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...
by Greg Horton | May 13, 2024 | Food, Midtown
If any one thing defines the process of menu creation at nonesuch, it’s best summarized by executive chef Garrett Hare: “We’re not bound by any rules.” For a chef with a creative impulse, this is at first glance the best news possible. No requirements for a beef dish...
by Greg Horton | May 13, 2024 | Food, North OKC, Plaza District
Depending on your sense of humor, Miss Choctaw 1997 is the best place to start, especially if you know Jamie Winteroth nee Fritts. “I’m going to find a picture, but just know the whole idea of pageants hurts my feminist heart; I did it for scholarship money,” Jamie...
by Greg Horton | May 13, 2024 | Food, North OKC
Chef James Fox’s life changed the day his friend handed him a carne asada burrito. Up until that moment, his life had consisted of what he calls “homey” cooking – not homie, homey. “We were kind of a Hamburger Helper family,” Fox said. “Neither of my parents were...
by Greg Horton | May 13, 2024 | Food, North OKC
When an origin story begins with the late Aubrey McClendon and Chef Kurt Fleischfresser – as The Crown Room’s does – you make time to hear the whole story, even at dinner. Or maybe especially at dinner. To quote Fleischfresser, his protege Chef Eric Smith, founder of...
by Greg Horton | May 12, 2024 | Food, Norman
Chef Luke and Tylyn Fry decided that the best way to do a farm-to-table dinner is to go to the actual farm. The idea isn’t unique in the sense of dinner on the farm. Chefs have a long history of popping up on area farms and ranches, but the Frys have a multifaceted...
