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Brian Schwartz
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An Inheritance of Enthusiasm
Enter south Tulsa’s most elegant fine-dining destination, the Cardinal Club, and you see a suite of hushed, glamorous rooms with high ceilings, gilt cornices and...
‘The Exotic in Your Own Backyard’
If you saw gritty, wiry Lisa Becklund all muddy and dusty while picking green beans on her farm in rural Oklahoma, you’d swear she was...
Filling a Niche, Paris Style
The origin story for the off-shoot of Amelia’s Wood Fired Cuisine is varied … but there is a common denominator: Paris. Find owner Amelia Eesley...
Art, No Matter the Arena
From earliest childhood, Tim Swepston knew what he was born to be … or so he thought. Deep in his bones, he believed he was...
Making a splash with New Orleans cocktails, Korean food and the Tulsa Sound
With dim lights, pastel paneling and a gleaming bartop, Foolish Things High Dive looks like many other neighborhood joints anywhere from the South Bronx to...
Veterans in the Business
Go to Ti Amo Ristorante Italiano any night you choose and join the crowd at the cozy horseshoe bar. Perhaps order an orangecello – a...
It’s All Alfred
Go south on Tulsa’s Mingo Road, and, after you pass Gardner’s Used Books, it’s nothing but flat land, train tracks and sprawling factories. At lunch...
A Taste of Hidalgo
Adan Salas rises with the sun and arrives at El Hidalguense on Tulsa’s east side. There are fresh, fluffy, corn tortillas to be made (“and...
A Home Where Piggies Roam
Go northeast from Tulsa’s skyscrapers. Half an hour or so later, leave the interstate and head out on a winding country road. Go through the...
A Fruitful Team Effort
There’s a grand, old rambling house nestled in verdant, sunny woods not far from Philadelphia. That’s where Ian Van Anglen’s grandparents live. “One of my...
