A "WOW" restaurant 4 Tulsa

[inteller]

Fayetteville doesnt have a dim sum place.  So take them to Guang Zhou.  Its not fancy, but then again compared to readl dim sum places on Hong Kong the place is a palace.  

And dont let your friend tell you Fayetteville is better than Tulsa, the Fayetteville that was better than Tulsa died years ago when it became a commercialized strip of bull****.

The cool vibe of Fayetteville has slowly been replaced with weekend warriors on their shiny harleys and smug dumbasses going to some Hawgs game.

[AMP]

I will be on the road with our traveling circus this upcoming week.  Heading to the New Orleans area via Shreveport to produce a three day event.  

Actually my fav spot to stop and eat is a small side of the road Hamburger joint in Hugo, Oklahoma near the West side of town on 271 Business.  There is also a nice Steak House there, but it seems to always be packed.  

If we leave early enough, we always try to stop in Krebs for some marvelous Italian food for lunch.  Lots of choices from the We produce an event there during the Italian Festival, and I always take the staff there for lunch.

Never understood why Tulsa did not have a culture food area with all the different nationalities that settled here.  

Kreb's Italian Food:

Pete's Place is one of the more formal ones, they have large portions and keep you busy eating.  They also serve their own brewed beer named Choc. The Isle of Capri is the most formal and serves some good old fashioned Italian. Roseanna's down the street is more home town atmosphere set in an old house.  Then in McAlester there is Giacomos pronounced Jock A Mos.   This is my favorite as they also serve steak there.  

I have never found any food in Louisiana that I was happy with.  Way too much spice for me.  

Anyone have any suggestions for the trail we take twice a year there?

I will take some photos of restaurants along the trail and post them if I have time.  

[AMP]

For a chain I like Logan's Road House.  I used to like the Salt Grass Steak House, but last couple of times I ate there I was not happy with the quality of their steak.  

Called their corporate and told them they could get much better steak at Resors or Perry's in Tulsa.  Who ever is supplying them with meat is not being honest about the cuts.  Salt Grass still has some great butterfly shrimp, closest to Penningtons I have tasted they claim to make their own Tarter and Coctail Sauce every day fresh.  It is very close to Arch Pennington's if you ever had their Shrimp in a basket dinner.  Came with a salad with French Dressing, a hot fresh dinner roll, fries and some huge Shrimp you could actually taste and chew on.

Not the dinky midget shrimp places try to pawn off on you today.  More breading than shrimp. LOL

[AMP]

Tulsa used to have some great places to eat.  Most are long gone.

Golden Drumstick at 11th and Yale Yummy and their "Treasure Chest" was a big hit.  Remember the Honey on their hot fresh baked rolls....

Ikes Chili Parlor Downtown Tulsa Yummmmm

The original Coney Island Downtown - My dad always said the more grease you see on the outside of the brown paper bag the better.

That steak house out on South Lewis about 91st street.  Way back in the day.

Partners on 11th Street

Chuck Wagon Hamburgers on 11th Street Giant Wheel Burger and Onion Rings

[inteller]

damn dude you must weigh 500 lbs as much as you eat out.

[AMP]

Nah, that is a around 20 years worth of memories going back to the Golden Drumstick.  It later became the Middle Path more of a Veggie New Age type place way before its time.  

I do have to eat out alot when we are on the road unless I know someone in the cities we are producing events in.  I typically get home cooked food when we do our Holiday Shows.  Those are some of my favorites.  Last Thanksgiving I had a wonderful Turkey dinner with friends out of town.

Biggest problem is most folks want to take you to their favorite high priced restaurant in town when you arrive.  

I am 6ft tall and weigh 210, I could lose a few pounds but last time I tried a non-fat diet I ended up in surgery for my Gall Bladder so no fad diets for me again. My surgeon told me he had made over $500,000 that year from removing organs from people that had been on fat free diets and such.  He named his big boat at Grand Lake "Slim Fast" !  

[AMP]

I am reminded of Great Home Cooked Meals.  A few years ago we spent a weekend up in Northern Oklahoma with Leon Russell and his band during Thanksgiving week.  We all enjoyed a fine meal prepared by Big Emily Smith and her friend and our old neighbor in Tulsa Linda.  

