I heard there will be a new bar opening this summer at 3rd and Denver, called Brickhugger Bar & Grill. I think it's associated with the Kanbar development group.
NICE! Four blocks from my apartment.
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Originally posted by Floyd
I heard there will be a new bar opening this summer at 3rd and Denver, called Brickhugger Bar & Grill. I think it's associated with the Kanbar development group.
There is nothing at 3rd/Denver but parking lots. If you mean 3rd/Cheyenne there is a building there that could be used. There are also several vacant places next to/in the Wright building.
I heard 3rd and Denver but I imagine it's going to be closer to 3rd and Cheyenne. Wright building would make sense. I'll try to get more details and report back.
On the list of applications for mixed-beverage liquor license, there's no address listed except "Tulsa". [^]
Looks like same owners as SoChey.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
Looks like same owners as SoChey.
I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.
Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
Looks like same owners as SoChey.
I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.
Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.
He brews his own, he doesn't have to go far now.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
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Originally posted by inteller
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
Looks like same owners as SoChey.
I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.
Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.
He brews his own, he doesn't have to go far now.
I'm not talking about the acid, I'm talking about the beer.
Though we don't really know anything about the place, I really like the name (damn those geniuses who came up with it!). If it actually is a bar and grill, I bet it will do some great business, especially since there is NO competition anywhere near the arena. Perhaps it'll help spur some other development.
And I hope it opens by the time the BOk Grand Opening rears its head.
That's great.
Floyd, where did you 'hear' this news?
The internetz. Where else? It knows everything.
(I PMed you).
The Brickhugger is going to be in the Mid-Co building, it seems. Well done!
http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/spot/article.aspx?subjectID=288&articleID=20080402_288_hS37312
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Upscale downtown
by: SCOTT CHERRY World Scene Writer
4/2/2008 12:00 AM
SoChey Jazz Cafe occupies a basement space near the arena
A basement restaurant and jazz club seems as though it would be a made-to-order neighbor when the new BOk Center opens in downtown this fall.
Chef-proprietor Trevor Tack thought so, too, when he recently opened SoChey Jazz Cafe on Cheyenne Avenue, just north of Third Street, in space that formerly housed Pomodori's. The new arena fills the landscape a block straight west of SoChey's front door.
"I was working on the build-out of a pub I'm going to open in the Mid-Co building (on the southwest corner of Third Street and Cheyenne Avenue) when I saw this space become available," said Tack.
"I jumped on the opportunity. It was easy for me to connect the dots from the arena to the pub to the restaurant."
Fans of jazz and fine dining don't have to wait for the arena to open to experience the ambience and food at So- Chey, a name derived from South Cheyenne.
We slipped in on a recent Friday night a bit after 8 p.m. and found a quiet, modest- size crowd in the dining room. An hour later a highenergy crowd of mostly 25- to 35-somethings had filled the intimate bar area and most of the dining tables while a pleasing jazz duo played in one corner of the room.
The imaginative menu from Tack and chef de cuisine Jason Hart measured up to the setting.
Pierogies ($9.95) made a fabulous appetizer. Tack said the dish was inspired by his great-grandmother, who was Polish. Our plate had three big dumplings filled with chorizo and mashed potatoes, then topped with a silky chive cream sauce and manchego cheese.
Roast and Coast ($28.95) was a man-sized entree with a mound of ale-braised beef short ribs and three, fat, panseared scallops with black tru!e jus, parsnip puree and sauteed kale. It's a personal preference, but the scallops would have been more to my liking with another 15 to 30 seconds in the pan.
The pan-seared red snapper in the Fish and Chips ($23.95) was cooked perfectly. It had a delicate flavor, enhanced by a tomato meuniere that had a mild floral bouquet from a touch of lavender. The dish came with tri-colored pommes frites (french fries) and roasted spaghetti squash.
We shared a house salad ($5.95) of mesclun greens, pickled red onions, grape tomatoes, oversized croutons (crispy outside, soft inside) and goat cheese, all tossed in a tangy vinaigrette.
For dessert, an apple crisp ($7.95) had a crunchy crust topped with whipped cream, strawberries and fresh mint, and a piece of cheesecake ($7.95) had a light texture and alsowas served with whipped cream and strawberries.
Panini, sandwiches, flatbreads, soups, salads and pastas fill the lunch menu, while frittatas add a breakfast flavor to the Sunday brunch fare.
SoChey has full bar service and a list of 46 wines, about half available by the glass. Our server, Jonathan, was spot on with menu recommendations, replaced utensils and crumbed our white tablecloth as necessary, and seemed to appear when needed, but only when needed. He also didn't write down our orders, but everything came out perfectly.
