For many years, I lived on N. Western and N.W 44th – it was the best times and was the worst times, to be sure – and would often grab a bite to eat at the Wedge, 4709 N. Western Ave., Oklahoma City’s wood-fired pizza kitchen, using it as a go-to spot for first dates, most of them usually terrible.
After a few years, I moved to another hovel and another one, and eventually, had a stroke…three of them to be exact!
But now, cruising down Western and reaffirming myself with the new lay of median'less land, I noticed the Wedge was still there. With my belly rumbling for their primo pizza, my pizza pal and I decided to have an impromptu date night, in honor of my time of senseless futility.
We walked into the place, and it seemed pretty low-key, with a couple of patrons and a whole cadre of waitstaff. While the restaurant looked different—smaller, I'd say, but what did I know—the menu was almost the same, with my favorites leaping off the menu.
Out of all the salads, a wedge is my favorite, and the Wedge’s very own “Real” Wedge Salad ($9.00) is a very delicious way to start a meal—any meal. It's ostensibly a head of lettuce cut in four equal parts, topped with bacon, Roma tomatoes, red onions, and blue cheese dressing...