It was a tradition for years that Leon and the band would stop in at Linda's when she lived in Southern Hills for the traditional Thanksgiving Feast.  The Thanksgiving Feast must of been brought on in part by Arlo's Alice's Restaurant album, perhaps.  

Linda prepares the most wonderful French Charlotte dessert, it literally melts in your mouth.  

[Miss Solemnis]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

. Flavor's is closing. He is opening a new restaurant by the river at Kings Landing..

Just to clarify...Flavors is not closing.  The Tulsa World incorrectly reported that.

[Johnboy976]

I know that this isn't in Tulsa, but it's close enough... Back Street Bistro in Jenks, just across the river, about a half mile. And don't forget "In the Raw" on the top of Shadow Mountain on 61st. It has a nice view of the city, and overlooks downtown.

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

Fayetteville doesnt have a dim sum place.  So take them to Guang Zhou.  Its not fancy, but then again compared to readl dim sum places on Hong Kong the place is a palace.  

And dont let your friend tell you Fayetteville is better than Tulsa, the Fayetteville that was better than Tulsa died years ago when it became a commercialized strip of bull****.

The cool vibe of Fayetteville has slowly been replaced with weekend warriors on their shiny harleys and smug dumbasses going to some Hawgs game.

Fayetteville and Tulsa aren't too comparable, really.  Fayetteville is a much smaller city.  However, the "cool vibe" in Fayetteville is just getting started actually.  There are currently 3 urban loft mid-rise complexes under construction in the downtown Fayetteville area.  Granted, The area near the mall in Fayetteville has become a typical suburban sprawl area, but that doesn't mean the urban flavor is gone by any means.  If anything, Fayetteville should serve as a perfect example of why Tulsa needs to promote and enhance its urban identity.  Fayetteville has most of the same suburban restaruants and stores Tulsa does.  What Fay. doesn't have is Tulsa's arts scene and urban character.  Fayetteville is a very charming little city, but Tulsa is a true urban city.
Can you tell I'm a Razorback that grew up in Tulsa?

[perspicuity85]

BTW, I recommend Camerelli's on Cherry St.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by BKDotCom

Brasserie, Stonehorse, Polo Grill?
Cherry Street:  Tucci's, Palace Cafe?
Mahogany...

Not of the quality and style I was hoping for.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I though Flavor's, the Warren Duck Club, and McGills were supposed to be in this range.

I wouldn't know.

Out of style. Atmosphere reminds me of what you would expect to find in a nursing home.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

The Wildfork (Utica), The Summit Club (Downtown), Table Ten (Brookside), The Checker Board (Downtown-ish)...

Perhaps not the grand scale of the Oak Room or the Waldorf, but very fine places to eat with top notch food and nice atmosphere.  CERTAINLY all of the above fulfill your criteria of sleek and contemporary with nice atmosphere, 4 star food, and the ability to drop $200 on a dinner for 2.  Certainly any should be enough to impress a date.

Also, the room service at the Double Tree is nice - wink wink.

Wild Fork...Ho hum, crowded dining room, cluttery feel, nothing special.

Summit Club... too "private" and quiet, aka boring, plus I am too working class to pay the 2,000 plus a year dues lol.

Table Ten... small town wanna be, not even a decent try.

Chalkboard...you have to be kidding.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by AMP

Jamil's is still my all time favorite.  

Best flavor, large portions, 4 or 5 course meals and lots of fun watching the drunks and mixed variety of people there.  One night there were 5 OHP at one table, four drunks at another and one person fell flat face first on the floor making a loud ca-blam noise.  It was classic, wish I had my video camera for that one.  

Fancy Smancy linens and decorations don't fill you up.  I travel over 65,000 miles to 12 states every year, and I have never found another restaurant/steak house where I get as much quality food to eat for $9.95 as I do at Jamil's, and the entertainment is free!

 

No comment, to all your posts, lol.  I think your either from a completely different planet or we are talking about a completely different subject. []