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VOL 20 ISSUE 6
June 2013
ROGERS COUNTY NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Upscale Mexican Cuisine Arriving in Claremore El Banquete Mexican Grille will offer upscale dining in a relaxed atmosphere. By Carol Beck-Round Claremore and the surrounding area is in for a treat when the doors of El Banquete Mexican Grille open this summer in the former Pepper’s Grill, located at 1331 W. Will Rogers Blvd. What will set El Banquete Mexican Grille apart from other area restaurants offering Mexican cuisine? “The first thing that sets us apart,” says Chef Armando Cobian, “will be the food and menu selection. El Banquete Mexican Grille will also be more upscale.” According to Chef Cobian, most restaurants offering
Mexican fare use two different sauces for over 150 dishes, whether it is chicken or steak. “Our food is different, with each dish having its own signature sauce.” On the new restaurant menu will be salads and desserts that “have never before been seen in this town,” says Cobian who has 22 years experience as a chef. “This is a new style of Mexican cooking but is authentic,” says the Mexico native who moved to the United States when he was 15 years old. Cobian’s career as a chef
started at a Mexican restaurant in Chicago. However, it wasn’t authentic Mexican fare, so he moved on, pursuing his passion for good food and eventually attending the Washburne Culinary Institute in Chicago, where he graduated in 1999. His training and background led him to various states, including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Washington D.C., where he helped 42 restaurants revamp their menus to reflect finer dining and original Mexican cuisine. (continued on page 24)
El Banquete Mexican Grille will open this summer, offering authentic upscale Mexican cuisine in the old Pepper’s Grill. Pictured from left: Andres Bravo, co-owner, and Chef Armando Cobian.
Stay Classy, Claremore World’s Richest Noodling Classy Curves offers a great alternative to strenuous Tournament Coming to Claremore exercise. “Battle of the Big Cats” will pay out more than $10,000 in cash and prizes.
By Cassie Woods
By Carol Beck-Round
Classy Curves has been providing an alternative to strenuous exercise to the people of Rogers County for a year and a half. Clara Rosencutter and her daughter Debby Bailey opened the Claremore location next door to Bailey’s Classy
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Kaleb Summers likes a challenge. He confesses to being an adrenaline junkie. In high school, he wrestled, then earned a college scholarship as a steer wrestler; however, bad knees ended his dreams in the rodeo arena. He also fought professionally as a cage fighter. Seeking another outlet for his high-energy personality, the Claremore resident began thinking about his dad’s previous passion for noodling, a unique way of catching monster catfish with bare hands in rivers and lakes. Noodling is an ancient practice, dating back to the Native Americans who passed on their fishing technique to early settlers. No bait or rod is used. Summers’ passion for learning more about this unusual Midwestern American sport led
him to southeastern Oklahoma, where family friends taught him the basics of noodling, or hillbilly hand-fishin’. “I had to
learn how to differentiate between beaver holes and a catfish nest and avoid cotton (continued on page 24)
Kaleb Summers and his team wrestled a 70-pound flathead catfish into their boat to win the 2012 Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley last June.
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