Sage Arriving

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on March 12, 2009M at 8:37 am
This bar was bought from Architectural Antiques and it reportedly was removed from a downtown hotel before it was razed in the 1970s.

This bar was bought from Architectural Antiques and it reportedly was removed from a downtown hotel before it was razed in the 1970s.

A mystery and more. Work is rapidly finishing up inside the future Sage Cafe and Market in Deep Deuce. The owners, Kevin and Charifa Smith, are hoping to open in the next few weeks. They have a mystery on their hands – one maybe someone out there can help solve. The bar shown in the photo above was bought by Architectural Antiques, which apparenlty obtained it at an estate sale. The story relayed is that it was torn out of a downtown Oklahoma City hotel before it was razed, likely during the 1970s Urban Renewal era.
But which one?
A closer look: the only identifying marks on the bar is this old ad for Camel cigarettes.

A closer look: the only identifying marks on the bar is this old ad for Camel cigarettes.

Here are more glimpses of Sage’s market and kitchen:

The Sage kitchen will be visible to both people shopping in the adjoining market and to passersby outside.

The Sage kitchen will be visible to both people shopping in the adjoining market and to passersby outside.

The Sage organic market will include vintage-style and antique display cases offering fruits, vegetables and other organic offerings.

The Sage organic market will include vintage-style and antique display cases offering fruits, vegetables and other organic offerings.

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Deep Deuce, downtown grocery

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Comments
Comment by Steven on March 12, 2009 @ 10:26 am

Thanks for the pics, got any of the seating area and market area, or is that last one the market area?

Comment by John R. "Radar" Doyle on March 12, 2009 @ 10:36 am

Steve, I am only 46, so I cannot tell you exactly where it came from. But the two possibilities I know of are the Huckins Hotel, where Mid-America Tower (current Devon HQ) stands today, or possibly the Biltmore, imploded around 1976 or 1977, where the Myriad Gardens are.

I would have also included the Hotel Black, but the building is still around at 1 North Hudson.

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