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THROW BACK TULSA

by Tulsa Rib / on September 30, 2016

Once again, we highlight a throwback article about the restaurant by a famous professional critic: Elmer Dills!  There are fun to see how the world of restaurant reviews have changed… Restaurant critic Elmer Dills was “king” of Southern California in the 1990’s. During that era, he not only wrote a popular LA TIMES column on […]

Famed LA Times Food Critic Key to Tulsa’s Early Success

by Tulsa Rib / on September 30, 2016

Don Smith was the ‘king’ of the restaurant review for the Los Angeles Times for decades.  His words and opinions would either bring a restaurant fame and fortune or could close them down in months.  He usually stuck to the Los Angeles restaurant scene in most all of his columns.  But as fate would have […]