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Brian Schwartz
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Reaching the Summit
Everyone talks about the view, and there it is, the million lights of Tulsa spread beneath you like a softly twinkling carpet of stars. You...
How to Dough It Right
Sometimes, standing by the austere yet elegant gray walls of his Palace Cafe – one of Tulsa’s most revered fine-dining establishments on the corner of...
A Holiday Haunt That Lives
In the middle of a dark, windswept night of early winter, the corner of 31st Street and Yale Avenue in Tulsa is as deserted as...
The Grilled Cheese MeltDown
Sitting on a bright red barstool, Terry Stephenson hitches his suspenders and smooths his white goatee as he tells his buddies a joke he heard...
Global Cuisine, Local Scene
“I have discovered that there is romance in food,” Ernest Hemingway wrote, “when romance has disappeared from everywhere else.” There are few experiences more bracing...
Oren’t You Glad You Went There?
“I want to come here again, Mommy!” yells a tiny diner at one of the birchwood tables. The parents smile indulgently, not only because their little...
From Washing the Dishes to Owning Them
You’ve come for the steak at BC Steakhouse, and here it is, glistening and grill-marked, sizzling in the plate in front of you, which it...
A People Place
If you haven’t been to RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks lately, you’ll be surprised at the changes. Oh, the Arkansas River is still the same, wide...
Connecting to the Briny
[dropcap]Virgola[/dropcap] has the sort of sleek, ultramodern decor that indicates an expensive architect was involved. Clad in black cocktail dresses, the servers are as elegant...
Grilling With the Seven Fires
[dropcap]With[/dropcap] Ringling Bros. gone, death-defying acts, primal drama and children with wide eyes asparkle seem dated. But that excitement can be recaptured in an unlikely...