Tulsa Food

Mark your calendars for Monday Night (April 9th) and be sure to make reservations by calling (918) 492-4745. Check out the menu below and before you get stuck day-dreaming…pick up the phone and call! Don’t Miss It!!!!!  Here are a few pictures from one of the past Progressive Wine Dinners… Details: http://www.thebostondeli.com/Promotions.aspx  

I was recently out of town and got back just yesterday. For a number of reasons, not the least of which was an insanely good deal on airfare, I flew into and out of OKC. I landed late yesterday afternoon and hit the turnpike. By the time I struggled through the beginnings of rush-hour traffic [...]

If you see this purple lollipop of a truck and this lady is selling food from the back, stop and eat. If you pass it by, you’re missing something special. It’s not every day that you’ll find a food truck meal cooked and served by a graduate of one of the world’s premier cooking schools, [...]

The season is getting warmer. People are starting to mosey out of their home caves. Vacations are being planned. For those quick get-a-ways out of town, us Tulsans like to venture for a day or night to Oklahoma City. Bricktown is a well known and popular spot, but instead of going for the usual spot, [...]

Since moving to Oklahoma from Seattle, I’ve noticed a fair bit of overlap. Take, for example, our beloved Thunder, formerly the Seattle Supersonics, whose move preceded mine by a few months. With them came a slew of displaced Seattlites, ready to make Oklahoma City their new home. Here in Tulsa, we have at least two [...]

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 [...]

Two things you need to know about me: I am crazy about caesar salads and I’m a relatively recent Tulsa transplant. These facts are important because the way I acquaint myself with any new city is largely through eating – I hit the food blogs, page through Urban Spoon reviews and interrogate everyone I meet, [...]

Guillermo Rojas, a courtly old gentleman from Bolivia, was living in Buenos Aires 23 years ago when he got a phone call from a relative in Tulsa. She wanted him to run a Mexican restaurant. He had never eaten Mexican food in his life but he came to Tulsa and made Casa Laredo a success. [...]

A true test to a restaurant’s ability to keep the good food pumping out is on Friday and Saturday nights. When I heard the The Spudder had some new changes, I decided to put that to the test. We weren’t disappointed. The family and I showed up in casual fashion as this is a casual [...]

Every town of a certain size has a coffee aficionado-cum-cafe owner (and often roaster) whose passion for their product lends them a militant air, and Tulsa is no exception. DoubleShot Coffee, at 18th and Boston, and its owner Brian Franklin has stirred up more than its share of coffee-based controversy in its 8 short years. [...]

“Please delete those photos or I’ll lose my job!” Osage Casino has a strict no photos rule. If I had the photos I took of the lavish buffet spread, I could write a fine long review. But she seemed a nice lady — in fact all the staff were kind and helpful — and I [...]

Established almost a year ago, the new south location is nice little getaway from midtown and downtown areas. Sometimes those other places are too stuffed, packed, cramped, etc. They get you in and get you out. A systematic routine of hording the hungry zombies. Not Cardigans. So, when mom called and said, “Lets do lunch!”, [...]

When a friend called to ask if I wanted to go to a wine dinner with her at Boston Deli, I was taken aback for a minute. Did she mean that chain place famous for their broasted chicken?? Then I remembered – that one’s called Boston Market and I’d heard of this Boston Deli – [...]

Around here, when most people say “Let’s go out for Mexican” they want just one thing. They don’t want rigorously prepared authentic Mexican moles, the seven fabled sauces of Oaxaca that take all day to prepare. They don’t want an elegant place serving upscale entrees like La Cocina. No they want a big loud happy [...]

Supping in Suburbia: A Guide to Strip Mall Dining This is the first in a series of reviews aimed at finding great restaurants in that most unassuming of locales: the all American strip mall. Since moving to Tulsa last summer, it seems that most of my dining has been focused on a few choice areas. [...]

“It’ll be nice visiting a BBQ place with some good brews to accompany this type of food,” I said to myself as I passed by. A flash of history, Action Erection is actually a construction company. The very same that had to demolition Knotty Pine after the fire. The owner of the construction company decided [...]

There it is, adrift and out of place amid the drab desolation of a south Tulsa strip mall, next to a dollar theater and within sight of the Olive Garden across the street: a small and fiercely independent restaurant with a menu lovingly designed by a chef with a 25 year career in restaurants, including [...]

As a chef, I’m constantly asked for my restaurant recommendations. While I like to tailor my replies to each asker, I have a few favorites that I share with everyone. Herewith, my personal guide to eating Tulsa: The Palace Cafe 1301 E 15th St, Tulsa | 918.582.4321 One of the things that I appreciate most [...]

Yay! Wait, what? Whats a firkin? Well, a firkin is an old english unit of measure used to define a 1/4 of a barrel of beer. Traditionally, firkins were wooden casks that contained ale with a faucet for dispensing. At McNellies, just about every Thursday night, from around 5p-9p (or until the cask runs out), [...]

Working on the East side of town, I could probably go somewhere different for lunch every day for the next month and not have to eat at the same place twice. There are so many little privately owned places in the few surrounding miles that many people have never even heard of. Sad thing about [...]

From Green Country to the Big Easy, Fat Tuesday is an annual celebration of food and fun that no other holiday can match. Though we are 700 miles away from the party, T Town has some great places to celebrate. Hebert’s Specialty Meats Hebert’s Specialty Meats serves the best of Cajun cuisine. Providing cooked to [...]

It was Saturday and the prime time of the night, but Brookside was deserted. Bar after empty bar, all dismal and dreary, and then I wandered into R at the corner of 34th. Oh the place was packed! I could barely squeeze in the door. Sultry svelte women in those little black dresses and pearls, [...]