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Brian Schwartz
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Heeding the Call to Serve
The line of cars started just beyond Tulsa’s Garnett Road. It was a balmy Tuesday in early April, and Jeff Marlow couldn’t figure out why...
A Taste of Home
Shadi Afshar came from a long line of powerful women, all of whom shared a love of food. Growing up in Tehran, Iran, Afshar cooked...
Trails End Barbecue
On a typical Tuesday night – before the COVID-19 restrictions on dine-in restaurants – you couldn’t find a free table at Owasso’s Trails End Barbecue...
Beauty Just Beneath the Noise
February 25 was one of those bright and sunny days that made you glad to be alive. The streets of the Tulsa Arts District were...
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...
