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HangryHippo
08-23-2017, 01:10 PM
All that asphalt! Nice.

Dustin
08-23-2017, 01:49 PM
Great spot for donuts in the snow!

Not that I've ever done that...

chuck5815
08-24-2017, 10:16 AM
This would be a more attractive development if/when they implement the original site plan:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bryantsquare060116.jpg

Pete
08-24-2017, 10:18 AM
^

That is exactly what they are doing.

But still oceans of parking and things never look as good as renderings.

d-usa
08-24-2017, 10:30 AM
The whole place does look a whole lot better already.

Celebrator
08-24-2017, 10:53 AM
Oceans of parking yes, but lots more landscaping as shown will help soften it at least. Not ideal, but certainly a big improvement.

Pete
08-24-2017, 10:56 AM
The key will be installing dozens of new trees as shown on the plans. Hope that happens.

Celebrator
08-24-2017, 11:28 AM
The key will be installing dozens of new trees as shown on the plans. Hope that happens.

Yep. 100%.

Plutonic Panda
08-24-2017, 01:05 PM
^

That is exactly what they are doing.

But still oceans of parking and things never look as good as renderings.
If they'd reconstruct the entire parking lot with concrete and add landscaping it would look really good.

jjjumper
08-24-2017, 04:20 PM
They are going to need a good chunk of parking when Torchy's opens. Every time I've been to one in Texas it is always packed.

Richard at Remax
08-24-2017, 04:22 PM
Did Five Guys get moved next to Torchys?

Also, PDQ is killing it

Pete
08-24-2017, 05:26 PM
Did Five Guys get moved next to Torchys?

Also, PDQ is killing it

Yes.

Where I have it labeled in the photo is the proper location.

Plutonic Panda
08-26-2017, 12:23 PM
Did Five Guys get moved next to Torchys?

Also, PDQ is killing it
Have you been? It's pretty good. I went there twice during my visit.

SoonerFP
08-29-2017, 01:51 PM
I've been to the Torchy's in Norman several times and it's always pretty busy. Good flavors, and they have the Maine Root branded sodas like at Cultivar. Looking forward to having one just a couple of miles from my house!

Pete
11-08-2017, 07:34 AM
Latest lease plan shows Cowboy Chicken:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/bryantsquare110817.jpg

traxx
11-08-2017, 11:01 AM
Yeah, 'cause if there's anything that little section of Edmond needs, it's more chicken.

OkieHornet
11-08-2017, 11:52 AM
Yeah, 'cause if there's anything that little section of Edmond needs, it's more chicken.

Ha! Is this list missing any other places? So much chicken!

PDQ
Raising Cane's
Chick-Fil-A
Chicken Express
Slim Chickens
KFC
Popeye's
Bonchon

TheTravellers
11-08-2017, 01:01 PM
Ha! Is this list missing any other places? So much chicken!

PDQ
Raising Cane's
Chick-Fil-A
Chicken Express
Slim Chickens
KFC
Popeye's
Bonchon

Surprised there's not a Zaxby's in Edmond...

Plutonic Panda
11-08-2017, 04:06 PM
They are building one right by this development across from OU Medical Center.

Bullbear
11-08-2017, 04:13 PM
" the chicken strip"

Roger S
11-08-2017, 04:15 PM
" the chicken strip"

HAHA.... Yeah... I think they've surpassed the Mile of Chicken on 19th Street in Moore now.

Pete
11-08-2017, 04:30 PM
HAHA.... Yeah... I think they've surpassed the Mile of Chicken on 19th Street in Moore now.

Don't forget Chicken Row on 23rd near Penn.

d-usa
11-08-2017, 04:42 PM
It's a lot of chicken, but it's also somewhat of a variety of different ways the chicken is prepared and served. Yes, it's very saturated, but would we be as vocal if a steak place opens next to a taco place and next to a burger place and complain about "beef row"? :tongue:

jjjumper
11-09-2017, 09:42 AM
The updated plans also show Cowboy Chicken as "proposed".
http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bryant-square-shopping-center-property-flyer-082917.pdf

traxx
11-09-2017, 03:26 PM
" the chicken strip"

I like this. That's what we should refer to this area as now.

Just right there at 2nd and Bryant you have Cowboy Chicken. In the same development you have PDQ. Right across the street is KFC. Just down the street on the other side of Bryant you have Raising Canes and across the street from that is Chick-fil-A.

oklip955
11-09-2017, 06:14 PM
I don't eat chicken (pet) now what about some good ol beef.

d-usa
11-09-2017, 06:34 PM
Beef options:

Old Chicago
Denny’s
IHOP
Del Taco
McAlister
Pei Wei
McDonalds
Sonic
Panda Express
Which Wich
Qdoba
Zoës
Los Arcos
Jimmy Johns
Freddie’s
Jimmy’s Egg
Taco Bell
Subway
Garage

traxx
11-13-2017, 09:25 AM
Beef options:

