Lisa Becklund
Lisa Becklund is the chef and co-owner, with Linda Ford, of Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy in Depew, Oklahoma, FarmBar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and il seme in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Menus at their restaurants are created using produce from their own garden and from other local farms.[1] Becklund was a semifinalist in 2020 for James Beard Foundation Awards Best Chef-Southwest, which made her one of the first nominees from Oklahoma's second largest city."[2] She was a semifinalist in the same category again in 2023.[3] In 2022, their restaurant Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy was a seminfinalist for James Beard Outstanding Restaurant.[4]
In February 2022, they had to temporarily close FarmBar after a large fire destroyed the building that housed their next door neighbor Burn Co Barbeque.[1] FarmBar reopened in July 2022.
Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy, opened in 2005,[5] and Il Seme[6] opened in 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brothers, Ashlyn (May 20, 2013). "FARMBAR REOPENS IN TULSA AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY LARGE FIRE". News on 6. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "11 Queer-Owned Restaurants You Need to Visit". Thrillist. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2023-james-beard-awards-semifinalists
- ^ https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2022-james-beard-award-semfinalists
- ^ "People from all over Oklahoma and surrounding states have met our goats, walked the garden and sat at our table for a dinner prepared using ingredients from our farm or other local farms". Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Il Seme". Downtown Tulsa. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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