Tulsa Food

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), [...]

Downtown Tulsa has a distinct lack of options for the après theatre crowd. That became clear last Friday as my husband and I, peckish after the ballet, searched in vain for a place to grab a night cap and a bite. It was a few minutes before 11pm and after striking out on several fronts, [...]

“Oh you should have seen the Philtower in all its glory!” crowed my neighbor’s friend. She’d worked there 40 years before. Ah but I had. I’d been there the night before. I stepped inside the lobby, its walls glowing like a cathedral, the ethereal Gothic sculpting as fine as when Edward Delk designed it in [...]

This post is brought to you by OKfoodie, the only radio show in Oklahoma for foodies. After staking his claim as one of Tulsa’s top chefs in the kitchens of Caio, The Brasserie, Sonoma and Duke’s, Chef Justin Thompson finally has his own place, Juniper. It’s easily the most-talked-about restaurant opening in Tulsa in the [...]

A Tulsa tradition for 28 years, a Taste of Tulsa benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Oklahoma, is an elegant black tie (optional) event more than 900 guests enjoy the evening featuring food from over 50 of the area’s finest restaurants, silent and live auctions, a wine pull, live music and dancing with the fabulous [...]

When John Phillips wrote that hit song about how dreadful Mondays are, you can tell he wasn’t living in Tulsa. If he were, he’d have been too excited about the special restaurant deals waiting for him on Monday evening to even start thinking bad thoughts about the first day of the work week. Here are [...]

It was 5 PM on opening night and we were the very first customers ever to visit Juniper, Justin Thompson’s new restaurant in the Blue Dome District. But the place hummed with the quiet assurance of a long-established restaurant at the top of its game. Not surprising, since the waiters have been attending daily six-hour [...]

Marshall Brewing Company will soon release Oktoberfest Lager as fall seasonal. Marshall Brewing Company will officially launch Oktoberfest Lager at Fassler Hall on September 1st, 2011 from 5:00PM-7:00PM. The launch party will be the exclusive first offering of Oktoberfest Lager on draft and will feature brewmaster Eric Marshall and the Marshall Brewing team. Oktoberfest Lager [...]

I adore going to brunch on the weekend. There is something so perfect about the mid morning time, the diverse menu options, and the boisterous banter from the locals all speaking of all the exciting plans or events they look forward to. It’s a “happy meal” without the drive thru. Dilly Deli has a great [...]

No one would ever walk along the drab, nondescript blocks of Third Street west of Main without a reason. Now there is a very good reason. Turn into a doorway just past Boulder and you will be here. It’s a well-lit place with high ceilings, but you’re not here for the decor. You’re here for [...]

Fat Guys Burger Bar is a special kind of joint here in Tulsa. If you’ve been there then you understand what I’m talking about. A menu of only double burgers with a list of addictive specialty burgers and one which I cannot get over. Whether your in the mood for a quality double cheeseburger, a [...]

“These are the best sides in Tulsa!” I exclaimed as we fought over the last onion ring. “And maybe the best beans anywhere.” “Certainly the best fried okra,” said Cathe. We used the word “best” a lot that evening. Usually I feel a twinge of guilt when I review a place that’s been open only [...]

You may know what I’m talking about from the famous hot-dog stands that make their way around downtown Tulsa and Peoria. This week that changes.  The Dog House is officially open in the old Phat Philly’s location (1101 South Detroit Avenue Tulsa, OK 74120). At the newly renovated brick and mortar location owner Josh and [...]

Rejoice!  For the Lord has risen!  Easter is here.  A time for tradition, family, sunshine (hopefully) and everyone’s favorite meal, Brunch.  We wanted to help you celebrate Easter this year by providing you with a list of fine Tulsa establishments providing Brunch.  Also keep in mind that many of these locally owned restaurants will also [...]

I wanted great food. But Cathe had her teenage daughter in town, and she was bringing an exchange student who had just flown over from Japan, so she wanted a fun place. So we went to Caz’s. They claim to offer gourmet-worthy versions of typical Oklahoma dishes — “upscale, down-home cooking!” — so I thought [...]

Yesterday I asked the @TulsaFood Twitter followers what their favorite thing was about Spring, I got few answers. Actually, I got one answer. Baseball! That answer was from JagerMunkey. As I was headed to Fat Guy’s Burger Bar, located on Greenwood Ave which literally sits on the edge of the outfield gate at ONEOK Field, [...]

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 [...]

A new place. A talented chef. Seriously good barbecue. If I wrote reviews for Twitter, that would be my review of TreeHouse. But you’ll want more detail. First of all, the place. It used to be Oscar’s, and years before that it was a barbecue, bar and blues joint — which, in a way, it [...]

Back Alley Blues and BBQ, opening in April 2011, has a unique plan for its menu that brings the community and charitable giving together. Back Alley’s “Side Search” is a three-month series of monthly cook-offs where the community members will provide their best recipes for pre-determined side dishes to be selected for the restaurant’s menu. [...]

“You’re in a downtown bar!” I told my friends as they looked around in fearful wide-eyed wonder. “You’re in a downtown bar!” Yes, there are people who would never in their lives set foot in a downtown bar unless they have a very good reason. The best hot dogs and fries around — that’s reason [...]

If you’re an East Coast transplant homesick for New York and you can’t afford the price of a plane ticket home, just get yourself to the corner of Brady and Main. You’ll find a row of old brick houses that could have been moved brick by brick from the city where walking is a pastime [...]