Old Chicago
Denny’s
IHOP
Del Taco
McAlister
Pei Wei
McDonalds
Sonic
Panda Express
Which Wich
Qdoba
Zoës
Los Arcos
Jimmy Johns
Freddie’s
Jimmy’s Egg
Taco Bell
Subway
Garage
A lot of those have chicken options too. And I'm sure plenty of them have salad options. When we say there's a lot of chicken restaurants in that area, we're talking about chicken restaurants where chicken is their main thing. An oranges to oranges comparison would be how many mexican restaurants are in the area, or how many chinese restaurants or burger joints, or sandwich shops etc.

oklip955
11-13-2017, 09:26 AM
Wish we had more steak options.

d-usa
11-13-2017, 10:36 AM
I think that some of the chicken places are as similar to each other as a Mexican restaurant and a Chinese restaurant, to be honest. And in that regard they are pretty comparable in numbers to the other genres I think.

PDQ and Chick-fil-a are both chicken sandwich places. I wouldn’t really lump them in with the other chicken places as the offering is very different from them. I would compare them to Sonic and McDonalds as far as "type" of fast food is concerned, rather than Cowboys as an example. I’ll look over the map and see if I can come up with a “division” of chicken genres.

To be honest, I give North Penn just as much crap for being a chicken strip and it’s fun to poke some fun at the genre. But I also think that oversaturation is not something that is unique to the chickens here.

d-usa
11-13-2017, 12:23 PM
So if I had to group the genres of chicken places in Edmond:

"Burger-style" sandwich: Chick-fil-A and PDQ
Chicken Strips: Chicken Express, Raising Canes, Slim Chickens
Fried Chicken: KFC, Popeyes
Rotisserie Chicken: Cowboy's

For the Bryant Square area I would group them generally with the other foods:

Burgers/Sandwiches: PDQ, Chick-Fil-A, McDonalds, Sonic, Garage, Freddies, Jakes Coney Island,
Regular Sandwiches: Subway, Which Wich, McAlister, Jimmy Johns, City Bites
Mexican: Del Taco, Qdoba, Los Arcos, Taco Bell
Asian: Panda Express, Pei Wei, Cafe Icon, China House
Pizza: Old Chicago, CiCis, All American
Breakfast/Diner: IHOP, Denny's
Mediterranean/Indian/Middle Eastern: Zoës, Simply Falafel, Mount Everest, Tikka Craze,
Bars: Eddies, Wicked Piston, Rolling Ice Cream and Crepes,
Ice Cream/Desert: Hashtag, Cold Stone

Yes, there are a lot of chicken places popping up over the past few years. And yes, I make fun of that fact as much as the next guy. But I think it's also pretty easy to forget just how over-saturated we are with fast food and casual food places in the metro area. So compared to just how many other food options we have, and considering that even just in the "chicken" category they serve surprisingly different styles of food, I don't think it's that unusual to have this many choices.

jjjumper
11-13-2017, 03:13 PM
So if I had to group the genres of chicken places in Edmond:

"Burger-style" sandwich: Chick-fil-A and PDQ
Chicken Strips: Chicken Express, Raising Canes, Slim Chickens
Fried Chicken: KFC, Popeyes
Rotisserie Chicken: Cowboy's

For the Bryant Square area I would group them generally with the other foods:

Burgers/Sandwiches: PDQ, Chick-Fil-A, McDonalds, Sonic, Garage, Freddies, Jakes Coney Island,
Regular Sandwiches: Subway, Which Wich, McAlister, Jimmy Johns, City Bites
Mexican: Del Taco, Qdoba, Los Arcos, Taco Bell
Asian: Panda Express, Pei Wei, Cafe Icon, China House
Pizza: Old Chicago, CiCis, All American
Breakfast/Diner: IHOP, Denny's
Mediterranean/Indian/Middle Eastern: Zoës, Simply Falafel, Mount Everest, Tikka Craze,
Bars: Eddies, Wicked Piston, Rolling Ice Cream and Crepes,
Ice Cream/Desert: Hashtag, Cold Stone

Yes, there are a lot of chicken places popping up over the past few years. And yes, I make fun of that fact as much as the next guy. But I think it's also pretty easy to forget just how over-saturated we are with fast food and casual food places in the metro area. So compared to just how many other food options we have, and considering that even just in the "chicken" category they serve surprisingly different styles of food, I don't think it's that unusual to have this many choices.

You forgot Zaxby's that will open soon to the north...and the Vista Marketplace just to the east with Krispy Krunchy Chicken.

traxx
11-14-2017, 12:34 PM
I just thought it was funny and a bit overkill with all the chicken places so close together. Now we're getting into genres and sub genres and sub sub genres. It's being over analyzed. Jokes are like gossamer and one doesn't dissect gossamer.

d-usa
11-14-2017, 01:18 PM
Like I said, I like to joke about it as well and although it may have come across that way I didn't mean it in a "stop having fun and joking about this" kind of way. But man, it’s easy to forget just how many food options we have in any given area. I’m surprised they all manage to get business, but I’m guessing having UCO nearby also helps.

