TLO Restaurant Review: Big Ed’s Hamburgers
It’s been a little over five years since Big Ed Thomas, the impresario behind Big Ed’s Hamburgers, shed this mortal coil and there’s not a conversation about burgers—and I have a lot of them—that goes...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Del Rancho
One of the most frequent requests I get from TLO sycophants and husky-pants alike is to cave in and review the legendary local chain that is Del Rancho. And who can really blame them? In Oklahoma, this...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Pancho’s Mexican Buffet
I’ve always found it funny how whenever I bring up the long-lost Tex-Mex buffet chain Pancho’s, there’s always that one gabacho who is ever so quick to inform me that “That’s not real Mexican food!!!”...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: KD’s Southern Cuisine
One afternoon, coming out of a movie at Harkins, I was walking to my car parked in the lot clearly marked for Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill patrons only. I was pretty terrified that my vehicle...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Red Dog Café
When you’re 21, a debaucherous night with the fellas at a strip club is the ultimate party-time go-to, roughly the Axe body-spray equivalent of a trip to Enterprise Square but with far more well-timed...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Nic’s Grill
“What took you so long?” This is what people kept asking me when I admitted that last week was the first time I ever had a cheeseburger combo from Nic’s Grill. I mean, it’s not like I haven’t tried to...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: OnCue Express
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, let’s be honest: you’re not gonna be eating in town. No, if you’re lucky enough to escape this wet, tornadic hellhole, if only for three days, chances are a new...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Eischen’s Bar
Not to get all “Is this a great state or what?” on you, but one of the best things about living in Oklahoma is that even driving to get a plate of fried chicken can be a sojourn into a another world...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: Church’s Chicken
Back in the late 90s, when Louis was a fresh-faced pup out of high-school and entering the big, mean ol’ real world, one of the quickest ways to earn a couple of bucks for an impromptu date night, an...
View ArticleTLO Restaurant Review: The Powerhouse
There I was, standing in the middle of the dusty road, waiting for a cement truck to allow me to cross over into the parking lot of the Powerhouse, 1228 SW 2nd Street. The Farmers Market, the latest in...
View ArticleTLO Travelogues: Sad Papaw’s Cookout
I can identify with Sad Papaw quite a bit. While I have no grandkids. I tend to eat most of my meals alone, often times inviting people to dinner only to be politely shot down because they have better...
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