by Greg Horton | Oct 14, 2024 | Featured, Italian, Western Ave., Wine
Elisabetta, the new Italian concept from Rachel Cope, will be the first notable restaurant opening of 2025 in Oklahoma City. Scheduled for January, Elisabetta will represent a few firsts for 84 Hospitality, the company she founded with Empire Slice House in Plaza...
by Greg Horton | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured, Food, Sushi
Akai Sushi, the new Wheeler District restaurant from Viet Pham, featuring executive chef Shinichi Okamoto, opened in September, but the grand opening is October 10. A newcomer to hospitality, Pham spent more than 20 years operating a tennis academy in Minneapolis...
by Greg Horton | Sep 30, 2024 | Featured, Wings
A handy reference for where to find the best wings hot and mild, bone-in and boneless, wet and dry in OKC, and while the list isn’t exhaustive, it’s enough to keep you busy — and full — for a while. If you ever want to see the reptilian brain –...
by Greg Horton | Sep 21, 2024 | Featured, Food, Industry News
Two local restaurateurs are starting a movement to encourage eating and drinking local, rather than patronizing chains. Dave Osborn and Jason Pool, owners of Symmetry and Two Doors Down, are both longtime restaurant professionals who were proprietors at two of our...
by Greg Horton | Sep 14, 2024 | East Asian, Featured, Plaza District, Uncategorized
Three-time James Beard nominee Chef Jeff Chanchaleune announced today that his new Plaza District concept will be called Bar Sen. Slated for a late fall or early winter open, the Lao noodle joint is adjacent to Ma Der Lao Kitchen, the restaurant that has provided...
by Greg Horton | Sep 11, 2024 | Featured, Food, Latin American
Among the roughly four dozen nationalities and ethnicities making their traditional food in Oklahoma City restaurants,Central and South American cuisine still struggles for the familiarity common to Mexican food – at least what most diners think of as Mexican food....
