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Café Antigua

1903 N Classen
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405) 602-8984
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I found this place a couple of years ago because I get my hair cut at Hair Rage II on Classen. My wife and I decided to give it a try, but I’m pretty sure we ordered the wrong thing. I’m not sure what it was but it was piled high with beets. I’m sure there is a large group of people someone out there who would take a bullet to defend the honor of a beet, but I can assure you I am not him. After nibbling at our plate of beets for awhile, my wife and I agreed to chalk this up as a misfire. I saw a couple of winters come and go before I would, again by chance, find myself within the walls of Café Antigua.

Coincidently this second time can be blamed on a haircut as well. I was car pooling on this fateful day and my co-worker decided he would give the restaurant a try while I got my hair cut. I warned him that all they serve are F*%$^&g sliced beets, but he had skipped lunch and decided he would chance it. I made my appointment for 4:00 but I usually make it at 5:00. This caused a bit of confusion with my hair cutter (sounds better than beautician or hair dresser) who was expecting me at 5:00. Needing to waste some time I figured I would join my co-worker next door and see how he was enjoying his beet plate. To my surprise I found him sitting there with a delightful looking plate full of eggs, tortillas, black beans, toast and some oatmeal looking stuff called Mosh. I stood in amazement as I didn’t see a single beet. Having eaten lunch already I decided to order what turned out to be fried bananas with some syrupy goodness topping them.

I spent the weekend thinking about that plate of bananas and what I saw on my friend’s plate. The following Monday I talked a few co-workers into heading over there for lunch and the rest is what I consider history. I ordered the “light breakfast” which consists of three eggs cooked with all kinds of spices, vegetables and a side of some spicy green sauce, bananas (not fried) apples and strawberries topped with a super delicious mango sauce, two slices of toast, and a hearty bowl of piping hot mosh.

Curious about mosh? Don’t worry I was too. Mosh is basically oatmeal. This made me feel weird because I always considered ordering oatmeal at a restaurant kind of a waste of my time as well as the restaurants. I figured the little packages of stuff I put in the microwave was as good as oatmeal was ever going to get for me, and I had come to terms with that. Mosh, however, completely blew my mind, and has opened my eyes to how delicious oatmeal can actually be. Basically mosh is oatmeal made with three kinds of sweet tasting milk (I assume they are all from a cow, but I can’t bring myself to ask. If you know and they aren’t do not tell me). I don’t know what type of special things they do to it to make it so good, but I can assure you it is. I’ve rambled about mosh for so long I almost forgot to mention how great their coffe is. It is rich and bold and served to you in a completly unpretentious cup. In essence you get great tasting coffee without questioning whether or not you’re a douchbag.

The actual restaurant is a quaint little place that is brightly colored and has nice eye pleasing pictures of Guatemala adorning the walls. Every time I’ve dined there they have only had one server, but he is like some type of wonder kid. He is very friendly and kind, and knows his way around a restaurant. I’m not sure how he manages all the tables at once, but I can assure you we could all learn a thing or two about multitasking form this kid. Not to mention he also manages to be your cashier when you leave.

The biggest selling point for Café Antigua is they serve breakfast all day long. I wish more places would follow their lead and progress towards this. We live in a new America now, and breakfast should be able to show its face after 11:00 AM. The one drawback is they close at 5:00 PM every day. Basically this just means I can only eat two meals there every day rather than three.

I can assure you that all three writers have eaten here and it comes with an undisputed OkcBites seal of approval. Do yourself a favor and make your way over to Café Antigua a soon as possible. Oh yeah while your in the neighborhood stop by Hair Rage and say hello to “A.”

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Wellington Pancake House

5816 N W 63rd Street
Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73132
Phone No. 405-603-3714

Apparently there’s a new breakfast joint in town that goes by the name Wellington Pancake House. My wife and I were a bit hungover (more me than my wife) and we were looking for a quaint little place to indulge in a nice greasy breakfast. We knew this place was close by and relatively new so we decided to give it a try. We made the short trip south and pulled into a parking spot. We both may have noticed, but neither said anything about the abundance of what I like to call “grocery getters” surrounding us. For those of you more cool than myself a “grocery getter” is the stereotypical car you would see an elderly person driving. A couple of quick examples might include: Crown Victorias, Older model Lincoln Towncars, Le Sabres, or anything made by Buick. I’m sure subconsciously we both saw this as a bad sign, but we were hungry enough we were going in regardless.

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(6.5)

The Hungry Frog

1101 N Pennsylvania Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
(405) 524-0686

The Hungry Frog is housed in a ratty little building on the corner of 10th and Penn. The sign on the outside of the building (see pics above) was enough to drag me in. Now upon discussion with fellow Okcbites blogger, Dustin I have reconsidered my opinion of the sign. Dustin made a pretty good point when he said he has a problem with a place using a cartoon character of something they serve to encourage business. The frog on the sign looks super happy, but little does he know they are about to cut his legs off and serve them as a meal. I guess I can’t argue with such thorough logic. 

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(7.5)

Lola’s Family Restaurant

9148 N Macarthur Blvd
Oklahoma City, OK 73132
(405) 722-8262

This is a little hole in the wall diner right off of Macarthur and Britton Road. On the outside this place doesn’t look like a whole lot, but when you walk in you immediately get slapped in the face with an overwhelming sense of comfort. The inside has a quaint down home atmosphere that almost guarantees good cooking. The walls are sporadically adorned with a number of items I would find at my grandmother’s house. There are plenty of old pictures and a wide variety of assorted antique type items. There are two elevated seated areas on each side of the restaurant with a number of booths. The lower center area has plenty of tables that can be moved around to compliment larger parties.

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Beverly’s Pancake Corner

 

Beverly’s Pancake Corner
2115 NW Expy
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: 405-842-3614

This is the last of Beverly’s Restaurants in OKC. The first restaurant was opened in 1921 and I think there were at least 5 others (some speculate there were 6). Their specialty is “Chicken in the Rough”, but they also pay particular attention to huge hamburgers (Bevburgers to be exact) and wonderful pancakes. A group of coworkers and myself decided that it would be a good idea to eat pancakes for lunch again. So we counted down the seconds to noon, loaded up, and made our way over to Beverly’s Pancake Corner. When you pull into the parking lot you are greeted by a big red sign that says Beverly’s Pancake Corner and has a chicken playing golf at the top. I assume that this is the chicken in the rough and “rough” is a golf term. (Hmmm I have drove by this restaurant every day for the last year or so and I’ve never put this connection together until now.) Anyways the sign has an arrow pointing to a small narrow building with a yellow Awning that yells out “Chicken in the Rough” in big bright red letters. Stepping through the entry way is a little bit like stepping back in time. The south side of the building is lined with a row of booths while the north side contains the kitchen and a long bar area with plenty bar stool seating. Towards the back of the building the bar ends and the booths become round and provide seating for larger parties. Read more

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