Downtown OKC Needs An Old-Fashioned Diner

Posted by Steve Lackmeyer

on May 14, 2008M at 8:07 pm

And wouldn’t it be great to have one next to a Ferris Wheel and a Merry-Go-Round like the park at Fort Smith I featured a couple weeks back? Yes, Grant, I’m throwing another idea at you.

Of course, the question is, how would one go about even finding and buying one of these remnants of Americana?

Well, I’m here to help. Go here.

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