Favorite restuarants in OKC (Edmond, Yukon: house, live in, restaurants)

[Emery'sMommy]

Just wondering what are some of everyone's favorite restuarants in the OKC area? I've lived here for about 3 years now and feel like we go to the SAME places, always chains like Chilis, Interurban, etc.

[_redbird_]

For a good cheap lunch buffet, there's a chinese restaurant close to N50th and Western, actually its on 50th across the street from the drug store and the post office. Great food. Mostly lunch crowd, but the food is always fresh and doesn't all taste the same. Sorry, having a senior moment and can't remember the name of it...
And we hit Cheesecake Factory by the Penn Square Mall. It is too crowded though. That place is for birthdays and the like. We live farrr from OKC and only come in once in a while.

[peggydavis]

Try Cattlemen's in Stockyards City for steaks.

[OKC]

Emery it sounds like you might live in Edmond which has the most commercial chains because of growth- losing its personality.
Here are about 1/20 of places to eat in a city of 550,000- hard to believe you cant find any?!?- you might check the free phone book or google simple sites that can help your search.

abuelos
allens Cafe
aria grill
beacon club
biting sow
bourbon street cafe
bricktown brewery
bricktown burgers
bricktown live
caffeinas cafe /dessert
centerfield grill
chelinos
chicken ect.
china chef
city bites
coaches
coney island
crabtown
daquiri zone
deep duece grill
earls
golden dragon
greek and seafood
cheevers cafe
saigon baguette
groundflor cafe
happy house
harvey street grill
hideaway
interurban city express
java daves
jonnys lunch box
boulevard cafe
la luna
library of fine foods
lit
makers cigar lounge
marble slab
melting pot
mickey mantles
museum cafe
nonnas
othellas-bricktown
over the counter
peacock
petroleum club
pizza town
richeys deli
ricolettos
rockys
snow pea
speghetti warehouse
stumpys
sub stop
sunshine cafe
sweets and eats
tapwerks
thai kitchen
pho 2000
the buzz cafe
the italian express
the mantel wine bistro
the other place
someplace else
the sandwichery
tobys keiths
trattoria il centro
uncommon grounds
wormy dog
zios
iron starr
VZDs
sushi neko
musashis *** steakhouse
wills cafe
gabriellas
deep fork
flips
irmas
the metro
charlei newtons
**** o walk
tokyo sushi
The Coach House
The Metro
sipangos
cafe nova
pearls
grand blvd cafe
bin 73 wine/cafe
saturn grill
teds escondito
jimmys egg
bellinis
classen grill
15th str grill
allies american
allishas a touch of class tea
anns chicken fry
applewoods
arie grill
ashleys
backyard grill
baldys
belle isle
big d
black eyed pea
black gold rest
boars head
boomerang grill
brandywine room
brass rose
bread basket by io rita
bristol station
bubbas bbq
canterbury brit cafe
caseys chicken
cathy cupboard
cattlemans
charlestons
charlei newtons
chequers rest
china chef
chisolm chuck wagon
cimmarron steak
countyline
cousins
crocketts
dairy kurl
dinos
dans alley
dugout
eddys
futos
on the border
red rock canyon
onion burger cafe

Emery- just try looking them up-southside has alot of chains also, you might have to drive 5 mins to find these rests. goodluck-cheers

[Emery'sMommy]

Originally Posted by OKC

Emery it sounds like you might live in Edmond which has the most commercial chains because of growth- losing its personality.
Here are about 1/20 of places to eat in a city of 550,000- hard to believe you cant find any?!?- you might check the free phone book or google simple sites that can help your search.

abuelos
allens Cafe
aria grill
beacon club
biting sow
bourbon street cafe
bricktown brewery
bricktown burgers
bricktown live
caffeinas cafe /dessert
centerfield grill
chelinos
chicken ect.
china chef
city bites
coaches
coney island
crabtown
daquiri zone
deep duece grill
earls
golden dragon
greek and seafood
cheevers cafe
saigon baguette
groundflor cafe
happy house
harvey street grill
hideaway
interurban city express
java daves
jonnys lunch box
boulevard cafe
la luna
library of fine foods
lit
makers cigar lounge
marble slab
melting pot
mickey mantles
museum cafe
nonnas
othellas-bricktown
over the counter
peacock
petroleum club
pizza town
richeys deli
ricolettos
rockys
snow pea
speghetti warehouse
stumpys
sub stop
sunshine cafe
sweets and eats
tapwerks
thai kitchen
pho 2000
the buzz cafe
the italian express
the mantel wine bistro
the other place
someplace else
the sandwichery
tobys keiths
trattoria il centro
uncommon grounds
wormy dog
zios
iron starr
VZDs
sushi neko
musashis *** steakhouse
wills cafe
gabriellas
deep fork
flips
irmas
the metro
charlei newtons
**** o walk
tokyo sushi
The Coach House
The Metro
sipangos
cafe nova
pearls
grand blvd cafe
bin 73 wine/cafe
saturn grill
teds escondito
jimmys egg
bellinis
classen grill
15th str grill
allies american
allishas a touch of class tea
anns chicken fry
applewoods
arie grill
ashleys
backyard grill
baldys
belle isle
big d
black eyed pea
black gold rest
boars head
boomerang grill
brandywine room
brass rose
bread basket by io rita
bristol station
bubbas bbq
canterbury brit cafe
caseys chicken
cathy cupboard
cattlemans
charlestons
charlei newtons
chequers rest
china chef
chisolm chuck wagon
cimmarron steak
countyline
cousins
crocketts
dairy kurl
dinos
dans alley
dugout
eddys
futos
on the border
red rock canyon
onion burger cafe

Emery- just try looking them up-southside has alot of chains also, you might have to drive 5 mins to find these rests. goodluck-cheers

Wow thanks for the list- I definitely do not live in Edmond...lol just the opposite, the Yukon/Mustang area where there's a lot of nothing to eat. Maybe I should of asked, any places over here on the south/southwest side of town that are good besides all the chains on meridian?

[happytown]

I know what you are saying- that area is great for expansion and the house market is booming(great for investmentt/but a lot of OKC is now also!). But I have been around in the area and they do have a lot of chains. It is good and bad. Tough to start out with great local eats before big chains in a developing city. The drive is pretty far, but with the interstate(sorry OKC has so many i cant remember the name-- I-40?). you can get down to downtown/bricktown/stockyards area at least once a week for a lot of fun and a great meal. I did know someone in your area i will try to ask about the local eats/but we dont speak too much anymore(sad). good luck-

[Synopsis]

The Bricktown area has a lot of great restaurants. Lots of chains, which people tend to complain about, but if the food is good what does it matter? Bricktown is an excellent area to get out and enjoy the evening. I stayed in the Bricktown Marriot and loved it; a short walk from everything downtown OkC has to offer.

[happytown]

Not many chains at all actually- especially around downtown. Starbucks/ Sonic(locally owned)/hooters/sphegetti warehouse/abuelos are the only franchises that I currently know of. I believe you are thinking retail. Tobys thing, although it seems to be a chain- is not. This might have given you that impression, which I understand, because it seems to be a bit of a box. Look up bricktown eateries and you will find a list. I might be wrong, but the locals definitely have a greater influence. I would say 80% are local.

[Synopsis]

That's good to hear. I didn't know that (chains prevailed) for sure, so the bigger presence of local eateries is a good thing.

[happytown]

I should have mentioned N.Western Ave. to her- as far as I know it has zero chains. Many great small local places to eat;my favorite hang outs!