Old Tulsa Restaurants

[BMPregler]

The OKC thread got me started and reminded me of a few restaurants I miss in Tulsa. What do you miss?

Pennington's
Rex's Chicken
The Green Onion
Molly Murphy's
Shotgun Sam's
The old Charlie Mitchell's
The old Interurban
Crystal's Pizza

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

Rex's is still in Bixby...

 

[BMPregler]

I see that when I visit FBT, but didn't know if it was the same. I tried "Rex's" chicken at the "New" Penningtons and it did not taste the same. I may have to stop and try it.

Rex's is still in Bixby...

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

I see that when I visit FBT, but didn't know if it was the same. I tried "Rex's" chicken at the "New" Penningtons and it did not taste the same. I may have to stop and try it.

It's close, but not really the same as the old Rex's chicken and fry bread from years ago. Not bad, just not the same.

 

[rlongnt]

Casa Bonita

 

[Thomas]

Cajun Boiling Pot
Bourbon Street
Copelands

There isn't a decent crawfish etoufee to be had in Tulsa anymore.

 

[rlongnt]

Yep I do miss Bourbon Street. Smoke is pretty good but Bourbon Street was awesome.

 

[Brandi]

Casa Bonita (during it's heyday)
Crystal's
Knotty Pine BBQ
Ma Bell's

When I was young and we were in Tulsa it was like Christmas trying to choose between Casa Bonita on one end of the plaza or Crystal's on the other. Casa Bonita was just amazing during it's heyday and a kids paradise but Crystal's was sparkly and had the coolest games and a make it yourself sundae bar and it was really, really hard to choose which one to go to, especially when you aren't from there and only get the opportunity once every couple years. Dang, I miss those places...if I were a billionaire I would build both of them again to their former glory for new generations of children.

Knotty Pine was a place I visited when I was young with my uncle. He had a told me it was the greatest place in town and had lines around the building to get in. We went early to avoid the rush and it was everything my uncle described. The food was amazing, the floor was covered in saw dust and peanut shells and they brought your soda in a bottle, it was like being back in the old west for a young child seeing it for the first time. Sure enough when we left there was a line of people stretched around most of the building.

Ma Bell's was a place where everything was telephone themed. They had every kind of burger you could imagine and an old style phone you would use to order. Basically a theme restaurant before theme restaurants became popular. It was just so out of norm I really liked it.

 

[mr ed]

Eastside cafe on admiral
chuckwagon drive-in 11th and yorktown
the little drive-thru italian at 6th and quincy
what was the name of the place at 15th and lewis where little reasors is now.
had the most delicious prime rib sandwiches.

 

[crrcboatz]

Shakey's Pizza on Admiral never will forget the first place I ate pizza.