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Talk About Tulsa => Development & New Businesses => Topic started by: Danny on August 03, 2009, 08:26:01 AM

Title: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Danny on August 03, 2009, 08:26:01 AM
The old Grandys, at 71st & Memorial, has been redone, there is a new sign with a cover over it that says, "guess whos coming to town"
does anyone know what that is going to be?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: cannon_fodder on August 03, 2009, 08:59:49 AM
Apparently the local food scene is in the dark too:
http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/tulsa-food-info/news/guess-whos-coming-to-town

I could search property records, but it is probably going to be lease and/or was bought by a shell company anyway.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Danny on August 03, 2009, 09:29:09 AM
the name of the place is probably Guess Who.

but now my curiosity is really peaked
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: brianh on August 03, 2009, 12:46:34 PM
This is pure speculation, but I hope its a White Castle.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Danny on August 03, 2009, 12:49:23 PM
Quote from: brianh on August 03, 2009, 12:46:34 PM
This is pure speculation, but I hope its a White Castle.

that would be cool
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Hoss on August 03, 2009, 02:39:16 PM
Quote from: Danny on August 03, 2009, 12:49:23 PM
that would be cool

Mmmmm.....Sliders/Slyders/howeveryouwannaspellitthey'regood
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Gaspar on August 03, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: Hoss on August 03, 2009, 02:39:16 PM
Mmmmm.....Sliders/Slyders/howeveryouwannaspellitthey'regood

That'd be great, but unfortunately not.  I tried to get them to come here a while back, but they said "We have absolutely no interest in Oklahoma."

Kinda pissed me off.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: OpenYourEyesTulsa on August 03, 2009, 03:04:50 PM
Is this the place you are talking about?  It is where "Up The Creek" used to be.  I did not even get to try that place.

(http://media.tulsafoodblog.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/guess-who-tulsa-restaurant.jpg)
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Hoss on August 03, 2009, 03:05:11 PM
Quote from: Gaspar on August 03, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
That'd be great, but unfortunately not.  I tried to get them to come here a while back, but they said "We have absolutely no interest in Oklahoma."

Kinda pissed me off.

Maybe they changed their minds?  Have you checked with them recently?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Conan71 on August 03, 2009, 03:45:44 PM
That building really wouldn't fit White Castle.  Seems from the ones I've seen in KC or STL, they have their own purpose-built stores.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: In_Tulsa on August 03, 2009, 04:01:46 PM
It's going to be "Fire Rock Grill and Bar" they are local here in Tulsa. It will open soon.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Danny on August 03, 2009, 04:15:56 PM
Quote from: In_Tulsa on August 03, 2009, 04:01:46 PM
It's going to be "Fire Rock Grill and Bar" they are local here in Tulsa. It will open soon.

if they are local, the sign makes no sense
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Gaspar on August 03, 2009, 07:48:49 PM
I don't get a good vibe about that location. 

Call it Feng Shui or whatever.

Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Conan71 on August 04, 2009, 09:26:34 AM
Fire Rock???

More FAIL.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: PepePeru on August 04, 2009, 09:32:02 AM
you're supposed to guess.

If it is "Fire Rock" and they are local, why would they be 'coming to town?'

My guess is Professor I.M. Stuffed's All-U-Can Eatery and Foodmagorium.

Catchy name, too.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Ihearttacos on August 04, 2009, 09:40:18 AM
Too many good restaurants in mid-town to drive out south to try a place that is marketing themselves with a "Guess who's coming to town?" and no one has ever heard of them
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Townsend on August 04, 2009, 09:42:59 AM
Quote from: Ihearttacos on August 04, 2009, 09:40:18 AM
Too many good restaurants in mid-town to drive out south to try a place that is marketing themselves with a "Guess who's coming to town?" and no one has ever heard of them

ding ding ding

(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:gz4KOjm-N_qGQM:http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252668128e1d0109d0f0a416000f-500pi)
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: stageidea on August 04, 2009, 01:50:24 PM
"Up the Creek" was a horrible name.  "Fire Rock" doesn't sound much better.   Is this location required to have a bad name?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: sgrizzle on August 04, 2009, 02:17:15 PM
Why not just call it LTO?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Townsend on August 04, 2009, 02:25:44 PM
Quote from: sgrizzle on August 04, 2009, 02:17:15 PM
Why not just call it LTO?

