OKLAHOMA CITY — Restaurants at five Oklahoma state parks will cease operations at the end of the month, state officials announced Thursday.

It marks the second time since July that the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation has announced plans to close The Lookout Kitchen restaurants at Beavers Bend, Lake Murray, Robbers Cave, Roman Nose and Quartz Mountain state parks.

State parks officials on Thursday would not say why the restaurants were closing Sept. 30. A spokesperson referred Oklahoma Voice to a statement the agency put out that says the Department of Tourism and Recreation plans to begin searching for a new restaurant vendor in the coming weeks and wants to reopen the restaurants as soon as possible.

In the interim, the agency will provide “grab-and-go food opti

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