FighttheGoodFight
11-14-2017, 01:32 PM
Like I said, I like to joke about it as well. But man, it’s easy to forget just how many food options we have in any given area. I’m surprised they all manage to get business, but I’m guessing having UCO nearby also helps.

If I was in High School or at UCO these options would be great for lunch.

BBatesokc
11-14-2017, 04:59 PM
Live very near there for 4 years now and virtually nothing on/near that corner is in our regular rotation. The only one's we frequent are Hash and the Garage. We've done PDQ and Los Arcos a handful of times also. Really liked Simply Falafel, but have only been a couple of times.

BBatesokc
01-07-2018, 08:04 AM
When leaving Simply Falafel for lunch yesterday, I noticed the Hashtag restaurant, in front of Target, was closed and all the fixtures were gone. Never tried it.

jbkrems
01-07-2018, 02:41 PM
Was Hashtag the short lived ice cream and waffle shop over there ???

BBatesokc
01-07-2018, 02:41 PM
Was Hashtag the short lived ice cream and waffle shop over there ???

Yep.

MEvans
01-08-2018, 09:47 AM
Yep.

I believe Hashtag moved to Danforth/Santa Fe, in the strip just to the north of Danforth on the west side. Unless that was a second location.

Pete
01-08-2018, 09:55 AM
I believe Hashtag moved to Danforth/Santa Fe, in the strip just to the north of Danforth on the west side. Unless that was a second location.

Believe they are completely different owners / franchisees.

Debzkidz
01-27-2018, 10:51 PM
5 Guys is now open. we stopped in for dinner last night. The place was busy and the packed with employees. The food was good, like every other 5 Guys we’ve been to. The service was great too. No complaints there at all.

We had just a couple of complaints. First it was just too loud. The music was just blaring. The place was pretty crowded which really made it noisy. Not a problem. The employees were yelling and cheering which was fine too but they had the music volume turned up so loud that when it all combined it made the whole experience unpleasant. Our other complaint was the cooking odor. I don’t know if the exhaust system wasn’t working well or what, but it seemed a little smokey when we walked in and you could see all the grease\steam coming off the grills and fryers. We walked out stinking of burgers and fries. We’ve never experienced that at a 5Guys before. Hubby says it will be a while before he’ will be willing to go back.

BlackmoreRulz
01-28-2018, 12:18 PM
Well, if 5 Guys is open Torchy's should be soon!

BBatesokc
01-28-2018, 12:24 PM
Well, if 5 Guys is open Torchy's should be soon!

When I asked the manager at the NW OKC location he said "March or April." I can't wait. Wife and I both really like their menu and interior concept.

Debzkidz
01-28-2018, 08:37 PM
I noticed today that the sign is up for the salad place (Salata?) and a a sign in the window nextdoor for Cowboy Chicken.

BBatesokc
04-21-2018, 08:15 AM
Saw a line out the door and around the building at Torchy's last night. Soft opening?

Glad it's finally opening. Doubt I'll patronize for awhile as the Edmond soccer mom's and hipsters will be lining up for days. But when it settles down, it's sure to be on my regular local rotation.

bwana_bob
09-30-2019, 01:55 PM
What’s going in at the former PDQ location? Pretty substantial rework for a virtually new building.

Pete
09-30-2019, 02:28 PM
What’s going in at the former PDQ location? Pretty substantial rework for a virtually new building.

PDG closed all their area locations a while back.

Not sure what is going in there now.

PurpleChicken
09-30-2019, 06:12 PM
PDG closed all their area locations a while back.

Not sure what is going in there now.

BK Lounge I do believe

jbkrems
09-30-2019, 07:53 PM
Burger King is coming back? What is a lounge ???

jerrywall
10-01-2019, 08:43 AM
BK Lounge I do believe

So someone could be a bouncer at the BK lounge?

PhiAlpha
10-01-2019, 10:02 AM
So someone could be a bouncer at the BK lounge?

If so, I'm guessing you'll need coupons to get in. Gotta have coups

jerrywall
10-01-2019, 10:12 AM
Unless your brother Darrel is the manager?

Johnb911
10-03-2019, 10:27 AM
I'd heard burger king as well

T. Jamison
10-03-2019, 11:20 AM
Tis Burger King.

15644

chuck5815
10-03-2019, 12:20 PM
Tis Burger King.

15644

wow, where in the H is this list posted at?

T. Jamison
10-03-2019, 01:18 PM
wow, where in the H is this list posted at?

I am not sure. I just google searched '"City of Edmond" Burger King Bryant Square' I'm assuming it is somewhere on the website under their meeting agendas.

Pete
10-03-2019, 01:40 PM
Every month the City of Edmond posts a list of building permits here:

http://edmondok.com/Archive.aspx?AMID=49

onthestrip
10-03-2019, 02:22 PM
Happened quick, maybe even too quick for Edmond folks to organize an opposition to it like the Taco Bell going next to Lowes.

jerrywall
10-03-2019, 02:56 PM
It's in an established shopping center. And really, those kind of statements get old. Edmond is no worse than any other town. 99% of new development happens without anyone hearing a single thing about it.