by Greg Horton | May 2, 2025 | Featured, Food
In spite of downward trends across hospitality sectors, operators are still opening restaurants this year. The clip has slowed from ‘23 and ‘24, but even without counting the new spots at Okana – technically local – the metro is home to more than two dozen new...
by Greg Horton | Apr 25, 2025 | Featured, Food, Street Food
Arts Council Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts has landed; you can tell from the weather that it’s the first weekend, but the rain should not stop you from hitting up the food tents and trucks. My colleague JaNae Williams, food writer at The Oklahoman, and I...
by Greg Horton | Apr 7, 2025 | Dessert, Featured, Food
Boom Town Creamery is expanding again, but this time it’s a brand new concept. Owner Angela Muir is joining the array of concepts filling out Bungalow 23, owned by Truong Le and Ty Hamilton, and she’s teaming up with Executive Chef Kayli Bartnicki to present Novelty...
by Greg Horton | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Food
The list began two years ago as a personal challenge of sorts. While on a travel junket to Houston, I came across a 100 Best Things in Houston article in a local magazine, and while I’m not crazy about pitting dissimilar dishes against each other to determine a...
by Greg Horton | Mar 6, 2025 | Bakery, Featured, Food
Before he was a famous baker of Oklahoma City’s best bread, Chef Kenny Hilburn took a turn at cowboying, the highlight of which was building a dam for goats. Most recently the South Korea-born Hilburn was baking at nonesuch, but that was the last temporary gig he...
by Greg Horton | Feb 20, 2025 | Featured, Industry News
Multiple hospitality and tourism organizations in Oklahoma have thrown their support behind Senate Bill 1095, authored by Senator Kristen Thompson (R – Dist 22). The bill would end the practice of banks and credit card companies charging credit card network fees...
