There are area eateries that truly deserve every single accolade they get—and will get—and you’re powerless against all the local love that envelops them; all you can do is jump on the growing bandwagon and hope that communal feeling rubs off on you, especially when you’re hitched up to Off the Hook, 125 W. Britton Rd., a Cajun joint that might be the best seafood in Oklahoma City.
The rich smell as I entered through the glass doors is everything I’ve wanted in a downhome restaurant for a long while, as the scent of spices and seasonings filled my senses and the menu on the wall, my eyes. As my gal-pal Jodie and I ordered our coveted eats and found a lonely table on the patio, behind the large plate glass a full kitchen worked hard to prep the orders—my order!—of the already full restaurant.