Restaurant Suggestions

[TulsaSooner]

Anybody have a restaurant suggestion for the following criteria:

Uniquely Tulsa (I was thinking Cherry St, downtown or Riverwalk) and for a picky eater (steaks or mexican probably).

TIA  []

[cannon_fodder]

The Mexican restaurant at 31st and Harvard is great.  Blazin' Peppers is what it is called.  Very authentic, affordable, and damn good.  Even has a picture menu for his gringos that might want to try something new.

[izmophonik]

Uniquely Tulsa?  El Guapo is mexican and local.  Palace Cafe for steak or Lucky's?  I've never been there.  As for giving you a recommendation on being a picky eater...picky means different things to different people.  I can't help you there.

[izmophonik]

By the way, all of the above I mentiond are on Cherry Street.

[izmophonik]

..Except for El Guapo which is downtown.  Ok, I'm done spamming.

[TulsaSooner]

By picky eater (steaks or mexican) I was saying our group has a picky eater who would likely only be amenable to steaks or mexican.

[TulsaSooner]

Is El Guapo open in the evenings or is it a lunch only downtown restaurant?

[safetyguy]

Open for lunch and dinner...

www.elguaposcantina.net

[AVERAGE JOE]

McGill's at 21st & Utica has consistently excellent steaks. They're local.

[YoungTulsan]

Brothers Houligan at 15th & Atlanta (Just east of Lewis).  They have great steaks and various fried items.  The place feels "Uniquely Tulsa" to me more than most other stops in town.  Some of their offerings are quite affordable.

[TulsaSooner]

McGill's might be a little fancy for us hillbillies.  []

And by unique, I probably meant more like unique areas of Tulsa such as the river, downtown, Utica Square, Cherry St, etc.

Thanks for the ideas, keep 'em coming!

[naenae42day]

Originally posted by TulsaSooner

Anybody have a restaurant suggestion for the following criteria:

Uniquely Tulsa (I was thinking Cherry St, downtown or Riverwalk) and for a picky eater (steaks or mexican probably).

For Steak--DOE'S..in the Cherry Street district. You can't come to the beef capital part of the nation, and not have a big ole steak.  
Kilkenny's has a unique menu, and Hideaway has by FAR the best Pizza.

[joiei]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaSooner

Anybody have a restaurant suggestion for the following criteria:

Uniquely Tulsa (I was thinking Cherry St, downtown or Riverwalk) and for a picky eater (steaks or mexican probably).

TIA  []

Considering your qualifications, Riverwalk, nothing comes to mind.  Los Cabos is the worst texmex I have had here and there is NO steak place there.  Downtown, El Guapo is marginal, I haven't tried Elote so I can't comment on it.  And there is no steak house open in downtown at night is there?  Cherry Street, Chimis is the only Mexican place there and there is not a true steak house there, I do not consider Doe's a traditional steak house type place besides it is very expensive and the ordering is weird.  Limiting your choices to those locations limits your choices.   There are better places outside of your given parameters.  Like down towards Riverwalk, go across the river to Kings Landing, much better food on our side of the river.  Cherry street, go for pizza.  Downtown, who eats dinner downtown?  You do have some choices over in the Brady district, Caz's for one.  I like the Chicken Fried Steak.  Mexicali's is much better than Los Cabos.  Just avoid the Spaghetti Warehouse, worst food in town contender.  

Just a question, is this question being put forth by someone trying to send up a particular restaurant?

[southerngirl]

First, I'd like to reply to joiei's question of "who eats dinner downtown?"  My husband and I do, most every time we go out.  As do lots of others, as evidenced Saturday night when we tried to go to Lola's and Tsunami and both were packed, and we ended up at SoChey, which we'd been meaning to try anyway and it was excellent.  Caz's is also very good, as is McNellie's.  The Chalkboard is also good, although pricier, at the Hotel Ambassador.
Baxter's Interurban is also very good, reasonably priced and often overlooked outside of hockey season.

Now for your question, TulsaSooner, my suggestions from the above for your specific situation would be Caz's, McNellie's or Baxter's for downtown.  For Cherry Street, if your picky eater doesn't mind a bit of Italian, Mary's has an entree called "angels on horseback" that is shrimp on steak that everyone says is wonderful.  Another place that's unique to Tulsa is the Spudder at 51st and Sheridan.  Steaks served amongst oil themed memorabilia.  My favorite Mexican food and one of the best patios in town is Cafe Ole in Brookside.

Hope these are helpful- let us know where you end up going.

[JoeMommaBlake]

In the Raw has this steak and lobster meal that will blow your mind...

and the sushi is good too...and I think In the Raw is one of the best restaurants in town. It's definitely local to Tulsa and there are a couple of locations - on Brookside and on the hill at 61st and Sheridan. Picky eaters will enjoy the steak, the ones who aren't picky will enjoy the rest of the menu.

I'll echo the comments about downtown eating. There's plenty of great restaurants down there and the atmosphere is great downtown.

I'll throw in a wild card suggestion - Thyme Bistro on Harvard. Amazing food.