Ardmore, Oklahoma. 7 AM. The day after Thanksgiving. All the fast-food places along Route 35 were barely getting by. Jimmy’s Egg was full. Full of big burly guys. Beards and overalls, farmers and truckers. Serious eaters. For years I’d wanted to try Jimmy’s in Tulsa, and I figured that if the Ardmore Jimmy’s, with the [...]
Entries from December 2011
Jimmy’s Egg Serves a Great Breakfast with Options
December 21st, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (3)
Who Dat? Nation Imports
December 20th, 2011 by John Bobb-Semple – Comments (3)
Zapps Potato Chips, Leidenheimer’s Bread, Camellia Beans, Tony Chachere’s Seasoning, and Café Du Mode Coffee: All imports of the Who Dat? Nation available here in Tulsa. Where you may ask? Herbert’s Specialty Meat’s near the intersection of Lewis and 71st street. As a native New Orleanian and Oklahoma transplant, I was shocked to find so [...]
Change Up Your Monday with these Fine Specials
December 12th, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (2)
When John Phillips wrote that hit song about how dreadful Mondays are, you can tell he wasn’t living in Tulsa. If he were, he’d have been too excited about the special restaurant deals waiting for him on Monday evening to even start thinking bad thoughts about the first day of the work week. Here are [...]
Roseanna’s in Krebs Serves Italian Food in a Colorful Historic Setting
December 8th, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (8)
Roseanna’s in Krebs. Mediocre Italian food in a colorful historic setting. “Wow, there’s nothing here but shacks and Italian restaurants!” I said. “Why Italian restaurants?” To answer that, you have to go back a long long way. It started with Louis XIV. His grand flamboyant reign bankrupted France, and just after he died in 1715, [...]
Off Menu Special Dishes at Gemma’s are that of a Top Chef Master
December 2nd, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (6)
People sometimes ask me how I manage to ferret out such great dining places. Well, it’s mostly intuition. But there’s one sure rule. If Ian van Anglen is the chef, just go. Even if it’s way on the other side of town, go. And now that he’s cooking at Gemma’s, right on Brookside, there’s no [...]
3 Parties 1 Night, Food from 3 Restaurants – How to Get Your Tickets
December 2nd, 2011 by Staff – Comments (0)
There are few places where the artistry and craft of the cigar are celebrated. The general public forgets this time honored tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. The Cigar Box is a part of the remnant working to insure that Tulsa never forgets that tradition. Providing cigar smokers with the opportunity [...]
