanadas, three pastelitos, a plantano frito (fried plantain) and yuca with chicharron.
Hop the Griffin
A brewpub with live music and delicious eats, Hop the Griffin is an excellent hole-in-the-wall joint for Tulsans to visit.
Food at Hop the Griffin is ideal for a relaxed day at the pub. Try their tempting charcuterie boards; guests can pick their own cheeses, meats, nuts, breads and fruits. Add on with chips and queso/salsa/or guacamole, or enjoy a warm Bavarian pretzel.
Loaded nachos and chili are other highlights, alongside stonefire pizzas, pub rolls and seasonal desserts. Come for the food, stay for the beer – brewed onsite. Other draws include craft cocktails, wine and a variety of community events.
Bee Healthy Cafe
Healthy, affordable and delicious – those are the pillars at Bee Healthy Cafe, which has several locations in the OKC metro.
With personalization as a key priority, Bee Healthy’s entrees can be ordered as a salad, sandwich, wrap, bowl or melt. Highlights include the California Wrap, with grilled chicken, provolone, tomatoes, romaine and honey dijon on a whole wheat tortilla, as well as the Terlingua, with smoked turkey, pepper jack, tomatoes, romaine and chipotle mayo on honey wheat bread.
Another popular choice is the Mediterranean quinoa bowl with grilled chicken, feta, tomatoes, black olives, basil pesto, spinach and quinoa. Not to be outdone, Bee Healthy also offers a smattering of smoothies as well as breakfast specialties like parfaits, breakfast melts and oatmeal.
Kendall’s Restaurant
The perfect spot to venture to on a road trip, Kendall’s Restaurant in Noble is a hidden gem that will knock you off your feet.
This distinctly American joint offers the types of dishes that will make you loosen your belt a couple of notches. Take the Widow Maker burger, for example, with two six-ounce beef patties, grilled ham, onions, pickles, ranch and barbecue sauce … served on buns of grilled cheese sandwiches. Another is the original chicken fried steak country dinner, replete with your choice of potato, vegetable salad, biscuits or a cinnamon roll. Other must-tries include fried shrimp and catfish, hamburger steaks, triple decker club sandwiches and the chili cheese burger. In short – you won’t be leaving hungry.
A quick sidenote: Bring cash! Kendall’s does not accept credit or debit cards.
