Much like that other beloved Okie culinary compatriot the Onion Burger, hungry historians continue to debate exactly who created the Metro’s other meaty claim to fame, the Theta Burger. Some say it was a feller in 1930s Norman named Ralph Geist who ran the Town Tavern and spent most of his days delivering his carnivorous concoctions to the gals at the Theta house to nosh on while they weren’t swallowing goldfish, posing for “We can do it!” selfies and looking for runs in their stockings. Hubba-hubba!
Meanwhile, another tasty theory is that the Theta was the specialty house burger at the legendarily much-mythologized Split-T, where they served hickory BBQ sauce with their fries and patrons began using it instead as a ribald dipping sauce for their burgers. Noticing the popularity and inspired by the strong will and conviction President Roosevelt was displaying while in office, they put two and two together and peddled this newfound meat-muncher to the masses. Xtry-xtry! Read all about it!