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Very nice. The Plaza District is a great little neighborhood that reminds me of one in a bigger city. I'd like to see more retail and restaurant options there, to make it a true destination for non-residents. This is the kind of place that will help get it there.

Great news! Trying to picture what building this will be in.....

good deal ... i'm sure they must mean COOP beers ..

Great news.

With the crazy success of McNellie's there seems to be plenty of room for more of these pubs/watering holes in the urban core.

good deal ... i'm sure they must mean COOP beers ..

Ah, F-5 IPA. That would make this a worthy destination.

This sounds really cool. And sure to bring more people to the area

It's in the building where Timothy Trujillo had his acupuncture place before moving up on Western. It's on the NE corner of the intersection east of Lyric — I forget the cross street. The proprietor, Michael Patrick Ireland, was a bartender at the Sidecar and I guess a couple of other places. A food services guy from Chesapeake is running the kitchen.

This place... (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=35.48598,-97.53922&spn=0.001472,0.00284&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.486011,-97.539232&panoid=ExmjoU1SiA3nYJLOYBRqBw&cbp=12,47.78,,0,5.39)

Preview tonight at LIVE on the Plaza:

http://plazadistrict.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/we-welcome-saints-to-the-plaza-district/

It looks like I moved to the Plaza at the perfect time.

Let the Guinness flow!

The Plaza is going to become one of OKC's little gems. I'm hoping it also becomes one of the top choices for home purchase and renovation.

The Plaza is going to become one of OKC's little gems. I'm hoping it also becomes one of the top choices for home purchase and renovation.

It's already one of OKC's gems. I share your desire to see some housing renovation -- and even building -- in the area.

Paseo is another area that could use more housing development. There is room there for more dense housing developments.

The Plaza is going to become one of OKC's little gems. I'm hoping it also becomes one of the top choices for home purchase and renovation.

There has already been a good amount of renovation recently. On the north side of the street almost to Classen, between Klein and McKinley. There are also several homes on 17th and 18th that have been recently renovated. It is beginning to become a cool little neighborhood.

Has anyone checked it out yet? Atmosphere? Old/Young Crowd? Smoking?

It isn't open yet--date TBA

...and we will be announcing the other concept to open this Spring soon as well!!

It isn't open yet--date TBA

...and we will be announcing the other concept to open this Spring soon as well!!

great news

It isn't open yet--date TBA

...and we will be announcing the other concept to open this Spring soon as well!!
You mean the already rumored restaurant Beau from Bin 73 is opening in Plaza?

No, that was truly a rumor. Can't wait to announce! Just waiting on final inspections for both of these opening dates to be announced!

Cool

Snapped a few pictures.

http://s884.photobucket.com/albums/ac42/walkup5595/City%20tour%20March%202011/

There has already been a good amount of renovation recently. On the north side of the street almost to Classen, between Klein and McKinley. There are also several homes on 17th and 18th that have been recently renovated. It is beginning to become a cool little neighborhood.

Yeah, Jeff Struble has renovated a lot of those houses and his company has purchased several more in the southern corner of Gatewood. He sort of renovates them to suit the prospective buyer, sort of like a new home builder almost. It's a good strategy for going about mass home renovations..

Saw on the news tonight there were two house fires on 16th and McKinley. Any news?

Maybe its time to collect some insurance money and build anew?

Glad this place opens today. Looking foward to reading reviews.

is it really open now? I thought the Friday May 13 was just a "soft opening" during LIVE on the plaza ...

We went on Friday for dinner. They said due to some delays with their licenses they would only be serving snacks. We were hungry so went somewhere else. Hope it will be worth the wait.

We went on Friday for dinner. They said due to some delays with their licenses they would only be serving snacks. We were hungry so went somewhere else. Hope it will be worth the wait.

Why not just wait to open until you have everything ready? :doh: Not "whining", but truly curious about why places do this kind of stuff, can't understand how they think when they do this - it'd be like opening up an ice cream store, but because you don't have your freezers in place, all you can do is serve freeze-dried "ice cream snacks".

OPENING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST per ad in Gazette this week!

I think the opening last month, without any real food was just a teaser for the Live on the Plaza crowd.

I hope they have TVs we plan to watch the Belmont races next saturday

Has anyone gone? Review? Whats the TV situation? Thanks.

Went last night. Big fan. Something OKC did not have. Really good laid back vibe. Food was really good and at a good price point. $7 for all appetizers and $11 for all entrees. Have one big screen tv up in the corner, so a good place to watch a game you dont care that much about or just a random regular season thunder game. Probably want to stick with Republic for Sundays at noon. Overall, I had a good experience. Will go back for sure.

Went last night. Big fan. Something OKC did not have. Really good laid back vibe. Food was really good and at a good price point. $7 for all appetizers and $11 for all entrees. Have one big screen tv up in the corner, so a good place to watch a game you dont care that much about or just a random regular season thunder game. Probably want to stick with Republic for Sundays at noon. Overall, I had a good experience. Will go back for sure.

I guess if all appetizers and entrees are the same price that's not bad. I normally wouldn't consider a $7 appetizer or an $11 dollar entree to be anything to get excited about though. Most places have items less than that.

I guess if all appetizers and entrees are the same price that's not bad. I normally wouldn't consider a $7 appetizer or an $11 dollar entree to be anything to get excited about though. Most places have items less than that.

Not sure where you are eating but an $11 entree at a good restaurant is a solid deal imo.

Not sure where you are eating but an $11 entree at a good restaurant is a solid deal imo.

I eat at many very acceptible restaurants that have some good lower priced entrees. I didn't say it was a terrible price but it's not anything to get excited about.

