Free Queso

We've got a special quarantine episode for you where we all recorded safely at home. Our guests are Robby Ray and Joshua Montgomery from BOYS podcast. Judie and I catch up, and then the whole group does a fantasy draft for their ultimate sandwich. Subscribe to BOYS wherever you get your pods, and find us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod, and leave us a 5* review!

We've got Steve Willingham from Clarity Coffee to on for coffee talk this week. Steve helps us demystify cold brew and other at-home coffee techniques, talks about hospitality, and we blind taste gas station coffee. Download this new episode, and find us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod, and leave us a 5* review!

For our tenth episode, we were lucky enough to land Guadalupe 'Lupe' Garcia, the youngest son in the Chelino's Mexican Restaurant dynasty. Guadalupe tells us what is was like growing up in a restaurant family and how he's helping navigate Chelino's into another decade. We get some scoops on their new menu, what happened in Bricktown, and decide what our Final Brunch would look like. Download this new episode, and find us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod, and leave us a 5* review!

It can be a rough life as a service industry employee. Thankfully, there are cool organizations like the United States Bartenders Guild to have your back. We talk with Alex Larrea, who is a former president and current board member for the Oklahoma City chapter of the USBG. He explains what the Guild does to educate and bring camaraderie among local bartenders and hospitality workers.   You can follow our local guild at @usbgokc on Instagram, and find out podcast on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod, and leave us a 5* review!

February is Black History Month, and OKC Black Eats wants you to check out more black-owned restaurants. We have founder Apollo Woods on the show to talk about OKC Black Restaurant Weeks, and why it's important to support these vital businesses. We also talk about dining out on date nights, our leftover reheating methods, and blind taste a Whitman's sampler. Check out OKC Black Eats, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FreeQuesoPod, and leave a nice review! Published 10 February 2020

We've got a crossover for you, featuring Jeff and Clint from the hilarious Flawed Laws Podcast. We get into their service industry experience and gnarly kitchen injuries, and cap it all off by drinking some gross sodas. Check our Flawed Laws, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FreeQuesoPod, and leave a nice review!

Trying to cut meat out of your diet for New Years? It can be tough, but Savanah Fitzsimmons & Kaitlyn Burton from Loaded Bowl visit with the Queso gang to talk about about how tasty it can be to go veg. Leave us a nice review and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod

Auld lang syne, dear listeners! The New Year is upon us, so we brought in wine expert Ian Clarke to walk us through 5 different sparkling wines. Judie and Lucas learn the difference between cava and champagne, and Ian tells us about the secret life of wine reps. Leave us a nice review and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod

Ever wondered what it would be like to cash out your 401ks and start a brewery with your best friends? Andrew Carrales from Vanessa House joins us to talk about how he did it, and we also get into their stylish taproom, the effects of street construction on a small business, and we taste some of their beers. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod!

This week, we're joined by (don't call him a chef) Chris McCabe. Judie and Lucas ask him about his favorite buffet experience, the role of food halls in OKC, and we all dig in to some Super Cao snacks. Subscribe, give us a nice rating, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod!'

Thanksgiving is upon us, so Judie and Lucas brought in OKC brewery (and TLO sponsor) Anthem Brewing Company. Derek, Shaun, and Brian from Anthem came out to the studio to taste us through their beers and talk about being one of the largest local breweries. Come for the beer, stay for the Fantasy Thanksgiving Dinner Draft! Subscribe, give us a nice rating, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod!

For the grand opening of Free Queso, we threw a party with The Pump! Hailey, Meghanne, and Becky join Judy and Lucas to discuss sexism in the industry, the art of polishing turds, and we quiz the bartenders on their daily cocktail specials.  Subscribe, give us a nice rating, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod!

Welcome to the soft opening of Free Queso, the podcast that serves up hot content from OKC's service industry scene. For our preview episode, Judie and Lucas discuss the logistics of restaurant soft openings and talk about which Halloween candy is a trick or a treat to us. Subscribe, give us a nice rating, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @freequesopod!