Quote Originally Posted by mkjeeves View Post
Isn't that corner owned by someone named Shadid? If so, is there any family ties with the other Shadid?

As far as biker bars go, remember the Draught Board somewhere on May across the street from about where Lynn Hickey was?

The former Lamplighter on 10th street is now Margarita Island or somesuch and seems to draw a crowd along with some bikes. They don't look like 1% bikers.
Quote Originally Posted by Rover View Post
Yes, they are closely related.
There are quite a few of the Shadid family in business in OKC, I lost track of how many there were a long time ago.

I worked at Britton & Broadway for 11 years, about 2 years of that was on a night shift and a lot of other nights spent there when I was working days. Had a friend who grew up at 88th & Classen and as bad as that area can be I never felt "threatened" driving through there to see her or going home when I lived in The Village. Had some friends who lived in the neighborhood behind the Lyrewood apartmentville, while it looks bad I think it's reputation is worse than actuality. Most crime in those areas seems to be among known acquaintances and not just random crime on innocents wandering through.

To some people a place that doesn't look pristine and almost Truman Show-ish is "sketchy", they just need to stay in their suburban bubble if they are that afraid of the rest of the world.