The dining rooms, separated by the main staircase, have mostly brick walls, decorative windowsills with candles flickering out through glass-block windows, wood floors, concrete columns, and jazz-themed photos, posters and musical instruments.
Lighting is subdued, and I needed a candle to read the menu, which was fine.
A slight negative was the women's bathroom, which could use some sprucing up – even a larger wastebasket would help.
Live music is booked Friday and Saturday nights and for Sunday brunch.
Task said he got his early training at the Chalkboard under the late Paul Caplinger, was a private chef for some Colorado Rockies baseball players for a couple of years, and returned to Tulsa for another turn at the Chalkboard before striking out on his own.
SoCHEY JAZZ CAFE
219 S. Cheyenne Ave. 295-0177
Food: New American
Price: dinner entrees, $15.95 (spit-roasted free-range chicken) to $28.95 (8-ounce beef filet); lunches, $5.95 to $10.95; Sunday brunch, $5.95 to $10.95
Credit cards: All major
Hours: lunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday; dinner, 5-10:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; Sunday brunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; bar open to 2 a.m.
Food ***1/2 atmosphere ***1/2 service **** (One is fair, two good, three very good and four excellent)
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Oh yea, now I know where that is. I like that building.
It's not in the Mid-Co Building and this is not a Kanbar property. It's in the same location as the former Pomodori's. The Wright Building Annex is owned by John Snyder, the same owner of the Mayo Hotel. In the article Mr. Tack states that he "was going to open in the Mid-Co building" (across the street from the Wright Annex) "when I saw this space become available."
Hope he can hold the storm until the Arena opens.
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Originally posted by groundhog
It's not in the Mid-Co Building and this is not a Kanbar property. It's in the same location as the former Pomodori's. The Wright Building Annex is owned by John Snyder, the same owner of the Mayo Hotel. In the article Mr. Tack states that he "was going to open in the Mid-Co building" (across the street from the Wright Annex) "when I saw this space become available."
Hope he can hold the storm until the Arena opens.
Re-read the article and get back to us.
...pub I'm going to open in the Mid-Co buildingHe is not building a bar in the pomodori's location, he put SoChey in the Pomodori's space. The Bar is still at Midco. People are allowed to operate two businesses at two locations.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
"People are allowed to operate two businesses at two locations."
It's funny how people talk on anonymous forums that they would never say to people face to face. Weird.
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Originally posted by groundhog
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
"People are allowed to operate two businesses at two locations."
It's funny how people talk on anonymous forums that they would never say to people face to face. Weird.
Oh right, because that statement was rude. /end sarcasm
Lot of churnning continues downtown.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
"People are allowed to operate two businesses at two locations."
It's funny how people talk on anonymous forums that they would never say to people face to face. Weird.
I'm about as un-anonymous as they come. My point is that you, speaking of things you wouldn't say face to face, came on here and basically told everyone they were wrong based on what you misread. Trying to say I'm a "mean old poopyhead" doesn't change that.
I will use the same sarcasm and tone whether in a forum post, email, private message, phone call, in person conversation, smoke signal or tattoo.
I've been poking about on the BOk Center's website and came across this statement:
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What's already been happening, even as the construction packages are bid and work is going on, is a flurry of private economic development all around the arena.
Was there a flurry that I missed? Or do they count SoChey and Brickhugger as a flurry of development? There
is a lot going on
downtown but it's mostly in the eastern and northern sections of downtown, not around the arena.
So, where is this flurry???
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Originally posted by dsjeffries
I've been poking about on the BOk Center's website and came across this statement:
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What's already been happening, even as the construction packages are bid and work is going on, is a flurry of private economic development all around the arena.
Was there a flurry that I missed? Or do they count SoChey and Brickhugger as a flurry of development? There is a lot going on downtown but it's mostly in the eastern and northern sections of downtown, not around the arena.
So, where is this flurry???
Maybe by "around the arena" they mean "Tulsa."
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
Maybe by "around the arena" they mean "Tulsa."
That's sounds about right. [B)]
That website is absolutely rife with spelling errors, and the Tulsa Convention Center website looks like it's about 08% completed. It's pretty sad, actually.
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Originally posted by dsjeffries
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
Maybe by "around the arena" they mean "Tulsa."
That's sounds about right. [B)]
That website is absolutely rife with spelling errors, and the Tulsa Convention Center website looks like it's about 08% completed. It's pretty sad, actually.
Linky?
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Originally posted by dsjeffries
I've been poking about on the BOk Center's website and came across this statement:
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What's already been happening, even as the construction packages are bid and work is going on, is a flurry of private economic development all around the arena.
