There have been multiple discussions about the best place for this or that and the what is most like Tulsa. What I'd like to hear is not where you would take visitors, but where is that place where the food isn't the best, the service isn't the best, and you're not proud of going, but you go there anyway.
For me it's the new Taco Tico for combo burritos and fruit pies, anyone else got one?
Goldies... actually, a lot of their food is really good... but I'm not exactly proud of saying I go there to clog my arteries.
Crow's Drive In on West 41st, anything on the menu.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
There have been multiple discussions about the best place for this or that and the what is most like Tulsa. What I'd like to hear is not where you would take visitors, but where is that place where the food isn't the best, the service isn't the best, and you're not proud of going, but you go there anyway.
For me it's the new Taco Tico for combo burritos and fruit pies, anyone else got one?
Arnold's at Union and I-44. The food is great. Too good. People often are pried out of their pick up trucks to waddle in for mountains of fries, huge cheeseburgers and lovely shakes.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
There have been multiple discussions about the best place for this or that and the what is most like Tulsa. What I'd like to hear is not where you would take visitors, but where is that place where the food isn't the best, the service isn't the best, and you're not proud of going, but you go there anyway.
For me it's the new Taco Tico for combo burritos and fruit pies, anyone else got one?
Brookside by Day for breakfast. The food is mediocre, the place always seems kind of dirty, and the staff is always rushed, but I still go back for more.
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Originally posted by cks511
Crow's Drive In on West 41st, anything on the menu.
I love their chicken fried steak sandwich.
A vanilla malt at Steve's Sundry...
Ollie's. Lunch buffet full of comfort food, all commissary-grade.
I think I've said before the only crime in Red Fork is the buffet at Ollie's, yet I still indulge in it.
Bills Jumbo Burgers, 2002 E. Admiral Blvd. Best in Tulsa. Call by 11:30 to get one by Noon.
Chas has mentioned my favorite Tulsa restaurant.
Bill's Jumbo Burgers are worthy of song, or at least a limerick or two.
They do any amazing to-go business (and have to because it only seats like five people). On Fridays, you have to call in by 10:45 to get burgers before noon.
The burgers are slow-cooked with lots of tiny onion bits mashed into the patty before cooking. The buns are put on top of the burger while cooking just long enough to have a thin crust on a fresh large bun.
The burgers are huge, topped with tomato and lettuce and are are incredibly affordable. One person can't eat the five dollar burger or two of the three dollar size. Our office will sometimes feed ten people for twenty dollars.
Nothing compares. I love burgers from Ron's, Hanks, Marge's, Goldie's, Weber's, Billy on the Square, Brownie's, Arnold's...all of them.
But Bill's Jumbo Burgers is the best.
Join me in song...
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Originally posted by recyclemichael
Chas has mentioned my favorite Tulsa restaurant.
Bill's Jumbo Burgers are worthy of song, or at least a limerick or two.
They do any amazing to-go business (and have to because it only seats like five people). On Fridays, you have to call in by 10:45 to get burgers before noon.
The burgers are slow-cooked with lots of tiny onion bits mashed into the patty before cooking. The buns are put on top of the burger while cooking just long enough to have a thin crust on a fresh large bun.
The burgers are huge, topped with tomato and lettuce and are are incredibly affordable. One person can't eat the five dollar burger or two of the three dollar size. Our office will sometimes feed ten people for twenty dollars.
Nothing compares. I love burgers from Ron's, Hanks, Marge's, Goldie's, Weber's, Billy on the Square, Brownie's, Arnold's...all of them.
But Bill's Jumbo Burgers is the best.
Join me in song...
Amen Brother! Shall we gather at the corner...the one where Bill's is cooking up our lunch...big or little, cheese or fries...they are precious in our eyes...
Been eating his stuff since my first Tribune paper route that dropped the bundles by his parking lot (originally just a little West of there in an old gas station building).
Bill's is truly worthy of song and story! I also love Phat Philly's.
