Tulsa Food

A fancy martini with some fiery entertainment, that’s what you will find at the bar of Lucky’s Restaurant on Cherry Street. The small restaurant space combines a low-lit stylish bar area with amazing upscale appetizers and a true veteran bartender. For proof see below or visit Lucky’s for yourself. Want to grab a meal at [...]

Chef James Shrader is part of the Tulsa legend. Listen to the stories they tell, stories like you’d hear about an old-time oilman or cattle baron. They tell how he started cooking while still a kid, a young grade schooler in Seattle trying to devise the perfect spaghetti sauce. How his eyes were opened to [...]

Think about restaurants, think about Tex-Mex, and you’ll probably get an image of a lazy, cheerful little cantina with sombreros on lollipop-colored walls, indifferent food and service, and killer margaritas. Walk through the sculpted cast-iron doors of Mi Cocina, and those images will be forever dispelled. Mi Cocina, the first branch outside Texas of an [...]

I first fell in love with Lucky’s ten years before it opened. Appropriately enough, it was on Valentine’s Day. My mom had been sick, but she rallied, and I wanted to take her to dinner. The only place that wasn’t fully booked was a restaurant I’d never heard of. Grille 51, in a building at [...]

At Andolini’s, they take pizza seriously. Their master pizzaiolo learned his craft in Italy and he’s taught his apprentices well. That’s why, when I visited their brand-new Cherry Street branch, I took one look at their lovely dining room, brand-new but already homey and welcoming… and then took a table in front, near the open [...]

Soooo….what does the Wench love *almost* as much as CHEESE? PIG. All things pig. Bacon, chops, loin, trotters, belly, cheeks, shanks… you name it. Where is her favorite place to get great pork? Close to home. Meet Some of My Favorite Meat My friend Stephen Green is awesome. He is a husband, a father and [...]

In Tulsa, fine dining does not mean pretentious. It does mean dramatic spacious decor and flawless elegant cooking technique. It can be flamboyant, swaggering and purely Oklahoma. It can mean a dish like this. A Red Deer Chop flown in from Australia served with an Oaxacan Mole Coloradito — a rich complex sauce from southern [...]

Each and every month, one of my favorite spots in town to grab a bite and a pint comes out with a new specials menu, ranging from Soups, Appetizers, Desserts, delicious German specialties for Oktoberfest to one of my favorites, BURGERS. Last year I went down to Kilkenny’s with 8 other burger lovers, and we [...]

It’s been a fine year for fine dining. Never in the history of Tulsa have as many world-class restaurants opened as during 2010. Wolfgang Puck, The Kitchen, and Doc’s Wine Bar on Brookside. Blue Dome, Trula and Yokozuna downtown. Boston Deli’s chalkboard specials down south. We now have truly authentic Peruvian, Venezuelan, Malaysian and southern [...]

Tulsa always amazes me with its diverse selection of Sunday brunch spots. Seriously, try hitting a different local restaurant for brunch each Sunday and I promise your life will be awesome! Last Sunday we hit Kilkenny’s Irish Pub. At Kilkenny’s the pub atmosphere will win you over as you walk in. Much of the decor [...]

If you’re wondering why people rave about Genghis Grill so much, stop wondering and go try it for yourself. It’s a Mongolian Grill concept like no other, and I’ve seen it get more people hooked more than any other current restaurant concept. When you first walk into a Genghis Grill, you will be greeted by [...]

Opening in 2001, owner Brett Rehorn, decided that Tulsa needed an authentic Irish Bar with true Irish libations and food.  To ensure authenticity Brett spent in excess of $1 Million Dollars (said in your best Dr. Evil voice) to create his Irish Bar in Ireland and have it shipped back to Tulsa for assembly.  He [...]

Did you know that, at Tulsa’s Pie Hole Pizzeria on Cherry Street, any pizza lover can purchase dough enough for a large pizza for just $3? And that just up the street at 6th Street and Peoria Avenue at Centennial Park on Thursday afternoons there’s a wealth of pizza toppings available at The Pearl Farmers’ Market?

A couple of weeks ago I watched the movie Big Night. It was the first time I had ever seen it. It was a beautiful movie and although not a foreign film, it has that foreign film feel and look to it. The movie centers around a failing Italian restaurant owned by two Italian brothers [...]

At some point in my younger years, I decided without ever tasting it, and with complete certainty, that I did not like bread pudding. Case closed. Where would I ever have gotten such a notion? Um, let me think, oh yeah, my mother. She never cared for bread pudding, regarding it as nothing more than [...]

Spring is the absolute freshest time of year. For me, it is a great time to be renewed spiritually, mentally and physically. It is a time to explore this wonderful city we live in with shorts and sandals on – and our eyes open to take in all the beautiful colors, smiles and new life. [...]

Our friends at Genghis Grill want to feed YOU and help you feed a great cause. If you don’t know about Genghis Grill, they are Tulsa’s newest addition to Cherry Street, serving up amazing Mongolian Stir Fry dishes. When: Monday February 22nd Where: Genghis Grill on Cherry Street Time: 11am-10pm Dine-in or Take-out Why: 20% [...]

Valentine’s Day is a special time to really show what you are made of to your spouse. This year we are really challenging you to go above and beyond to express one thing…that’s Love. We know that Tulsa isn’t the city of love, however, there are many locally owned romantic restaurants that are sure to [...]

Tulsa now has a Genghis Grill, right on 15th Street near Utica. Since this is a chain, I’ll just say a few words about the Tulsa location — such as the prices, which are evidently lower than most locations, $11 at lunch for all you can eat. It features Asian-influenced stir fries, made to order. [...]

There’s a guy named Pirate Prentice who puts in a brief appearance right at the beginning of Thomas Pynchon’s masterpiece Gravity’s Rainbow. There he is, standing right in the middle of an enormous penthouse high over the bombed-out rubble of wartime London, presiding over a huge roomful of raucous drunks, calmly cooking a 20 course [...]

It’s been a busy week here at the Tulsa Restaurant Deals HQ. Most importantly we’ve added a new category to our homepage – neighbourhoods.  So whether you live in Broken Arrow or you like to party on Brookside you can ferret out discount deals with the minimum of fuss. We also found our first exclusive [...]

Classy, stylish, sophisticated atmosphere, and some of the most elaborate food in town. Lucky’s menu, created by owners Matt and Brooke Kelley themselves, features something appealing for everyone. The menu was inspired by Matt’s extensive culinary training and visiting many culturally diverse places such as New York, Chicago and Mexico to create this lush menu [...]