Tag: food

With a focus on real, all-organic food and cold-pressed juice, Inheritance Juicery is an aesthetically pleasing downtown and south Tulsa hotspot, perfect for those looking to eat healthy and enjoy the ambiance. Alongside a hefty menu of juices, wellness shots, smoothies and smoothie bowls, Inheritance serves up a mouthwatering food menu. Favorites include the beet Reuben, with roasted beets,...

Most people around Oklahoma grew up eating barbecue, but Justin Carroll wasn’t one of them – his family couldn’t afford it. After he got steady on his own two feet, however, he dipped his toe into that world.  One fine day in 2016, Carroll says, “I don’t remember why, but I decided to buy a brisket and cook it on...

On a recent Saturday night in autumn, eager dinner guests filled a normally quiet coffeehouse – Foolish Things, on the fringes of downtown Tulsa. A server brought the first of the seven course dinner: a tart with roasted beet ganache, whipped goat cheese and pomegranate in a walnut crust.  It didn’t taste like beets or cheese, but like a rich,...

Lao cuisine may not be very well-known outside its native country, but that’s starting to change thanks to chefs like Jeff Chanchaleune, who’s bringing traditional Laotian recipes to OKC. Ma Der Lao Kitchen opened September 2021 and was named one of the best new restaurants in the country this year by The New York Times and Bon Appétit.  Chanchaleune, who...

Tulsa and OKC don’t disappoint when it comes to cuisine from around the globe. We give you the low-down on restaurants you won’t want to miss – from classic Italian eateries to hole-in-the-wall gyro joints, supreme sushi spots, Mexican mainstays and everything in-between. Stick around for recommendations on patio dining, watering holes and chef spotlights. Bon appétit!

At the Hemingway, the team believes that “food should be an experience. One that nourishes all aspects of your being. Refined, yet unabashedly primitive, answering the demands of the soul.” Over a year in the making, this sleek steakhouse opened in mid-September on Cherry Street in a mixed-use building that also houses luxury apartments, Cyclebar and Sidecar Barley and...

First and foremost, September ushers in a beloved Oklahoma tradition: the state fair! You can enjoy the festivities in Oklahoma City from Sept. 15-25 at the State Fair Park, and in Tulsa at Expo Square from Sept. 29-Oct. 9. Food, fun, rides, competitions, prizes – you don’t want to miss it.  In Tulsa, visit 100 E. Second St. on Sept....

Once upon a time, in those halcyon days when the war had just ended and Tulsa was the Oil Capital of the World, a man named Big Jim Capshaw owned pretty much all the land around the intersection of Harvard and Admiral; they called it Capshaw’s Corner. On it, Big Jim built a gas station, a late-night bar called...

Nestled into downtown Tulsa, Kai Vietnamese Cuisine presents dishes as lovely to the eye as to the palate. Start with a cocktail from the full bar; try the house specialty – the Asian pear mule  – or a passionfruit margarita. Appetizers tempt, including the lotus salad of pickled lotus stems tossed with shrimp, pork, jalapeño and herbs – all...

There are two restaurants, two cafés, twelve concession stands and three event centers at the Tulsa Zoo. Each day, Cameron Werry is responsible for every meal served at each of these venues, and there’s thousands of them. Not to mention the event centers ... which sometimes host parties for as many as twelve thousand guests.  “But,” he says, “I’m very...