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Lost Restaurants of Tulsa

Was not impressed with New York Pizza. Picked up a pizza from there in '22. You guys are fungi disabled. Meatball & shrooms are the best two toppings. I keep not getting around to stopping at Empire on 11th. I still like NYC City Pizza at 51st & Harvard.
My favorite toppings are pepperoni, Italian sausage, onions and bell peppers. Anything else (other than anchovies and pineapple) I can take or leave. I usually ask for light olives if I’m getting a combo that includes olives.
 
This is a found restaurant 🍴 in Tulsa.

You all should check out Quigley's Pub
at 1810 S Cincinatti. It's a really laid back & cool 🏂 Pub. They've been in business a little over a year.
 
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This is a found restaurant 🍴 in Tulsa.

You all should check out Quigley's Pub
at 1810 S Cincinatti. It's a really laid back & cool 🏂 Pub. They've been in business a little over a year.
Appears it is called Bishop Quigley and is an Elliott Nelson concept (McNellie's Group). And I see they have Chug Norris on tap.
 
Appears it is called Bishop Quigley and is an Elliott Nelson concept (McNellie's Group). And I see they have Chug Norris on tap.
I just forgot to type in Bishop Quigley's Pub, sorry. Yeah it's a nice concept, really nice neighborhood bar, and the Menu is a really limited British Pub menu. But the sister business next door was opened by Mcnellie's with the same joint proprietor as B Quigley. It's called Maple Ridge Grocer. They don't have that much groceries, it's mainly a casual slightly upscale restaurant.

You can order off either place's menu no matter where you are sitting, in the Grocer or the Pub. I had a shot of Wellers, a few Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale's, and a Salmon Patty sandwich off the Grocer's menu while sitting in the pub. The Grocer is light and airy, and the pub is grounded in oak and dim lighting. Next time I'll have the Pub Curry w/ chicken. They have a nice brunch and dinner menu, and a decent array of hoity toity drinks.

They have a sweet T shirt with the Bishop Quigley Logo and the back says 'May the Pints be with You.' They recently started having a medium sized traditionalish irish band once a month w/ flute, banjo, fiddle, guitars, and singer. They are in the background instead of in your face. So the din of conversation continues while the band plays.
 
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I just forgot to type in Bishop Quigley's Pub, sorry. Yeah it's a nice concept, really nice neighborhood bar, and the Menu is a really limited British Pub menu. But the sister business next door was opened by Mcnellie's with the same joint proprietor as B Quigley. It's called Maple Ridge Grocer. They don't have that much groceries, it's mainly a casual slightly upscale restaurant.

You can order off either place's menu no matter where you are sitting, in the Grocer or the Pub. I had a shot of Wellers, a few Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale's, and a Salmon Patty sandwich off the Grocer's menu while sitting in the pub. The Grocer is light and airy, and the pub is grounded in oak and dim lighting. Next time I'll have the Pub Curry w/ chicken. They have a nice brunch and dinner menu, and a decent array of hoity toity drinks.

They have a sweet T shirt with the Bishop Quigley Logo and the back says 'May the Pints be with You.' They recently started having a medium sized traditionalish irish band once a month w/ flute, banjo, fiddle, guitars, and singer. They are in the background instead of in your face. So the din of conversation continues while the band plays.
The curry was a bit bland.
 
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Truer words have never been spoken. Might as well just heat up a Red Baron.
I stopped my critique at canned mushrooms, but I didn't even like their sauce. And I'm pretty accepting of most sauces at most pizza places (of any repute) being within range of each other. Not theirs.
 
Sirloin Stockade at 21st & Garnett was the place to go when I was a kid. My parents always called it the “Sizzler” for some reason and never by it’s given name.

And Panchos made taquitos that the dog wouldn’t even touch.
My first job was busing tables and washing dishes at that Sirloin Stockade! Reading this thread is bringing back memories!

A few of my favorite pizza places from my youth were Shakey’s, Crystals, Shotgun Sam’s & Dave’s Pizza Train on 11th Street. BTW, I actually found a Shakeys Pizza in Palm Springs, CA in the early 2000s. It was still very good!
 
My first job was busing tables and washing dishes at that Sirloin Stockade! Reading this thread is bringing back memories!

A few of my favorite pizza places from my youth were Shakey’s, Crystals, Shotgun Sam’s & Dave’s Pizza Train on 11th Street. BTW, I actually found a Shakeys Pizza in Palm Springs, CA in the early 2000s. It was still very good!
LOL, Shotgun Sam's! Haven't thought of that place in 30 years.

How about the Taco Train in Jenks?
 
My first job was busing tables and washing dishes at that Sirloin Stockade! Reading this thread is bringing back memories!

A few of my favorite pizza places from my youth were Shakey’s, Crystals, Shotgun Sam’s & Dave’s Pizza Train on 11th Street. BTW, I actually found a Shakeys Pizza in Palm Springs, CA in the early 2000s. It was still very good!
What about Godfather's. I never ate at Sam's and Dave's. For you, was it one of the best or just among that group as good?
 
We ate a lot of pizza from Hemi's when I was a TU student (1970's). It was on 11th in one of those little shopping centers between Delaware and Lewis. They would have live jazz on the weekends so it was a cool place to hang out.
 
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What about Godfather's. I never ate at Sam's and Dave's. For you, was it one of the best or just among that group as good?
I loved Shotgun Sam’s pizza. I was elementary to junior high age, so take that with a grain of salt.

Dave’s was probably more flirting with the waitresses (they were 16-17 years old, like I was) & the pizza itself wasn’t nearly as memorable!
 
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I loved Shotgun Sam’s pizza. I was elementary to junior high age, so take that with a grain of salt.

Dave’s was probably more flirting with the waitresses (they were 16-17 years old, like I was) & the pizza itself wasn’t nearly as memorable!
I never ate at Shotgun Sam’s. The old man took one look at the logo, said it reminded him of OSU, asked around and confirmed that it was originally supposed to be called Pistol Pete’s and that was it. Off limits to our family. No way was my father even indirectly going to support the very idea of OSU, even knock offs.
 
There are a couple Godfather's near me. Are they gone from Tulsa? Next time I come down, I'll bring you some :)
Yes they are gone. Oh I don't expect them to be that great now. That was another time. I like local smaller scale places now. I'm not still a Budweiser drinker. Now if I could partake of Crystal's again, then that would be a consideration for a time machine. I'm more for places like Pie Hole or their equivalent in other cities now. I do like some old school places like NYC Pizzeria though. But that fit's into my preference for local, smaller. Maybe we could do Andolini's though. Pie Hole isn't an eat there place.
 
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I never ate at Shotgun Sam’s. The old man took one look at the logo, said it reminded him of OSU, asked around and confirmed that it was originally supposed to be called Pistol Pete’s and that was it. Off limits to our family. No way was my father even indirectly going to support the very idea of OSU, even knock offs.
That’s hilarious! We had just moved to Tulsa from out of state & we had no loyalty to any Oklahoma schools. I never heard or knew of any OSU connection with Shotgun Sam’s! This was the 1970s & OU was the main program everyone followed in my new neighborhood. OSU was rarely discussed.

I actually became a TU fan because a neighbor kid’s dad was an assistant b-ball coach at TU. They let me be a ball boy back then & 50+ years later I’m still a TU fan!
 
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