Jess Brent

Oct 1, 2024 | eater.com | Sean Sherman |Mecca Bos |Jess Brent |JP Brammer

If you’re looking for the American heartland, an amorphous term for the center of the country, you might start at 35,000 feet, the only way many travelers ever experience the so-called flyover states. From a plane window, you’ll see plenty of farms, as you might expect.

Oct 1, 2024 | eater.com | Jess Brent

As the kitchen manager at the Odd Soul, a pizzeria and bar in Springdale, Arkansas, Addie Hayes is used to spending Saturday mornings in front of a stove. But today, she’s a little out of her element. This morning she pulled a ball cap over her bleach blond bob, tied a short floral apron over cutoffs leaving her thigh tattoos exposed, and sent a message to her staff to make sure they could handle brunch without her.

Oct 1, 2024 | eater.com | Jess Brent

You won’t find a single, homogenous food culture in Tulsa. Instead, the city is fortunate to have a lot of little neighborhood pockets, each with their own distinct vibes. Downtown, sports bars and steakhouses hustle to accommodate people heading to a game at Oneok Field or a show at the Performing Arts Center. In the unfussy SoBo District, all roads lead to divey honky-tonk Mercury Lounge.