Tulsa Food

The true sign of spring is upon us. For me, it’s not 70+ degree weather, or Easter, or even spring break. Instead, it is the first farmers market of the year and it’s happening this weekend on Cherry Street. While most Tulsans are familiar with the Cherry Street Farmers Market, you may not know that [...]

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 [...]

Dining at SMOKE on Cherry Street provides a unique execution of otherwise ordinary dishes. With a locally grown focus and a high standard for the finest quality of food you can expect nothing but excellence from SMOKE. Not your ordinary salad, the Bacon and Egg salad is full of goodies like Frisee lettuce, Goat Cheese, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I was told by a few people not to miss out on the Breakfast Brats by Pork-n-Greens at the Cherry Street Farmers Market in Tulsa. They we right as you can see by watching the video below as the breakfast brat I bit into explodes out one side of my mouth. The pork from that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lately, I’ve been pouring over some of my favorite food websites, cursing the shipping costs and wishing that I had a Fox and Obel (Chicago) or Zabar’s (NYC) down the street for me to shop for delectable and beautifully-wrapped food gifts. Let’s be honest, I waste way to much time with this, hoping that someday [...]

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 [...]

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?

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mother’s Day is a special day.  It is the one day that you can spoil your mom (or wife) all day!  Moms like to eat, so take her somewhere good for Sunday brunch.  We’ve compiled a list of our favorite brunch places in Tulsa.  Let us know what your favorites are and where you are [...]

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 [...]

Last week my husband and I took a road trip to Oxford, Mississippi. For all you super-cool book store lovers, you can guess exactly why Jeff and I went there. For all you others, I’ll just say that Jeff had an assignment to write an article for Publishers Weekly and I went along for the [...]

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. [...]