by Greg Horton | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, OKC Underground
California-born Cally Johnson is currently the executive chef at Lorena Southern Twist, Lori Burson’s Midtown sister restaurant to Stella Modern Italian. She came back to Oklahoma after a long hiatus in California to help Burson with her Southern concept. This...
by Greg Horton | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, OKC Underground
Chef Andy Bruch is an Iowa native who made his culinary reputation in Denver. We ate at his Point Easy last time we were in Denver, and it was the best meal we had that trip, so it was great to see 5280 had the same level of respect for his spot as we did. When we...
by Greg Horton | Jan 28, 2026 | OKC Underground, Featured
It’s rare that I sit down with an operator or chef and don’t know anything about their backstory, but such was the case with Provision Concepts founder and CEO Jeff Dixon. To be clear, I’ve known him for more than a decade but we’ve always just...
by Greg Horton | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Bricktown, Food, Industry News, Paseo
Joe Jungmann and Lesley Rawlinson are the owners and founders of Convivial Concepts, a hospitality company that includes Paseo Grill — turning 20 in 2026 — Hopscotch, City & State Venue & Events, catering services, and two new concepts for this...
by Greg Horton | Jan 7, 2026 | Featured, Industry News, Restaurants
Chris and LaVeryl Lower, owners of The Metro Wine Bar & Bistro, announced yesterday that they had sold controlling interest in their Nichols Hills adjacent restaurant to longtime friends and regulars Phil G. Busey, Sr. and Cathy Busey, bringing to an end a nearly...
by admin | Dec 17, 2025 | OKC Underground, Featured
Chef Eric Smith, a James Beard Award nominee (Best Chef Southwest), trained in Oklahoma City but developed his “voice” in Chicago restaurants for more than a decade before returning to Oklahoma City. The Duncan, Oklahoma native has been in the culinary...
