Tulsa Food

Back in the day, back when Elvis sang and streamlined big-fin cars cruised and the whole of 66 was a restless throbbing ribbon spanning the heartland, linking Chicago to Hollywood dreams, back when things were simple and people were friendly (or so it seems now, looking back), there were places like this. Back in the [...]

“Come on Milk,” says his rascally friend Guitar Bains in Toni Morrison’s magical novel “Song of Solomon”. “This ain’t New York; choices are limited.” But this was fifty years ago and more, he wasn’t in Tulsa, and he wasn’t looking for fried chicken. New fried chicken places are springing up in Tulsa every week or [...]

Back in the ’90s, downtown Tulsa rolled up the sidewalks at sunset, turned out the lights and went home to bed. Every year or so someone or other would announce a grand new plan to draw people downtown, to bring back the glory days when people promenaded down Main Street, window-shopping at the dozens of [...]

Tulsa has more great fried fish and pork and chicken places than any city has a right to expect, from Evelyn’s by the airport to Lazy Fisherman way down south in Bixby. But Sweet Lisa’s just might win the crown. A place like that in New York would have lines out the door. Sweet Lisa’s [...]

I’ve never much liked the term “comfort food” but if you had to use it just once in your life, you’d probably use it about the food at Nelson’s Ranch House. When Dorothy was lounging in the Wizard of Oz’s fancy palace and all she could think of was going home, it might have been [...]

You Say “Spanky’s”, I say “HeHe”… then “Mmmm!”… then “UGGHHH!” I’m gonna go ahead and make the presumption here that this is going to be it’s own series. 1. – Because the entire experience was AWESOME, and 2. – Because it’s about a 3 minute drive from my house (yes, Tulsa Food Guy lives in [...]

Corner Cafe might not be the ideal Valentine’s Day date. however, if you are looking for a bit of an adventure and an awesome chicken fried steak on Tulsa’s stretch of Route 66…this is your spot. For some, walking into Corner Cafe will give you a feeling that will make you want to walk out [...]

Unless my ears are mistaken the merry sound of Christmas Muzac has invaded Tulsa’s Malls, so I thought we would celebrate with a couple of my favorite restaurant deals for couples and families to share. We’ll start with the great Hideaway Pizza which looks festive year round and is always a favorite with the kids. [...]

Chicory & Chives is a casual-style diner with tables, booths and metal coat racks still attached to the booths. They offer a daily lunch buffet and nice fresh salad bar.  Some of their main entrees are Meatloaf on Mondays, Smoked Pork Chops on Tuesdays, Chicken on Wednesday (we prepare it different ways), Thursday is Chicken [...]

With summer slowly beginning to fade I decided to join some friends up on Grand Lake. After spending the day relaxing on the waterfront, we went swimming and then went hiking down a spillway and then began to walk back through Disney, Oklahoma to the starting point of our trek. After all the activities of [...]