Notes of Marrakesh
If you’re looking to step outside your culinary comfort zone, Notes of Marrakesh on Tulsa’s Studio Row should be your next go-to destination.
Described as a Moroccan bistro and bar, the restaurant welcomes diners with its stylish digs, warm ambiance and authentic eats not found elsewhere in the metro. The restaurant is open at 9 a.m. daily except for Sundays, offering early morning options including the Moroccan and Turkish breakfast plates. The former comes with scrambled eggs, lamb sausage, cumin, cream cheese and black olives, and the latter offers fried eggs with Turkish-style beef sausage.
Lunch/dinner entrées are appealing. Try the beef pastila — crispy phyllo dough stuffed with beef stew, alongside almond paste topped with honey. Another highlight is the meatball tajine, with Moroccan-style meatballs, homemade tomato sauce, fried egg and cumin. Other options include the Royal Burger, a lamb burger with goat and cheddar cheese, fig jam, tomato, avocado, blackberry glaze and Marrakesh sauce, and the Kabsa – a traditional Saudi Arabian dish consisting of goat and rice, slow cooked with raisins and Middle Eastern spices.
Notes of Marrakesh also offers a full bar, with craft cocktails like the fig pomegranate martini and Moroccan mule, alongside ample beers and wines.
Frankie’s Italian Restaurant
Nestled upon West Britton Road in OKC, Frankie’s Italian Restaurant is ideal for a cozy date night or a group outing with friends and family.
Start with classic appetizers like bruschetta, garlic bread, a caprese salad or buffalo wings. If you want to stay on the light side, try the Caesar or Greek salad.
Baked pastas are sure to tempt – with offerings including lasagna, manicotta, eggplant Parmigiana or baked penne. If you just can’t choose, indulge in the Pasta Sampler with manicotta, cannelloni and lasagna. House specialties shine, too; try the chicken piccata, marsala or cremora. If you’d prefer the build-your-own option, you can choose your pasta, sauce and add-ons for a specialty creation.
Looking to veer away from pasta? Frankie’s also has a handful of subs, including the Italian sausage, the meatball and the chicken Parmigiana.
Don’t forget to end the night with dessert. The Italian creme cake, tiramisu or cannoli are can’t-miss.