Was there a flurry that I missed? Or do they count SoChey and Brickhugger as a flurry of development? There is a lot going on downtown but it's mostly in the eastern and northern sections of downtown, not around the arena.
So, where is this flurry???
Downtown. We've gotten SoChey , we're getting Brickhugger, Boston Avenue Grille and Catering and Joe Momma's, I hear there's actual progress on finding a grocery/deli to go with his First Street Lofts, the Atlas building is being turned into a hotel, there's some sort of new restaurant going into the old Nelson's Buffeteria space and the long-vacant hotel that houses Coney Island is about to find a buyer.
Downtown sure is dead.
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Downtown. We've gotten SoChey , we're getting Brickhugger, Boston Avenue Grille and Catering and Joe Momma's, I hear there's actual progress on finding a grocery/deli to go with his First Street Lofts, the Atlas building is being turned into a hotel, there's some sort of new restaurant going into the old Nelson's Buffeteria space and the long-vacant hotel that houses Coney Island is about to find a buyer.
Downtown sure is dead.
Nobody said downtown is dead... Period. However, to say that the area around the arena has seen a flurry of economic development is a falsehood and misleading. There's a lot of stuff going in and on downtown as you have pointed out, but, like I said earlier, everything but SoChey and Brickhugger are in other parts of downtown, away from the arena... parts that are NOT "the area around the arena".
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Linky?
http://www.bokcenter.com
Poke around... You'll find the errors.
http://www.tulsaconvention.com
That's the one that looks like someone had an idea for a website and never went beyond the idea stage.
The Journal Record on restaurant development downtown: (//%22http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=88295%22)
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Restaurateurs eye downtown Tulsa expansion
TULSA – When the 18,000-seat BOK Center opens this fall, Jared Jordan and Trevor Tack intend to have two new restaurants ready for concert goers within a block of the swirling glass arena.
The duo hope to open three more nearby eateries over the next five years – the start of what they see as a new entertainment district for downtown Tulsa.
It made sense to jump on it early, trying to connect the dots," said Tack, executive chef for Sochey Jazz Café, which the duo opened in February at 219 S. Cheyenne.
With its live music, open ceilings, burgundy walls, cloudy windows and plentiful jazz history décor, that cozy 2,000-square-foot upscale restaurant offers its lunch and dinner audience a roaring '20s speakeasy atmosphere – a nice complement to the more price-conscious, 2,500-square-foot Brickhuggers Pub under construction to open in August across Third Street at the Midco Building.
"We're trying to capture all the demographics we can for the arena crowd," said Jordan, Sochey's general manager.
Their efforts parallel other signs of improvement in downtown's restaurant activity. Black Ewing, owner of Joe Momma's Pizza in south Tulsa, intends to add a second location this July at 112 S. Elgin Ave. in the Brady District. Shelly Harris and Licia Zampino expect to open the Boston Avenue Grille and Catering around the second week of May, serving breakfast and lunch weekdays in the First Place Tower.
"All of us fell in love with the downtown location," said Harris, who expects the market to grow. "I grew up with downtown Tulsa and I always wanted to be in it."
Even the coffee business has turned up the heat. Topeca Coffee in the remodeling Mayo Hotel building expanded its hours on Thursday and Friday nights to 10 p.m., even as a full Starbucks Coffee shop has opened in the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
"We kind of see downtown Tulsa as something that's about to take off," said Jordan, who is looking at another corner of the Mayo for their third restaurant.
While the region encircled by highways already features two budding entertainment sectors in the Blue Dome and Brady districts, both Tack and Jordan feel the arena calls for a third set of venues directly around the Vision 2025 structure.
"We're trying to capture something down here to give it its own identity," said Jordan, 29, who met Tack when the chef joined the Chalkboard Restaurant staff.
Tack sees their restaurants providing a connection between those districts, the arena and potential downtown ballpark, and the neighboring skyscrapers. As activity snowballs, they hope to foster shopping growth as well, although offering a possible clothing line at Brickhuggers represents the extent of their own retail plans.
"We want our business to grow into a gateway to downtown," said Tack, 27. "I live downtown. I work downtown. I play downtown. I'm committed to downtown."
With an initial investment of $150,000-plus, the duo opened Sochey in the former Pomodori's restaurant site, retaining the bar made of dark wood Catholic church fixtures, but remodeling the rest. Sochey operates from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 5 p.m. to close Wednesday through Saturday.
"It kind of depends when the music stops," Tack said of locking the doors.
The restaurant's sounds come from a mixture of known and unknown locals, with its more regular acts including Olivia Duhon, Jason Ofori and the Birdcatchers quartet from Oral Roberts University. Accenting the music, the jazz club features a menu that changes with the seasons. Tack said the new spring/summer lineup will focus on fresh fish and seasonal vegetables.