Just got back from Saint's. I found good beer, good food and good service. They were out of some items. Being in the food industry I know that's not unusual for the opening week. It shows they've had a good run of business and will learn to adjust their order. Talked to a few people today who stopped in to check it out because of comments from their friends. Not a shabby way to get things started. OH, btw they said they would be getting Coop DNR soon. Things are definitely looking up for this part of the city!

Went last night for some drinks...16th and Blackwelder area has come a long way and is now pretty trendy

Pretty cool place with around 10 beers on tap and 25 or so in bottles...We had dinner before so I can't vouch for the food but we liked the laid back vibe so will certainly be back

I ate there last week and liked the food. No Coop F5 unfortunately, which is my summer favorite, but my beer was good. I had the grilled cheese sandwich, because it intrigued me, and it definitely had a Great Britain look and taste to it. I've never been to Ireland so I don't know how Irish it was, but it was excellent. My husband had the mustard grilled chicken and said it was very good. The rosemary potatoes were yummy too. All in all, a very good dinner and we will definitely go there again.

Coop F5 was there today. I like the place. Friendly staff, nice bar, but I didn't eat. I told the owner about the prices and he did point out that all prices include taxes and a gentleman sitting next to me said he paid over $7.00 at McDonald's. I would much rather spend $11.00 there since I haven't eaten at a fast food place since the late seventies and there are a lot of (too) long stories that I won't go into about that. I will eat there, today just wasn't the day.
C. T.

I ate there last week and liked the food. No Coop F5 unfortunately, which is my summer favorite, but my beer was good. I had the grilled cheese sandwich, because it intrigued me, and it definitely had a Great Britain look and taste to it. I've never been to Ireland so I don't know how Irish it was, but it was excellent. My husband had the mustard grilled chicken and said it was very good. The rosemary potatoes were yummy too. All in all, a very good dinner and we will definitely go there again.

I meant to mention, the imported beer was $5.00, a dollar cheaper than the places on Memorial row, the OKC Thunder excluded, they are fairly inexpensive.
C. T.

Are they closed? I went by at 1:00 and the door was locked. No sign to say what was going on.
C. T.

Saints is closed on Mondays:

Tues - Sat: 11:00 am - 2:00 am
Sun: 2:00 pm - 2:00 am


http://www.saintsplaza.com/

I believe they are closed on Mondays.

I think I remember someone saying they were closed on Mondays. OH well, my 67 year old brain couldn't handle it.
Thanks, I will go by again this week some time. Now, how is it that someone living in California has to tell me this?
C. T.

I'm going to try it once the reviews on Urban Spoon start getting consistently better.

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/46/1597817/restaurant/Inner-City-Northside/Saints-Oklahoma-City

I'm going to try it once the reviews on Urban Spoon start getting consistently better.

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/46/1597817/restaurant/Inner-City-Northside/Saints-Oklahoma-City

That's strange, seeing how many times you have gone to a new restaurant immediately after it opens before there are any reviews to read. You should go though, it seems like your style in that it's relatively healthy (nothing is fried) and reasonably priced IMO.

That's strange, seeing how many times you have gone to a new restaurant immediately after it opens before there are any reviews to read. You should go though, it seems like your style in that it's relatively healthy (nothing is fried) and reasonably priced IMO.

Not 'strange' at all. You're simply making assumptions about me with very limited information and without applying common sense. Certainly I try some new restaurants as soon as they open and I often review them here. However, its only common sense that there are literally hundreds of restaurants in the OKC and surrounding areas that I've never eaten at. When you factor that in, then it isn't 'strange' at all that I'm waiting to try Saint's. Additionally, I often pass on restaurants that have been open long enough to have a low review score or consistent complaints - One reason I never ate at sauced.

While I don't give a lot of credit to reviewers (considering reviewers recently voted Cattleman's as 'Best Steaks' and Flattire as 'best Edmond restaurant' again in the Gazette) but their reviews are virtually always about bad service and mediocre food.

I was here recently and I noticed a game similar to shuffleboard in that it was a slick wood surface with sawdust trimmings on it but it was shaped like the letter A without the bar. Anyone know this game?


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I believe its just called Corner Shuffle board.. basically a bit of a space saver and adds an element to the game.

Welcome to Woody's Corner Shuffleboards (http://cornershuffleboard.com/)

http://cornershuffleboard.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0046.jpg

It was more V shaped but the bottom if the V was the far end. That is L shaped. I should have snapped a pic of it.


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It's probably the same general idea.

Closer to this maybe?

http://www.bmigaming.com/Games/Manuals/mega-mania/tavern-snap-back-rebound-shuffleboard-table-user-manual-mega-mania-diversions-llc.pdf

http://www.shuffleboardsdirect.com/snapbackshuffleboard.jpg

Obviously there are a lot of variations on shuffleboard.

That's pretty much it. Gracias!

Just watched a video on YouTube. I dig it!


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Went for the first time tonight and really loved the space and feel.

And surprisingly, I had a fantastic burger. Really juicy with great toppings and a nice, firm bun. I'd go back just for the burger but it's a great bar as well.

Was service good Pete? we haven't went in several months because service had gotten so bad you had to flag down your waiter for drinks, to order for your ticket.. to pick up the ticket.. it was a hassle. hopefully they have gotten that taken care of

Service was great.

Very small crowd, however.

Thanks Pete. Might have to give it a another chance.

I've never had problems at Saints. Has been my go to bar for a while

It's a late-night crowd. The burger was spectacular when I tried it; as good as any in town.

Pete, was there pub trivia? We've played trivia Tuesday nights at Saints every week for basically the past year. I think when league starts back up it'll be hopping again. And we love Saints and always have great service there.

^

No, was early Monday evening.