A new restaurant has opened at The Plaza in Nichols Hills. The website advertises "Craft Cocktails and Casual Eatery". Unique menu items are offered for brunch, lunch, and dinner. Online ordering is available.
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Good food is chemistry: the mixing of tastes, textures, temperature, and a little mystery.
The recipe for friendship is much the same say chefs Jonathan Stranger, who grew up in Chandler, OK, and Fabio Faviani, a celebrity chef from Italy.
"I think it's a great fit," says Faviani. "I like this guy a lot. I like him!"
They met each other at a conference in Norman, OK a few years ago and began cooking up ideas right away.
Stranger says, "If you find someone that's doing something well, and is where you want to be, I just kind of grabbed onto him. Gently. like a backpack."
Faviani adds, "For us it was an easy path."
Quicker than you can throw together a bowl of Fettuccine Bolognese they both had a concept for a new restaurant, no hand shake necessary.
Fabio explains, "Osteria is a classic Italian restaurant with an American spin to it."
"We pretty much live on a high-five and we did it," he continues. "Literally, we high-fived."
Osteria opened last November, but on this Saturday morning the staff is up and running with a new brunch menu.
Guests were set to arrive by 11 a.m., so there was a lot to do.
Jonathan and Fabio only had a few minutes to talk about their friendship, their partnership, and what makes a restaurant successful.
Faviani adds, "It's making it profitable, making it feasible, making it replicable. And then you have to find the right people."
So many last-minute details, a flurry of meetings, the lights come up and the doors open.
It looks simple by that's by design.
Osteria is nice little neighborhood place to get a late breakfast or an early lunch on a cold weekend.
But it's know how and good ingredients that make the difference.
"It's exceeded my expectations," says Stranger.
"He's doing good," smiles Faviani
Maybe, it's the chemistry of a good friendship as well.
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