Did Oklahoma City's Tucker's Onion Burgers steal the Steuben's logo?

By Laura Shunk Thu., Sep. 8 2011 at 4:30 PM

An Oklahoma City restaurant slated to open its doors this week will feature gourmet onion burgers, "vintage modern decor" (according to EatAroundOKC) -- and, as pointed out by the Oklahoma City Egotist, a logo that looks like it was blatantly ripped off from one of this city's busiest restaurants: Steuben's.

Tucker's, which opens tomorrow, defended itself by telling the Egotist that Korn Design, the designer of the Steuben's logo, "pulled from the same inspiration our designer did: vintage signs/ads & vintage autos."

Steuben's is keeping mum on the issue for now and hasn't indicated what, if any action, it might take. "We're looking into it," says Josh Wolkon, the owner of the five-year-old spot, as well as Vesta Dipping Grill in LoDo.

If anything develops, we'll keep you posted.

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523 E. 17th Ave., Denver, CO

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Jon S

Awww, just let this one go without a lawsuit. This restaurant already has to deal with operating in the backwater hell-hole that is Oklahoma City, isn't that punishment enough?

Scott Robert

No design shop made the tuckers logo, it was "designed" by someone in-house at the dinning group who owns tuckers.

Shady

So, i thought maybe Tucker's could have been an innocent victim; that is that they bought their logo from the same design firm who sold it twice or a firm that ripped off Steuben's. But clearly they know what is going on (based on that comment). it is clearly ripped off and Stueben's (and Korn especially) should sue. They probably thought they could take it and no one would bother to sue over it.

alizen

what the hell is an "onion burger" ?

Ijustthrewupalittleinmymouth

You know, that "secret recipe" where they mix a packet of dried french onion soup in with the burger before cooking. It's the classy and continental way of jazzing up your burgers, says Sandra Lee.