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Talk About Tulsa => Development & New Businesses => Topic started by: Weatherdemon on January 26, 2015, 02:53:12 PM

Title: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: Weatherdemon on January 26, 2015, 02:53:12 PM
http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/scene/restaurants/table-talk-downtown-lunch-spot-grand-selections-to-close/article_ec3216a6-d6d9-56a0-8d69-5d8b68c700f5.html

I used to love that place in the late 90's and early 2000's but the last few times I had been in there, albeit 4-5 years ago, it smelled like dirty dishwasher and mildew.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: carltonplace on January 26, 2015, 03:24:22 PM
The name is terrible and they are only open for lunch M-F.

Doesn't seem like they tried very hard.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: sgrizzle on January 26, 2015, 03:46:19 PM
Quote from: carltonplace on January 26, 2015, 03:24:22 PM
The name is terrible and they are only open for lunch M-F.

Doesn't seem like they tried very hard.

You just described every place on Main.

My beef was that they blacked out the windows. I thought it was some sort of seedy piano bar for about a decade.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: Conan71 on January 26, 2015, 03:55:26 PM
I honestly have no clue where this is.  Based on the address, I know I would've walked past many times, yet nothing stands out.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: RecycleMichael on January 26, 2015, 04:38:40 PM
I ate at this place many times. Brent the owner had a daughter that played soccer on my daughter's team.

His business was mostly catering sandwiches and had a small crowd that ate there during lunch. He sold more baked potatoes than sandwiches.

I am sorry to see him go out of business.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: saintnicster on January 26, 2015, 05:31:37 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on January 26, 2015, 03:55:26 PM
I honestly have no clue where this is.  Based on the address, I know I would've walked past many times, yet nothing stands out.

Just north of the old Renbergs Building on main Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.153191,-95.990967,3a,75y,116.16h,93.71t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7Ow-Zx6O05N94NXrpGD2dQ!2e0)
As mentioned above, the defining feature was the blacked out windows and minimal signage.

The gooey bread was a nice, occasional treat, but more often than not, I just kinda forgot that it was there :/
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: carltonplace on January 27, 2015, 08:24:26 AM
Quote from: saintnicster on January 26, 2015, 05:31:37 PM
Just north of the old Renbergs Building on main Street View (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.153191,-95.990967,3a,75y,116.16h,93.71t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7Ow-Zx6O05N94NXrpGD2dQ!2e0)
As mentioned above, the defining feature was the blacked out windows and minimal signage.

The gooey bread was a nice, occasional treat, but more often than not, I just kinda forgot that it was there :/

yummy

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Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: DTowner on January 27, 2015, 11:18:19 AM
The gooey bars were the only thing that stood out and the only thing it had you couldn't get a better version of elsewhere downtown.  Ten years ago, there was usually a line at lunch.  As the competition grew, this place seemed to stagnate and became a reminder of how limited downtown's eating options were in the early 2000s.  Sorry to see it close, but have to admit I hadn't been or used it to cater lunch in over 4 years.
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: Breadburner on January 27, 2015, 01:03:12 PM
Never heard of it.......
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: Townsend on January 27, 2015, 01:04:57 PM
Quote from: Breadburner on January 27, 2015, 01:03:12 PM
Never heard of it.......

Doesn't seem to matter
Title: Re: Grand Selections to Close Friday
Post by: TheArtist on January 27, 2015, 03:05:02 PM
Gosh, never heard of it nor noticed it either, and I thought I knew most everything in the Deco District.  Unfortunately that part of Main Street is pretty much decimated with the TW building blank wall there and then the suburban style plazas and buildings just to the north.