BEST OF OKC: Restaurants
The best restaurants in the metro, circa 2011!
BEST OF OKC: Food & Drink
This year's best in food and drink!
Break the chains
Think you can’t kick the habit of national chain restaurants? Think again.
Top of the city
Dine in the sky this coming October!
How cheesy
Gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches are on the menu at The Mule, the Plaza District’s newest haunt.
Seasonal spirits
Ciders, eggnogs and mulled wines are on the menu around the metro.
Where’s the beef?
Local, grass-fed beef makes for a healthy meat option
Adult ice cream
Ice cream cocktails sound brilliant, but it takes skill to keep a delicacy from turning into a sludge of cream and alcohol.
Cork and canvas
A new business combines classic paintings, art instruction and wine to create an evening of culture, learning and fun.
Twin Peaks offers diners a different kind of Black Friday
As in, black lingerie.
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Mod mixtures
Take a cue from yesteryear and give your cocktails a vintage twist.
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Christina Nihira
Who better to provide some insight about retro libations than Amy Nelms, head bartender at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel’s Red Piano Lounge?
Heart of the city
City chefs prove that eating healthy also can taste delicious.
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Joshua Boydston
Mercy Health System teamed up with American Heart Association on Nov. 2 for an event about preventative care with “Iron Chef” flair. As part of the national Start Eating Healthy Day, the two groups hosted and organized a healthy cooking competition in hopes of sparking interest in living better, healthier and longer.Mercy Health System teamed up with American Heart Association on Nov. 2 for an event about preventative care with “Iron Chef” flair. As part of the national Start Eating Healthy Day, the two groups hosted and organized a healthy cooking competition in hopes of sparking interest in living better, healthier and longer.
Top nights
Are those special nights worth the splurge?
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Shawn Lealos
Some people order drinks based on quality, no matter the price. It happens often at Riverwind Casino in Norman, where top-shelf alcohol includes Patron Platinum and Johnny Walker Blue.
Vintage vantage
Restaurant-recommended wines at liquor-store prices for your dining pleasure at Paseo Grill.
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Greg Horton
What if you could buy a bottle of wine at your favorite wine shop and take it to dinner with you? Depending on where you shop and eat, you could save up to 200 percent off the cost on a restaurant wine list.
A cut above
Specialty meat purveyors supply selection and service not common at chain supermarkets.
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Doug Hill
In supermarkets, where most people shop for groceries, it’s rare to find anything in the meat case but plastic-wrapped parts on foam trays shipped from hundreds of miles away.
Operation drumstick
’Tis the season for metro restaurateurs to work with area nonprofits to ensure the needy enjoy traditional holiday meals.
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Greg Horton
The founders call it Turkey Tango. Every Thanksgiving, participating restaurants partner with the City Rescue Mission to provide Thanksgiving dinner for up to 800 of its clients.
Twin Peaks staff to become Santa’s Little Helpers
Holiday-themed costume party runs through Christmas Eve.
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Starting Friday, the Twin Peaks Girls of Oklahoma aim to get visitors to their eatery in the best of holiday spirits. Through Christmas Eve, the Twin Peaks location at 3109 W. Memorial will play host to a "Santa’s Little Helper” costume party.
Cheese, please!
Pungent or mild, whatever you fancy, local cheese blocks are full of choices!
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Carol Cole-Frowe
Hundreds of delightful cheeses are popping up in markets and grocery stores, from assertive blues to washed-rind Taleggios or fresh, unripened ones like a queso fresco or queso blanco.
Space heater for your heart
Forget starting a fire! These holiday treats will have you warmed up in no time.
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Luke Atkinson
Some holiday sippers locate the nearest bottle of whiskey and mix up a makeshift hot-chocolate treat, but that isn’t what Christmas is about.
Something’s brrr-rewing
Local brewers offer a spectrum of options with the release of beers for winter.
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Greg Horton
Oklahoma City-based Mustang Brewing Company is releasing Session 33, a new line of beers created specifically for grocery stores and convenience stores. The first of two low-point beers will be available at the beginning of 2012, and company co-founder Tim Schoelen said a summer beer will follow.
Belle of the bars
Dazzle your friends and family this season with your libation readiness.
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Christina Nihira
Well-chosen liquor instantly adds a glow to gatherings by inspiring conversation and uplifting spirits.
Smag 7: Comfort cuisine
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Carol Smaglinski
Mexican fare, burgers, pizza, steak: Metro eateries have ’em! Why not you?
From despair to delightful
OKC migrates ‘uptown’ as local businesses along N.W. 23rd Street thrive.
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Carmen Forman
In recent years, Oklahoma City and N.W. 23rd Street district has shifted from a blighted strip to a hipster haven bustling with local businesses.
Keen on Keenan
Already popular in the metro, winemaker Michael Keenan produces custom wines for Oklahoma City eateries.
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Greg Horton
Michael Keenan loves Ranch Steakhouse, 3000 W. Britton. The Napa Valley winemaker has eaten more steaks there than most Oklahoma City residents. When ownership and management approached him about making a custom wine just for the Ranch, he was happy to oblige.
What the pho?
This Vietnamese dish of rice noodles and broth is healthy, delicious and comforting.
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Vivian Boroff
Oklahoma City has a thriving Vietnamese community, and within the Asian District are several wonderful restaurants that specialize in the tantalizing soup known as pho (sounds like “fuh”).