The one truly guilty pleasure in accordance with the thread is the restaurant that is just outside of Cherokee Casino. I forget the name but they have a buffet that has fried catfish and a bunch of comfort food. It's not great catfish but I still go back again and again.
I need to add phat philly's to my list.. although I do take people there..
Don't forget Ike's Chili too, of course. (Great for a hangover lunch!)
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Bill's is truly worthy of song and story! I also love Phat Philly's.
The one truly guilty pleasure in accordance with the thread is the restaurant that is just outside of Cherokee Casino. I forget the name but they have a buffet that has fried catfish and a bunch of comfort food. It's not great catfish but I still go back again and again.
Pauline's
New to board, but coming out for this one. I've gotta give a shout out to Gus at Coney Island at 21 and Garnett.
Ask for "squeeze cheese"
I have not tried that coney island and yet I live nearby.
I will try it now.
I've been there a few times for lunch. Really good coneys. Cash only!
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Bill's Jumbo Burgers are worthy of song, or at least a limerick or two.
Bills is a really good burger. I like the sign inside..."This is not fast food". I can't believe they have a 2lb burger. It must be like eating a whole meatloaf!
The family that owns it is from Greece originally, so it is not the southwest-style chili so much, but something so, so much better!
My dad was one of his first customers back in 1974/75 is, when him and his buddies would go there for lunch from East Central High School...Gus, the owner, gave them coupons to distribute to classmates and it spread all over the school! Imagine a bunch of long-haired guys in the parking lot with their Camaro and Mustangs. Anyway, that's what dad remembers. Many are still regulars. They still have these OLD highchairs for kids that are probably 20+ years old but are cleaner than any highchairs I've seen anywhere in town. Including the one at my house.
As for Goldie's...another favorite. The husband and I went there a few weeks ago- so comforting. He tried to order the chili cheeseburger but the waitress said she would not advise it-too greasy. Now THAT is scary, too greasy from Goldies?[:P]
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I'm at home with 2 toddlers and sometimes going to this board is like having an adult conversation.
Coneys On!!![:O]
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Originally posted by Kashmir I'm at home with 2 toddlers and sometimes going to this board is like having an adult conversation.
And other times not...bud duh chi
I feel half alive.
I'm sitting here trying for the life of me to think of ONE guilty pleasure and can't! This is ticking me off - next week, I'm gonna get a Bill's Jumbo burger. How can I have lived in Tulsa for 13 years and not had one? And I work about a mile from it. That's just wrong.
I'm changing my ways, turning over a new leaf, I'm gonna get an injection of Tulsa and further clog these middle aged arteries. I'm a good person, and gosh-darn-it, I deserve it!
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Don't forget Ike's Chili too, of course. (Great for a hangover lunch!)
I just came from having one of their hickory burgers at the 51st & Union location. Real nice thick and juicy home-style patty.
I swear they put crack in it. All I can think about is that damn burger and when can I get another. I might just roll someone for $6 to go get another if I don't have the cash on me tomorrow. [;)]
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Originally posted by Kashmir
The family that owns it is from Greece originally, so it is not the southwest-style chili so much, but something so, so much better!
My dad was one of his first customers back in 1974/75 is, when him and his buddies would go there for lunch from East Central High School...Gus, the owner, gave them coupons to distribute to classmates and it spread all over the school! Imagine a bunch of long-haired guys in the parking lot with their Camaro and Mustangs. Anyway, that's what dad remembers. Many are still regulars. They still have these OLD highchairs for kids that are probably 20+ years old but are cleaner than any highchairs I've seen anywhere in town. Including the one at my house.
As for Goldie's...another favorite. The husband and I went there a few weeks ago- so comforting. He tried to order the chili cheeseburger but the waitress said she would not advise it-too greasy. Now THAT is scary, too greasy from Goldies?[:P]
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I'm at home with 2 toddlers and sometimes going to this board is like having an adult conversation.
Coneys On!!![:O]
Jim's Never On Sunday at 21st & Harvard is another great Greek coney place. You can actually get Greek food there. I'm a sucker for gyros and rice w/ Greek salad and green beans.