As long as the current tenants are making their lease payments on time, the number of days VZD’s is open should be irrelevant to the building owner. Sounds to me like “days open” is an excuse to raise the rent for a future tenant.

It's irrelevant unless it matters to building owner/owners or is negatively affecting them. You own the building, you get to choose what matters.

I have a group of 25 to 30 people who I bring together every other Wednesday at VZD. They were opening 3:30 for us. We are going to miss that place.

As long as the current tenants are making their lease payments on time, the number of days VZD’s is open should be irrelevant to the building owner. Sounds to me like “days open” is an excuse to raise the rent for a future tenant.

Yeah, I disagree. Most retail centric landlords want their buildings to be buzzing with activity. Obviously cash flow is priority #1, but it’s not the only priority.

VZD has been closed for a while now with no sign of the landlord reopening.

Sent him a note without a response.

Rumors of a place called the Raven have emerged for this location?

Rumors of a place called the Raven have emerged for this location?

That name screams Bruce Reinhart.

That name screams Bruce Reinhart.

It better be all dark and goth like if we going with the Raven! Ha!

Rumors of a place called the Raven have emerged for this location?

VZD’s is never more.

If it is related to the Black Raven in Harrah that would be fantastic ..

I'm assuming the rumors are coming from the same source(s) but hear that it's being opened by the guy that opened Burger Pig in the Parlor. Modern American.

RAVEN coming to former VZDs spot. Service to begin in April.
Starting off with a coffee shop then restaurant. Chef Owner Timothy Abel that did stints at
Jones Assembly and Red Prime.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0rpVPRis?pd=0HGiQr9t&lang=en_US&s=i16&send_time=1710266933

I just had breakfast at Raven. They have a small breakfast menu with pastries, burritos, sandwiches, and a coffee menu as well. Raven will open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. until they get the whole thing up and running. The interior hasn't changed much, and it still has VZD's vibe.

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Press release:

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"RAVEN" is an ingredient focused American Restaurant by Timothy Mark Abell opening this weekend 7/5 in the former historic VZD restaurant space on Western Ave.

Timothy is influenced by local ingredients and the menu will change hyper seasonally and be cooked only on woodfire.
Hours are 8am-10PM but will keep the bar open late as business demands.

Café’ dishes include Breakfast Burritos, Pastries & Shaken Coffee in the morning, Happy Hour begins at 2pm & 5pm fine dining dinner Dinner. Craft Cocktails, Beer & Wine Pairings. Brunch on the weekends coming soon. Private Party space for events.

www.ravenokc.com

Haven't tried it yet, but I'm seeing positive reactions online from people who have good taste.

we went to Raven Friday evening for a birthday Dinner. It was a dinner party of 12. the dining room was not busy throughout the evening, but they sat us in the little upstairs area. this did them no favors as they are trying to wait on 12 people and running up and down stairs. Had they put us on the little stage portion at front of dining room would have been better decision. also upstairs was warm and smokey from whatever was burning in Kitchen. Frankly i was giving them a lot of grace as I thought they had only been open a month tops and also its 12 people. we are all a pretty patient bunch, but many cocktails were never delivered, some side items never delivered. We had a 7pm reservation and got our checks at 10:30pm. service was very slow, and we had to request to order entrees at nearly 2 hours into our experience. the food was ok but everyone's dish was delivered cold. I will give them a go with just the two of us but it was certainly not the dining experience that the price reflected.

Continue to be baffled how people go through the hassle and (extremely high) cost & risk of opening a restaurant and then **** up on the most basic stuff: bring me food and I'll give you money.

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So many good chefs have no clue how to run a restaurant.

Also, really tough to find good workers in food service right now.

For sure and if it was easy, more people would be doing it successfully...there's just too many great options available to diners nowadays in OKC (imagine saying that 10-15 years ago) to mess with a place that isn't consistent or looks sketchy.

I drive by Raven literally every day, specifically in the evening when they should have a crowd. They never do. This place will be lucky to survive the holidays.