This post is for the K-State, KU, NIU and BYU Fans
So you’ve been enjoying your team’s success on the court, the weather was great, and then a snow storm messes with your weekend in downtown Oklahoma City. So how can you still have fun between games, etc?
Best places to watch a game in Bricktown:
- Brix, Bricktown Brewery, TapWerks, Coaches.
Best non-sports diversions:
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City National Memorial, Crystal Bridge at the Myriad Gardens.
Best diversion you probably never thought even existed:
- American Banjo Museum in Bricktown
Best coffee shop within walking distance of Ford Center:
- CocoFlow (incredible chocolate delicacies)
Best coffee shop within a 10-minute drive:
- Cuppies and Joe (incredible cupcakes)
- Beatnix (great fresh made soups)
Best upscale restaurants for dinner:
- Nonna’s
- The Melting Pot
- Mickey Mantle Steakhouse
- The Mantle
Best local flavors:
- Earl’s Rib Palace
- Nonna’s
- The Mantle
Best evidence on why Robin Williams referred to the Bricktown Canal as a “redneck Venice”
- Bass Pro Shops
- Hooters
- Toby Keith’s I Love this Bar and Grill
- Rok Bar
- Coyote Ugly
Best place to discover what it was like to be a tourist in Bricktown in 1990:
- Spaghetti Warehouse
Best places to shop in Bricktown:
- The Painted Door
- Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Emporium
- Put a Cork in It
Best entertainment venues in Bricktown:
- Harkins theaters
- Red Pin Bowling Lounge
- Murphey’s Dueling Pianos
Best places for live music:
- JJ’s Alley
- The Wormy Dog Saloon
To get more information on any of these listings, including address, websites, etc., visit www.bricktownokc.org or wwwdowntownokc.com.
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Because it was the k-state fans hitting me up for info! Let’s get the KU, NIU and BYU folks represented as well!
It’s funny because all of the guys on KCRag.com that always come to OKC when K-State or KU are playing here always complain about OKC on that site. Many of them talk about the bad experiences they’ve had in Bricktown on a Thursday night, etc..
Perhaps we need way finding in downtown JUST for KU/K-State fans. Or perhaps OKC really isn’t as great as we think it is when people from KC visit. And I’m serious, if you all haven’t spent some time in KC lately, you should..it’s a model urban city in my opinion. P+L aside..
I’d be curious to hear how KC is a model urban city aside from P+L. I’m speaking from ignorance and wanting to know more. I’ve been to Kansas City, but don’t remember too much urbanity.
It is probably about 20 years ahead of OKC, as far as urban density is concerned. KC’s downtown is very cool and seems much bigger than it actually is. Wish it was closer than Dallas.
Kansas City metro is almost twice that of OKC. It’s had at least two Professional Teams since the 60′s and at for a time 3 with the Kansas City Kings (NBA). It’s at the least 20 years ahead but has a much larger population and longer history, it was already an established thriving city when OKC was still prairieland . . . It also has its own share of problems. KC Public Schools just voted last week to shutter about half of its schools and lay off 40% of its teachers.
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