With seating of up to 80, and average tickets at $35, Jordan projects first-year revenue of $750,000 to $1 million.
They are in negotiation to lease the 2,000-square-foot upper floor for private parties, rehearsal dinners, meetings and other events.
Opening Brickhuggers Pub will allow the duo to enter the catering business. That more downscale menu will feature an eclectic array of pizzas, burgers and other family-friendly items.
"I could see people visiting the bar two to three times a week, as opposed to once or twice a month here," said Tack, snug in a black leather recliner at Sochey.
With a complete buildout necessary, Jordan projected Brickhuggers' initial investment at $400,000 or more. The proprietors actually started that project last fall, only to switch gears when the Pomodori's site became available.
"I was doing the demolition myself, you know, to save money," said Tack of the Brickhuggers site. "I've never done that before; I wanted to try it."
The duo hope to continue their live music tradition at the bar, setting up bands on a neighboring parking lot.
Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week, their second eatery will require a staff of about 20, almost twice what Sochey demands. Jordon projects an average ticket of $10 to $20 for the 120-capacity bar.
"I'd like to see that making one and a half million (dollars) across the street," Jordan said of Brickhuggers first-year revenue.
Sorry to get all FOTD on y'all with the linkage, but I thought the article was quick and to the point. It also highlights really well the transition from isolated risk taking businesses to groundswell of activity.
Not to put the cart before the horse, but it's nice to see that lots of business owners see obvious opportunity downtown.
PS: props to JoeMommaBlake for gettin' in on the interview action!
here's an FOTD style scoop for you:
Nelson's. 5th and Cheyenne.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
here's an FOTD style scoop for you:
Nelson's. 5th and Cheyenne.
DOH! Now THAT's a juicy rumor. [:)]
Hello chicken fry!!!!
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
here's an FOTD style scoop for you:
Nelson's. 5th and Cheyenne.
What does that
mean??????
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Originally posted by dsjeffries
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
here's an FOTD style scoop for you:
Nelson's. 5th and Cheyenne.
What does that mean??????
And reply in the vein of
shadows.
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Originally posted by we vs us
The Journal Record on restaurant development downtown: (//%22http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=88295%22)
Restaurateurs eye downtown Tulsa expansion
TULSA – When the 18,000-seat BOK Center opens this fall, Jared Jordan and Trevor Tack intend to have two new restaurants ready for concert goers within a block of the swirling glass arena.
The duo hope to open three more nearby eateries over the next five years – the start of what they see as a new entertainment district for downtown Tulsa
...
...
"I'd like to see that making one and a half million (dollars) across the street," Jordan said of Brickhuggers first-year revenue.
A little follow-up to an earlier discussion. It's odd the World article doesn't mention the Mid-Co Bldg. But the picture shows the bldg. in the background. The Journal Record article above seems to have more info. At least the World article means things are still on track for the Pub.
Pub planned near BOK sitehttp://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?articleID=20080517_46_E1_spancl99792
I may have gotten in on the interview action, but they said my name was Black Ewing.
Funny.
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Originally posted by JoeMommaBlake
I may have gotten in on the interview action, but they said my name was Black Ewing.
Funny.
That's yer gunslinger name.
I'm all for downtown development. And I agree that it's important to have some things to do closer to the BOK Center, but sometimes I wonder if we wouldn't generate more electricity and excitement if we just focused on filling up one area of downtown with all of the restaurants, hotels, etc (ala Bricktown). It's harder to sell downtown as a destination when everything is so scattered and the momentum never seems to FULLY build in a particular area.
Not trying to be negative at all. Downtown is definitely turning around. I work there and like playing there. I'm very excited about ANYTHING at this point. Just some random thoughts.
5th and Cheyenne?
a)Mayo Hotel
b)Oneok
c)INCOG building
Hmmmm.
As far as the Coney Island building being sold...HAHAHAHA.
If someone is dumb enough to pay 1.9 million for that property, that is. Cause that is what that guy from California who owns it is listing it for. That is right...he paid, approximately one year ago, like 500,000 for it.
Funny.
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Originally posted by sgrizzle
here's an FOTD style scoop for you:
Nelson's. 5th and Cheyenne.
DOH! Now THAT's a juicy rumor. [:)]
Juicy like a Nelson's Chicken Fried Steak...
Sounds like the Brickhugger Bar is on hold for a while.
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Originally posted by PonderInc
Sounds like the Brickhugger Bar is on hold for a while.
I keep waiting to hear some kind of announcement about its grand opening, but I haven't heard or seen anything since... August?
What's the deal?