Shoutout DFW: Meet Matt Amberg | Chef/Owner, Oren Restaurant
We had the good fortune of connecting with Matt Amberg and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Matt, have there been any changes in how you think about work-life balance? Throughout most of my career I missed everything outside of work. Weddings, birthdays, vacations,...
10 June, 2024
The Boston Globe: “Tulsa Is In the Throes of a Dining Renaissance”
The roasted scallop dish at Oren is like something out of a Scandinavian fever dream had in Southeast Asia. They’re served in zingy green curry made with piquant yuzukosho, a citrusy paste spiced with chilis, and a garden’s worth of flavors — cilantro, mint,...
30 September, 2019
Forbes: “Top Bites and Brews in Tulsa, Oklahoma”
Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second largest city in the state, is an oil boom town in the midst of a resurgence, with unique neighborhoods and entertainment districts, a recently completed 100-acre, $465 million riverfront park and a remote program that encourages workers to move to...
30 September, 2019
Oren Craft Magazine: “Tulsa trusts Oren’s Matt Amberg to take them someplace wonderful”
Sitting in Oren with Matt Amberg today, you would not get the sense that he’s facing adversity. Matt has a direct and matter-of-fact demeanor that is comforting and surprising. It’s the focus that becomes possible when you truly know yourself, and that could be said...
10 June, 2019
The Tulsa Voice: “Inventive Restraint”
source: thetulsavoice.com The moment you walk into Oren—Chef Matthew Amberg’s progressive Brookside eatery—there is an appreciable lack of ostentation. Absent from the dining room are the chintzy gimmicks that too often adorn the walls of restaurants designed to trend. While mood and appetite are easily manipulated by vibrant colors, art, photography, music, and even TVs, Oren eschews
12 June, 2018
Edible Tulsa: “A Chef Comes Full Circle”
source: edibletulsa.ediblecommunities.com Chef Matthew Amberg, a Tulsa native, has come full circle by opening Oren, a sleek new spot for what he calls “progressive American” cuisine, in Brookside, a stone’s throw from where he grew up. Amberg’s first food job, which launched him on his...
16 May, 2018
Tulsa World: “Oren highlight 2017 rankings of new Tulsa restaurants”
source: tulsaworld.com It turns out the first person who said, “Never say never,” had a point. Since I first started ranking the new Tulsa restaurants in 2003, I always said I never would pick a tie. Ties are a copout, I said. A cheap way...
09 January, 2018
Attention to detail – Oren is one Tulsan’s take on big-city dining.
source: http://www.tulsapeople.com/ Matthew and Yara Amberg have given Tulsa a gift with their new restaurant, Oren. Oren could very easily fit into the New York City restaurant scene. You can imagine discovering a place like it in Brooklyn or on a list of the hottest new...
09 January, 2018
Review: Oren makes extraordinary entrance into Tulsa dining scene
source tulsaworld.com Yara and Matt Amberg had a three-pronged plan after they married, when both were cooking at high-end New York City-area restaurants. “We wanted children, a nice house and our own restaurant,” Matt Amberg said. “It didn’t seem feasible up there, so we had...
09 January, 2018
Tulsa World: “Tulsa’s 33 Best Restaurants”
Yara and Matt Amberg had a three-pronged plan after they married, when both were cooking at high-end New York City-area restaurants. “We wanted children, a nice house and our own restaurant,” Matt Amberg said. “It didn’t seem feasible up there, so we had...
05 October, 2017OK Magazine: “Oren’t you glad you went there?”
Matt Amberg, a noted foodie in Brooklyn, comes home to Tulsa with a flair for elegant dining. By Brian Schwartz – September 25, 2017 “I want to come here again, Mommy!” yells a tiny diner at one of the birchwood tables. The parents smile indulgently, not...
05 October, 2017Tulsa World: “Review: Oren makes extraordinary entrance into Tulsa dining scene”
Oren brings progressive American fare to Brookside By Scott Cherry Tulsa World – September 13, 2017 Yara and Matt Amberg had a three-pronged plan after they married, when both were cooking at high-end New York City-area restaurants. “We wanted children, a nice house and our...
05 October, 2017
