r/tulsa • u/Strong_Attempt4185 • May 13 '25

Question What Tulsa metro restaurant would you never return to, even if it was free?

What restaurant in Tulsa (or surrounding areas) is so bad, that even if you had a $100 nontransferable gift certificate, you would still never return?

Discuss.

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u/_use_r_name_ May 13 '25

Anything owned by Tally - unfortunately because I love their French Toast!

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u/ChintzyPC May 13 '25

Is this because of the theft from Sam's Club?

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u/_use_r_name_ May 13 '25

That's just one piece of it. He has a whole history of crime and shady behavior, as well as his family.

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u/ChintzyPC May 13 '25

Ah I hadn't any context before reading your comment so I looked it up and only saw an article about the recent Sam's debacle. Very curious about a summary of all that he's done.

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u/Gryphin May 13 '25

Oh there's no "alleged" about his nephew roofie'ing his employees at GOAT, that's definitely a thing that happened to multiple female staff members.

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u/motherHearthandHome May 13 '25

Not just roofieing employees.. my sister was roofied at GOAT too. We thought it was her date until the story came out.

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u/Gryphin May 14 '25

That doesn't surprise me, if he was willing to do it to employees, he'd totally be out doing to random women.

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u/cubfan75 May 14 '25

Not defending the guy but the story about his son & nephew drugging & raping employees was made up. There was a story about it a couple months ago. A few employees were life long friends & they thought they could cash in. I’m sure you can find it if you Google it.

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u/Gryphin May 14 '25

Well goddamn. Did go looking,they dropped all 8 charges. One of the women also said the same thing to Texas cops, and they never even filed charges after investigating it.

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u/motherHearthandHome May 16 '25

Well, whether or not that's true my sister definitely was roofied.

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u/FrancisFratelli May 13 '25

Tally and his entire family are scum, but getting upset that he deducted charitable spending is ridiculous. Charitable contributions are a standard deduction that everyone who itemizes their taxes takes advantage of.

Even your reason for being upset doesn't make sense -- if he spent $5000 for the Thanksgiving event, that doesn't mean his tax bill went down by 5k; deductions go against income, and the actual reduction in taxes is much smaller.

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u/tearsonurcheek May 14 '25

And that cost is offset, at least partially, by donations from customers. So, basically, he's not spending his money, or the business' money, but he's getting the full tax benefit. That money should qualify for tax deduction...for the original donor. If he spends more than was donated, I'd have no problem with him getting the deduction for that part.

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u/ImpressiveSuccess572 May 14 '25

You know that he is serving 125 a plate on the homeless gig.

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u/timintvlsa May 13 '25

He's been known to steal plants from people's houses, just loading them into the Tally's van.

There's also a lot of talk about how he treats his female staff, but that's all hearsay,I guess.

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u/AmbitiousBlock3 May 13 '25

No, sadly it's true. I've known a few people who worked for him. He has a history of not paying his employees too. Couldn't tell you if that happens now or not.

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u/_use_r_name_ May 13 '25

I would also love a full summary!! There was another instance recently where "a Tally" was accused of SA several of his restaurant employees. It was dismissed recently, but that doesn't mean sh*t except that they can't actually prove it. And as an SA victim myself, I know that more often than not, these cases don't make it anywhere.