Category Archives: Food/Restaurants

Nonna’s Does It Right

By The Taste Buds   Summer and vegetable gardens – they go together like appetite and sustenance. Like corn dogs frying and stomachs growling. Like knives and forks clinking and croutons crunching. One gets the idea.   We Taste Buds, … Continue reading

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BENVENUTI’S Ristorante – “Welcome” to the Norman Home of Classical Italian Cuisine

By The Taste Buds “Our goal is to ensure the finest dining experience for every customer. We insist on the highest quality ingredients, food individually prepared to your taste, unparalleled service from reservations to “Ciao,” all delivered in a setting … Continue reading

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Cantina Laredo

By The Taste Buds   La bienvenida a los lectores (Welcome readers).   Que son las papilas gustativas (We are The Taste Buds).   Buscamos la ciudad para encontrar buena comida (We search the city to find great food).   … Continue reading

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ROYAL BAVARIA

By The Taste Buds Oom Pah Pah, oom pah pah, that’s how it goes. Oom Pah Pah, oom pah pah, everyone knows. They all suppose what they want to suppose, When they hear oom pah pah. Actually from the musical … Continue reading

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KAMP’S 1910 Café – A Modern-day Dining Car

By The Taste Buds   Here’s a favorite Taste Buds story …   Once, The Taste Buds were eating breakfast at one of Oklahoma City’s all-you-can-eat-style restaurants with Oklahoma City chef Phil Custino, owner of Custino’s Italian Restaurants. As it … Continue reading

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INSPIRATIONS GIFTS, DÉCOR and TEA ROOM, EDMOND

By Kim Thomas for The Taste Buds   Teatime is coming together to enjoy sweet fellowship face to face and heart to heart.   The heady smell of apple-cinnamon scones hits as you open the door to Inspirations Gifts, Décor … Continue reading

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THE 809 SPORTS GRILL

By The Taste Buds   It’s time for the Taste Buds to “man up.”   Sure, we’ve been all over town, keeping our jackets on at the table, pouring wine and eating with our pinkies raised. And we’ve had a … Continue reading

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SIGNATURE GRILL of EDMOND

By The Taste Buds “Isn’t it romantic? Music in the night, a dream that can be heard Isn’t it romantic? Moving shadows write the oldest magic word”     Ah, yes … soft lights, Siriusly Sinatra playing low on the … Continue reading

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Tickle Your Ribs at Ken’s Steakhouse in Amber, OK

  By Bud Elder For its December travel feature, distinctly Oklahoma will be exploring a phenomenon familiar to those in the travel industry as “destination dining,” which, in laymen’s terms, loosely translates to “We don’t mind at all driving an … Continue reading

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The Bavarian Delights of Ingrid’s Kitchen

By The Taste Buds   (Call to mind the Monkees’ theme song …) Here we come … Searching for a treat, Get the funniest looks when We load our plates and eat. Hey, hey, we’re The Taste Buds …   … Continue reading

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