Plans are underway for Twisted Spike Brewery at 1 NW 10th in Automobile Alley.

Bruce Sanchez, a brewer with over two decades of experience, has filed for a liquor license for a commercial brewery and tap room / bar at 1 NW 10th Street, immediately west of the railroad tracks.


The existing 7,500 square foot building will be renovated and split north/south, with the western section housing the brewery and the eastern section becoming home to large bar that will feature the various Twisted Spike offerings.

The building has built in 1927 and has been vacant for several years. The original brick will be revealed and restored when paint is stripped as part of the renovation process. The 10th Street frontage will also see the removal of a non-original wood awning. The overhead door along 10th will be replaced with a modern glass version and more glass overhead doors and windows will be added to the east side. Design work is being performed by HSE Architects of Oklahoma City.


The project comes as the City of Oklahoma City is set to start implementing a new 'quiet zone' along the rail corridor that runs along the eastern edge of downtown. Just this week, the City applied to close several railroad crossing easements and $4 million has been allocated for the project which will also include more secure gates that cars will not be able to circumnavigate when down. When the quiet zone is complete later this year, trains will no longer need to blow their horns from SE 23rd all the way to Wilshire Boulevard.

Twisted Spike will be yet another addition to the thriving 10th Street corridor that runs from the Health Sciences Center, through the northern end of Automobile Alley and then becomes the main Midtown thoroughfare.

The GE Global Research Center is well under construction to the east, Indian Motorcycles opened a dealership directly across the railroad tracks from the proposed brewery, and several new restaurants and bars have opened in just the last year to the west, including Sidecar, Broadway 10, R&J Supper Club, The Garage, Bleu Garten, Fassler Hall and Dust Bowl. They join the very popular McNellies and Packards as well as several other bars and eateries in the immediate area. Nic's Diner at 1116 N. Robinson is also set to open later this year.



Oklahoma recently changed its law around tasting rooms in breweries to provide up to 12 ounces of free samples. There is a pending state bill that would allow the breweries to directly sell high-point beer on premises which the industry hopes to put on a public ballot in November 2016.

In the case of Twisted Spike, the tap room and bar will operate under separate legal ownership and thus will be able to sell all of breweries' products, including the high-point varieties.