The space has been vacant for three years, and there was some indication over a year ago that perhaps Snooze AM of Denver would join some local operators to occupy a spaces in a building proposed to replace the original. Social and Aurora owners Jamie and Jordan Winteroth met working at The Deep Fork Grill, which was also home kitchen to chefs David Sullivan ( Castle Falls), Clay Falkner ( Signature Grill) and Beau Stephenson ( Bin 73) to name just a few.

Joey Morris ( The Mule) and Elena Farrar ( Elemental Coffee) made their reputations operating DFG's The Wedge.

The aforementioned Cope got her start at DFG's Cafe Nova. Attalla operates his own version of The Wedge/Drum Room in Midwest City. The Deep Fork group still owns The Mantel, two Wedge Pizzerias and The Drum Room. The scandal nudged the aging restaurant into descent, closing for good in 2017. Starr got mixed up in a political scrap and ended up being the only one indicted. Parrott left the group in 2008 and now is a partner along with two Deep Fork alums, Shaun Fiaccone and Kim Dansereau, at Humankind Hospitality. The original partners included Dave Attalla, Rod Meyer, Wade Starr, and chef Ryan Parrott. Fleischfresser ended up with The Coach House, Lower got The Metro Bistro & Wine Bar, and Deep Fork was sold in the summer of 2003 to a group that had opened The Mantel. When RRG opted to pare down and eventually dissolve, Deep Fork was the one that got away. It flourished under Fleischfresser and his stable of apprentice chefs. But three was a crowd, so in 1997, RRG converted the spot into the original Deep Fork Chop House & Seafood Market concept. The first two, Pepperoni Grill and Bellini's, still operate today. Despite a great menu, Portobello was the third of three brand-new Italian restaurants that opened in Oklahoma City that year. Supreme Court in 1992, favoring of Taco Cabana and leaving the all-night cafe to pack up its ill-gotten fajita recipes and 'Miami Vice'-colored neon fixtures for good.Ĭhris Lower and Kurt Fleischfresser's Restaurant Resource Group swooped in on the spot and installed Portobello in 1991. I'm not saying I ever scraped the charred remains of a fajita skillet after it had been worked over by six Oklahoma Christian kids unafraid to break curfew for Mexican food, but that's only because memory fails me.Īlas, Taco Cabana filed a trade dress misappropriation suit against the Two Pesos owners, who had once worked for Cabana. The space on North Western Avenue at the northeast foot of the Interstate 44 overpass originated as a Two Pesos franchise in the late 1980s. Nothing better illustrated the 405 diningscape's ongoing transition than the razing of the former Deep Fork Grill building late last week. Just as honesty used to compel Harry Caray to report the Cubs couldn't hit, it compels me to report more closings are imminent. Ozzie's Diner, a Norman institution at the Max Westheimer Airport, on Monday announced via social media it wouldn't be reopening, and Saturday will mark the end for the south location of Off the Hook Seafood & More. I'll have more details to report on 84 Hospitality properties, including Empire Slice House, Burger Punk, and Revolucion.

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