Tulsa may not be famous for its fine-dining restaurants, but it is a mine of Roadfood gold. Have breakfast of elegant pain perdu or house-made granola at Queenie’s or stop at Hodges Bend for an adult coffee cocktail with a jalapeno cheddar sausage roll. In a burger-rich state, Tulsa stands out as one of best places to eat them — preferably at Hank’s, Freddie’s, or the Linda-Mar Drive-In. There’s excellent BBQ, too, but if you decide to abjure red meat, consider the White River Fish Market, which, yes, gets its catfish from neighboring Arkansas and dishes out some of the best whole fried flounder this side of Charleston, South Carolina.
You wouldn’t expect to eat well out by the Tulsa airport in a building surrounded by light industry and warehouses. And nothing about the appearance of White River Fish Market will...
What a yummy trip it is to eat one's way from Chicago to L.A. along old Route 66! This tour of 21 excellent stops along the way includes some...
Yes, Tulsa. While not a culinary lodestar on the level of New Orleans or Santa Fe, T-Town is a Roadfood bonanza. Breakfast on elegant pain perdu or house-made granola...
Chili is like DNA: everybody's is different. Texans claim (rightfully) that history proves theirs to be the first. Or at least they were the first to make a big...
To quench ferocious thirst (non-alcoholically), few beverages are as welcome as horchata. A rice milk that varies from saki-thin to milk shake-thick, served on ice and dusted with cinnamon,...
Oklahoma hamburgers are some of the best in the nation. No state can claim more -- and more interesting -- different styles. El Reno, just west of Oklahoma City,...
Granola first was invented in the 1860s (not the 1960s) and eaten by health nuts of the day. It was a severe dish made from nothing but double-baked sheets...
There's no point getting into a flame war over which American hot dog is best. It's impossible, because the nation's hot dogs are so diverse. However, we will go...
There are good and interesting eats all along Route 66, from Chicago to San Berdoo. Oklahoma is especially well-endowed with restaurants that deliver good southwestern meals along with Mother...