Lunar Topographic Orthophotomosaic?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Danny on August 04, 2009, 03:23:45 PM
Quote from: sgrizzle on August 04, 2009, 02:17:15 PM
Why not just call it LTO?


Limited Time Only?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: tshane250 on August 04, 2009, 04:24:10 PM
Lunar orthophoto mosaic!?!  Does such a thing exist?  I'd love to see it.  Seriously!
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Townsend on August 04, 2009, 04:35:28 PM
Quote from: tshane250 on August 04, 2009, 04:24:10 PM
Lunar orthophoto mosaic!?!  Does such a thing exist?  I'd love to see it.  Seriously!

I'd love to help you tshane but all I did was google LTO and pick the coolest sounding listing.  Not to bust myself but damned if I'd ever even heard those words put together.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: tshane250 on August 04, 2009, 05:05:26 PM
QuoteI'd love to help you tshane but all I did was google LTO and pick the coolest sounding listing.

You just did.  You can see aerials of the moon here. (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/)
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: sgrizzle on August 05, 2009, 09:46:52 AM
Quote from: Danny on August 04, 2009, 03:23:45 PM

Limited Time Only?

Ding Ding Ding

(unless you work for Subway, then it's Lettuce, Tomato, Onion.)
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Laramie on August 05, 2009, 08:52:02 PM
Don't think that Tulsa can't pull this off.  You are in an ideal situation and it can't hurt to build something besides the BOK Center.

An 80,000-seat stadium could be the springboard for Oklahoma's first Major League football team or used by the University of Tulsa with Oklahoma State and Oklahoma playing some non-conference games.  They (OU) agreed to meet Brigham Young University in Dallas. 

There are a number of big businessmen in Tulsa and Oklahoma City who could pull this off.

An Olympic Village to house athletes could be converted into quality housing.  You have a great river in the Arkansas.

Dream on Tulsa, you can pull this off!

There are a number of facilities in Oklahoma City-Norman-Edmond  which could be used for some events; however, the spotlight and main events would be in Tulsa.

Now is the time, don't think small; think big.  You are a beautiful and clean city--one of the best in North America, so don't think that this is such a far-fetched pipedream--you've got to start somewhere.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: YoungTulsan on August 05, 2009, 10:19:15 PM
I don't think you can fit 80,000 seats inside of a modified closed Grandy's.  Or did you click the wrong thread?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Townsend on August 06, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
Quote from: YoungTulsan on August 05, 2009, 10:19:15 PM
I don't think you can fit 80,000 seats inside of a modified closed Grandy's.  Or did you click the wrong thread?

We have a massive Lilliputian population.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: cannon_fodder on August 06, 2009, 11:44:25 AM
Quote from: Townsend on August 06, 2009, 10:48:44 AM
We have a massive Lilliputian population.

Wow,  +1 for the literary reference.
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Gaspar on October 05, 2009, 04:29:11 PM
Has this place closed yet?
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Conan71 on October 05, 2009, 04:32:11 PM
Quote from: Gaspar on October 05, 2009, 04:29:11 PM
Has this place closed yet?

Such optimism!
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Hoss on October 05, 2009, 04:34:54 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 05, 2009, 04:32:11 PM
Such optimism!

I didn't realize it was open...
Title: Re: Guess who's coming to town??????
Post by: Gaspar on October 06, 2009, 12:01:23 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on October 05, 2009, 04:32:11 PM
Such optimism!

Just figured they could cut their losses by closing before they open.  That's the dead side of that intersection.