Best italian restaurant Flip’s Wine Bar & Trattoria Gabriella’s Italian Grill & Pizzeria Patrono Italian Restaurant Stella Modern Italian Cuisine Vito’s Ristorante
Best western european restaurant
(not italian,danish, english, french, german, irish, scottish, spanish, etc.) Fassler Hall Ingrid’s Kitchen La Baguette Bistro Old Germany Restaurant Royal Bavaria
Best mediterranean restaurant Basil Mediterranean Cafe Cous Cous Cafe Mediterranean Imports & Deli Nunu’s Mediterranean Cafe Zorba’s Mediterranean Cuisine
Best indian restaurant Fusion Kitchen Gopuram Taste of India Himalayas Aroma of India Sheesh Mahal Taj Cuisine of India
Best Japanese restaurant Gorō Ramen Musashi’s Shōgun Steak House of Japan Sushi Neko Tokyo Japanese Restaurant
Best chinese restaurant Chow’s Chinese Restaurant Fung’s Kitchen Golden Phoenix Grand House Asian Bistro Szechuan Bistro
Best thai restaurant Charm Thai Cuisine Panang Thai Restaurant Sala Thai Tana Thai Bistro Thai House Restaurant
Best vietnamese restaurant Golden Phoenix Lido Restaurant Pho Cuong Pho Lien Hoa VII Asian Bistro
Best pho restaurant Pho 54 Pho Cuong Pho Lan Asian Bistro Pho Lien Hoa VII Asian Bistro
Best new restaurant (to open since 6/1/17) HunnyBunny Biscuit Co. The Jones Assembly Neighborhood JA.M. The Press Scottie’s Deli
Best fine dining restaurant Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McClintock Saloon & Chop House Ranch Steakhouse Red PrimeSteak Vast
Best place to dine Before an event The Bleu Garten Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies The Jones Assembly Museum Cafe The Pump Bar
Best neighBorhood Bar Bunker Club Edna’s HiLo club The Jones Assembly The Pump Bar
Best rooftop Bar
Bossa Nova Caipirinha Lounge Guyutes Museum Cafe O Bar at Ambassador Hotel Oklahoma City Packard’s New American Kitchen
Best upscale Bar
Bar Arbolada The Jones Assembly O Bar at Ambassador Hotel Oklahoma City Sidecar Barley & Wine Bar Vast
Best nonsmoking Bar
Bar Arbolada Bunker Club The Jones Assembly The Liszt Nightclub + Lounge Ponyboy
Best new Bar
(to open since 6/1/17) Bar Arbolada The Jones Assembly Kat’s Tavern The Liszt Nightclub + Lounge Ponyboy
Best patio dining
Barrios Fine Mexican Dishes The Bleu Garten The Hall’s Pizza Kitchen The Jones Assembly The Pump Bar
Best diner
Beverly’s Pancake House Classen Grill The Diner Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies Sunnyside Diner
Best Bakery
Best uptown 23rd district restaurant
Cheever’s Cafe The Drake Seafood and Oysterette Guyutes Pizzeria Gusto The Pump Bar
Best plaza district restaurant Empire Slice House Gorō Ramen The Mule The Press The Pritchard
Best paseo arts district restaurant Buttermilk Paseo Grill Picasso Cafe Sauced on Paseo Scratch Kitchen & Cocktails
Best automoBile alley district restaurant Broadway 10 Bar & Chophouse Cultivar Mexican Kitchen Hatch Hideaway Pizza Red PrimeSteak
Best Bricktown district restaurant
Bourbon St. Cafe Bricktown Brewery Charleston’s Chelino’s Mexican Restaurant Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
Best midtown district restaurant
Barrios Fine Mexican Dishes GoGo Sushi Express and Grill The Hall’s Pizza Kitchen James E. McNellie’s Public House Stella Modern Italian Cuisine
Best western avenue district restaurant Flip’s Wine Bar & Trattoria Musashi’s Sushi Neko VZD’s Restaurant & Bar The Wedge Pizzeria
Best downtown restaurant
Best restaurant
Cheever’s Cafe Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies The Jones Assembly The Pump Bar Ranch Steakhouse
Best caterer
Abbey Road Catering Alfredo’s Mexican Cafe Ned’s Catering Rococo Ted’s Café Escondido
Best chef
Andrew Eskridge, The Jones Assembly Bruce Rinehart, Rococo James Vu, La Brasa Jeff Chanchaleune, Gorō Ramen Kurt Fleischfresser, Vast
Best server
(and their restaurant) Billy Noble, Barrios Fine Mexican Dishes Erin Roy, The Pump Bar Gwynevere Langer, The Jones Assembly Katura Nelson, Jimmy’s Round-Up Cafe & Fried Pies Kelsey Thurman, Ranch Steakhouse
Best Bartender
(and their Bar) Amber Taylor, The Pump Bar Jason Nguyen, The Jones Assembly Jolie Foster, HiLo Club Rainier Crespo, Bunker Club Rebecca Ginn, The Pump Bar
Best chicken wings restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings Hooters Twin Peaks Wingstop WingStreet, Pizza Hut
Best mexican restaurant Abuelo’s Chuy’s El Chico On the Border Uncle Julio’s Fine Mexican Food
Best steakhouse
LongHorn Steakhouse Mickey Mantel’s Steakhouse Outback Steakhouse Saltgrass Steak House Texas Roadhouse
(includes arts, film row and farmers market districts) Flint Joey’s Pizzeria The Jones Assembly The Loaded Bowl Vast
Brown’s Bakery ButterSweet Cupcakes Ganache Patisserie Holey Rollers La Baguette Bakery
ARts, CultuRe & enteRtAinment Best local living author Bob Burke Carolyn Hart Lauren Zuniga Lou Berney S.E. Hinton
Best local Band / artist (and their genre) Violent Affair, punk My So Called Band, pop / covers SuperFreak, dance music Weekend All Stars, covers Hosty, eclectic
Best radio personality or team Jack and Ron, KQOB-FM Joey and Heather, KYIS 98.9 Rick and Brad, KATT-FM The Morning Animals, WWLS-FM TJ, Janet and J Rod, KJ103
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Best performing arts group
Best charity event
Best visual artist
Best free entertainment
(ex: theater company, dance company, orchestral group) Adèle Wolf Productions Dust Bowl Dolls Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Oklahoma City Ballet Oklahoma City Philharmonic
Boots & Ball Gowns, Infant Crisis Services Gumdrops and Lollipops Ball, The Anna’s House Foundation Hero Awards, Central Oklahoma Humane Society Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Red Tie Night
D.G. Smalling Denise Duong Jason Pawley Jay Roberts, Mind Bender Tattoo and Fine Art Gallery Kris Kanaly
Festival of the Arts Heard on Hurd Paseo Arts Festival Sonic Summer Movies, Myriad Botanical Gardens Sunday Twilight Concert Series, Arts Council Oklahoma City
Best local annual event or festival
Best Bar for live music
deadCenter Film Festival Festival of the Arts H&8th Night Market Norman Music Festival Paseo Arts Festival
The Blue Note The Deli JJ’s Alley Bricktown Pub Lost Highway VZD’s Restaurant & Bar
Best dance cluB
Cowboys OKC Dollhouse Lounge & Burlesque Greystone Lounge Groovy’s The Liszt Nightclub + Lounge
Best concert venue Chesapeake Energy Arena The Criterion The Jones Assembly The Zoo Ampitheatre Tower Theatre
Best open mic / comedy night 51st Street Speakeasy Elecktra’s Open Mic at The Root The Loony Bin Sauced on Paseo VZD’s Restaurant & Bar