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...
by Greg Horton | Dec 14, 2025 | Featured, Restaurants
Up front, I need to admit I hate the fetishism related to “best” in nearly every area, but especially with food. At the same time, it’s effective as clickbait, even as I’m pretty sure it’s a dubious claim to say this is the...
by Greg Horton | Dec 4, 2025 | Featured, OKC Underground
Bryan Kerr is the owner of Moore Liquor, which, to use a phrase of his, is in the “blast radius of Total Wine” in Moore. The chain behemoth opened their first Oklahoma location in September, and the impact on Kerr’s business was immediate, as it was...
by Greg Horton | Nov 17, 2025 | Featured, Burgers
Shake Shack opens this week, so now OKC will have access to a burger so average that you can find it in many airports around the country. It’s in an airport; how could it not be great? Imagine saying that about Chili’s. Once again we’re watching our family, friends...
