by Greg Horton | Jul 15, 2024 | Featured, Wine
When Ian Bennett, sommelier and co-owner of The Study, first arrived in OKC, it was to assume duties as the sommelier for the newly opened Ludivine, then in the location all of us came to love and now miss. Wine consumption was on the way up thanks in large part to...
by admin | Jul 11, 2024 | Craft Beer, Automobile Alley, Downtown OKC, Featured
Beer, that beautiful, life- and fun-giving substance that was obviously given to us by the gods. When it’s hot outside like it is now in Oklahoma, you could reach for water, but no good story ever started with “It was hot one day, so I grabbed a water bottle.” Thus,...
by Greg Horton | Jul 1, 2024 | Food, Featured
To help you better celebrate your freedom to eat out whenever you want, including holidays, here’s a non-comprehensive list of locally owned spots that will be open for Independence Day. As a rule, hotel restaurants are open every day, and while most aren’t locally...
by Greg Horton | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured, Chocolates, Coffee Shop, Dessert, Food, Pastry, Restaurants
Li Xiaoli doesn’t use her given name when she meets new customers at L’Arc Patisserie in Casady Square. The Chinese-born and trained pastry chef and chocolatier introduces herself as Isabella Li. (The family name comes first in Chinese.) We’re sitting in her shop,...
by Greg Horton | Jun 10, 2024 | Featured, Edmond, Food, Pizza, Road Trip
Sitting at Pizza Shack in Arcadia, Oklahoma, I said to Bob Protexter, “I don’t write about food; I write about the people around the food, because their story is always more interesting.” At that moment, I didn’t know his story, but even if I had, that statement is...
by Greg Horton | May 30, 2024 | Featured, Downtown OKC, Food, Midtown, Restaurants
Alma, the new concept from James Beard Award nominee Chef Zach Hutton and Kayla Shenold, is tentatively scheduled to open June 21. Hutton and owner Trent Ward announced recently that GHST, their first restaurant collaboration, will close June 1 as they prepare to...
