The Old Icehouse

Great new place near downtown Edmond. We had the corn sticks and they were terrific drinks were great and service too!

New location in a really cool building, very tastefully remodeled with touches of the old with new. The video I saw promoted by @aventuresinoklahoma on IG. When I saw the macaroni and cheese I was ALL IN and very excited. The place is right down the street from the rail yard and looks like a copycat version but smaller and not in as good of a location. We were really excited to try the food because the chef is supposed to be relatively known for winning some national TV cooking contest tv shows.We ordered the candied pepper bacon as an appetizer, pot roast Mac and cheese and the burger basket. The bacon came out in 1 thick piece rather than thick slices which was weird but interesting. There wasn't much candy flavor, nor pepper and it didn't have much of a "bark". It was tough, chewy and fatty. Just Meh Then the main course came out. The restaurant smelled so good with the smell of the burgers and my GF loves a burger so we were happy to try it. I love good Mac and cheese but most places overcook the noodles that make them mushy. First impression of her burger was very basic . The flavor was underwhelming. Nothing to write home about. My Mac and cheese didn't look like it had any cheese in it. There was a lack of the onions or pieces of pot roast as well. You know how cheddar cheese is yellow? Well, wouldn't Mac and cheese be yellow as well and cheesy? The noodles looked dry, the sauce looked like a stroganoff cream sauce with bits of pot roast. Great flavor, no cheese, needed salt and pepper and came out warm, but not hot. My biggest compliment on this was the macaroni noodles were not overcooked like 99% of places. When the server, Charisma, asked how our meal was I told her the truth. She reported it to the owner and found out her boyfriend, who she was embarrassed to admit, had just started working there and was the one who cooked it. She apologized profusely and offered to make it right. I didn't have much faith that if they didn't get it right the first time that they could get it right the second time. She noticed that the noodles didn't look right, the bacon looked undercooked and made us feel validated for our less than impressive first experience. The most disappointing thing to find out was that the chef, who was in charge of the place had been hanging out by the bar socializing with staff the entire time from when we came in to when we left and never once came over to apologize or try to make it right. This is a glaring lack of leadership. You have a new restaurant that's 6-7 weeks old, you're not working in the back, you're not managing the staff and not taking ownership for the lack of standards in your place tarnishing your reputation. Knowing this was not the chef's best foot forward, I'd considering going back to give it another shot. But for $61 before tip and $75 after, it was very disappointing but hoping next time it will be a better experience. Could be a really cool place, especially if they have live music on Saturday nights if the chef is the one doing the cooking and maintaining the standards that won him the 2 awards on the TV shows. Long story short, we love to support local businesses and this place could be SPECIAL if the leader steps up instead of acting like and entitled prima donna who can't be bothered with anything other than praise and adoration.

The bar was really cute and the bartender was great. The brunch menu was limited and the food and cocktails were mediocre. One and done for us.

My husband was craving a chicken fried steak so we decided to try this new restaurant. The chicken fried steak comes with peas. Not sure why peas? Nobody eats out for peas. We asked about swapping the peas for green beans. When we received the check, we were charged $2 extra for the vegetable change. I understand up charging for changes but the server "should" always share this information immediately. Green beans are not worth an up charge! So now an already overpriced $24 item was now $26. He said the steak was good but that the breading and fry was not. It was flat and flavorless. I ordered the chicken basket. The fry seemed much better on it. It came with fries and 1 onion ring, which the onion ring was probably the best item. Overall, average experience.