Tulsa Food

Everybody loves Mondo’s. That genial Italian trattoria was a south Tulsa mainstay for almost thirty years until its closing in 1997. Half of Tulsa, it seems, has treasured childhood memories of family meals eaten there. And so, when the Tulsa World announced that Mondo’s was reopening on Brookside, the ecstatic comments on the Internet suggested [...]

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, [...]

Stroll down Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy towards sunset and you’ll see rows of hundred year old russet-brown brick buildings, lots of tiny Italian restaurants, and happy diners seated outside. Inside those restaurants are stamped tin ceilings, tan walls, chintzy paintings and checkered tablecloths. A lot like this. This is Napoli’s Restaurant in Sand [...]

How could I have passed those rustic weathered wooden doors to Biga so many times and never gone inside? Once through them, it seemed as if I was the only person in Tulsa who hadn’t. All around me, couples and larger groups were being welcomed like long-lost friends. One man apologized for not having been [...]

What would you do if a really gorgeous girl invited you to dine at the Olive Garden? Some people might take a Faustian perspective and say that’s like selling your soul to the Devil. While I don’t believe that the Darden Corporation is Satan, I do think that, if Satan finds the time to laugh [...]

I have many great memories of my time in Rome- a good number involve food, no doubt. When we weren’t traveling, weekend nights were spent at our friends’ apartment; we talked and laughed into the wee hours of the night with our new-found friends abroad while enjoying a big jug of wine and a great [...]

Early on a Wednesday evening, TiAmo South Italian Restaurant is already crowded. Families pack the place. Large families. As many as 14 people are jammed around a long long table next to ours. Elegant, courteous waiters, the owner cruising from table to table, chatting with the regulars. TiAmo’s been around a long time. It’s a [...]

You may have heard that the Riverwalk is going through some hard times, but let it be known that there are still many businesses in the Riverwalk Crossing that are open for business and thriving. Gina & Guiseppe’s is one of them. The story of this lovely restaurant is a beautiful one. To make it [...]

Oliveto is offering some warm, hearty options during this cold holiday season. Just in time for the holidays, this Italian Bistro is mixing up its “Chalkboard Specials” to satisfy any palate. These specials are available through February. Some of the items include shrimp and chicken pasta, two filet entrées and a featured drink and dessert. [...]

Walk into Hey Mambo, Tulsa’s newest Italian restaurant, through the unassuming entrance, past the bar whose wood-paneled wine racks rise to the top of what must surely be a 25 foot ceiling, and into the splashy ultramodern decor of the dining area, and you’ll see a big poster of busty young women harvesting rice. It’s [...]

Dalesandro’s has moved around a lot over the years, from its downtown beginnings to Skiatook, then back to downtown and finally to its present spacious, airy accommodations at the corner of 18th and Boston. It has a band of rabidly devoted followers who have followed it wherever it went, people who might have made a [...]

Restaurant Week Starts This Sunday and Continues September 12 – 18 2010 Are you in the mood to eat at some of the greatest restaurants in Tulsa at a great price, all while helping a great cause? Well this is your week. Restaurant Week starts this Sunday and includes 16 great restaurants. You can pick [...]

Wolfgang Puck, like Dior and Armani, is one of those names that seeps into your subconscious without your being quite aware of it. You know little or nothing about the man, but the very sound drips glamour. Wolfgang Puck, the man, is worth knowing about. Born in Austria, he worked with some of the world’s [...]

If you take one of those lesser-known subway lines out of Manhattan, slow-moving trains like the L or the R or the N, and go way out into Brooklyn, you might find yourself in one of those old and fast-disappearing neighborhoods where everyone knows everyone else and everyone’s grandparents hailed from Italy. Walk along the [...]

I’ve just eaten the best spaghetti in Tulsa. That’s what I said last year when I first ate at Villa Ravenna, and now on my second visit, I can say that again. For me, good Italian food brings back memories… It was a warm summer night many years ago. I could see the moon blazing [...]

Piatto Cucina Italian Restaurant will be opening its doors Monday (March 1st)  for lunch!  Owners Marcia Harris and Angelo Amabile were gracious enough to invite us in for a “sneak-peek” and boy were we in for a surprise! Piatto is a celebration of tastes in Italian cuisine. The standard here is “to do as little [...]

Winners announced… Thank you for participating. More Giveaways coming soon! Listen-up Football fans!  This contest is simple.  The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and we want to help you win some free food.  If you have not heard of Bellacino’s, I can personally tell you: it is the only place in Tulsa, that I know [...]

Its a beautiful morning, and I get a phone call from a good friend that is in town! She had just gotten out of class at OSU-Tulsa, and asks me if I would like to go to lunch today.  Since she is new to Tulsa, she asks if there is a place I recommend close [...]

It’s lunch time, and we are HUNGRY!!!! A trip to Bellacino’s sounds like the perfect fix for a hungry office. Four of us decided to go out to lunch to this Pizza/Grinder heaven on Riverside Drive. The place was packed and smells from the huge, open kitchen were drifting through the restaurant. I could hardly [...]

With a unique approach to creating and presenting some of the most beautiful dishes in town, executive Chef Justin Thompson decided to create one of the specials that will be available during Restaurant Week. We also had the pleasure to speak with manager Mark Shefield at Sonoma Wine Bar and Bistro. Located in modern and [...]

For Restaurant Week 2010 Click here Eat at Tulsa’s Best for Less During Restaurant Week 2010 Here is some exciting news!!! Tulsa’s Annual Restaurant Week befitting the Community Food Bank is Sept 13th-19th. Sadly, according to the USDA, “Oklahoma is the eighth hungriest state in the nation and number seven in food insecurity, which means [...]

A group of friends and I have been anxiously awaiting the release of The Time Traveler’s Wife, the movie. So naturally we made plans to go and see it the day that it came out last Friday night. I met up with my friends in Owasso and we decided to try Arris Pizza before the [...]

Are you looking for a way to support a good cause while meeting new people? On July 30 from 5 PM to close Carrabba’s Italian Grill is hosting their “Mix it up for MDA” Event. Admission is $15 and includes a sampling of four new appetizers in addition to one of three signature cocktails: Blackberry [...]

Out for an afternoon drive, a friend and I stumbled across Freddie’s Hamburgers (not to be confused with the Freddie’s Frozen Custard chain). Freddie’s had been recommended from several different people on Tulsa Food and so we decided to stop in. The building is not much to look at but reminiscent of a grandma’s house [...]

If you are anything like me you are constantly looking for ways to take already wonderful food to the next level. That is why I am super excited about Hideaway Pizza’s new promotion that lets you play with sauces and toppings to create your own fabulous pizza. The Hideaway Pizza fan who assembles the most [...]

With Mayfest finally here, we are super excited to try all the amazing foods that Mayfest has to offer. Here are just a few of the amazing food you can get at Mayfest: ’¢ Flowering Onion ’¢ Jalapeno sausage on a stick ’¢ Curly Fries ’¢ Rootbeer Floats ’¢ Grilled Cuban Sandwich ’¢ Jumbo Corn [...]