Othello's keeps the lights on in Edmond

Since November 1999, Othello’s in Edmond has been serving Southern Italian fare to hungry customers, taking its cue from the original location on Campus Corner in Norman. This isn’t fusion Italian or Mediterranean-style food, though there is a variety – it’s classic red sauce dishes.

“Our big sellers are still the classics,” Weiss said. “Chicken parmigiana and veal parmigiana keep them coming back.”

The building that houses Othello’s is steeped in Edmond history, though recent renovations have kept the interior modern and inviting.

During the city’s past, Othello’s was a hospital, a theater and the London House, a fine dining restaurant run by Weiss.

“We still see a lot of our customers from the old London House days, but they all enjoy the more relaxed atmosphere we have now,” he said. “The one thing they kept asking about, for years after we switched to Othello’s, was the coconut cream pie.”

Weiss said they decided the pie wasn’t very Italian, so they dropped it from the new menu, but when it seemed every other diner wanted to know if they could get a slice, he finally relented and brought it back.

A new addition came in the form of an old tradition. Othello's of Edmond has their own version of the Barry Switzer Table of Truth. Switzer, who frequents the Norman location so often that they gave him his own table, came up to Edmond when the restaurant opened and picked out a second Table of Truth.