by Greg Horton | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured, Food, Industry News, The Lists, Wine
We’re ending 2024 with openings and closings hitting 2023 numbers, with more closings than openings, but not by much. It’s looking like 2025 is going to start fast, with four major openings in January. Some of the city’s largest hospitality groups are opening concepts...
by Greg Horton | Nov 1, 2024 | Featured, Food
For about five minutes, The Den at NONESUCH was the best new thing in Oklahoma City, and then it was gone, part of new owner Kelly Whitaker’s plan for a new chapter for the storied Midtown concept. I wanted to acknowledge that they would have been part of the list had...
by Greg Horton | Oct 29, 2024 | Cocktails, Featured, Food, West Village
When The Jones Assembly rolled out their new menu last week, it was our first chance to get to know new-ish Executive Chef Connor Underwood. The Houston native started at Jones in April this year, but he spent time learning the ins and outs of the massive operation –...
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 –...
