Let's start this epic tale of TLO's holiday dinner by saying that Mickey Mantle’s Steakhouse, 7 S. Mickey Mantle Dr. in Bricktown, is the very definition of fine dining—from the service to the dishes to the old-money elegance of the place.
After 51 weeks of minimum wage and maximum dining, every year Patrick takes my wife and me to an iconic local steakhouse—you know, the kind of restaurants that I never get the opportunity to try, natch—and, on his ever-loving dime, allows us to go hog wild.
And, celebrating this year at Mickey Mantle’s, I had my mind and stomach set on some Japanese-imported Wagyu beef…because when am I ever going to have the chance to try that again?