Restaurant closings

[Pete]

The problem is the main floor.

Only a small bar and lots of restaurant tables, so it feels strangely dead when you walk in.

I think they are going to install a bigger bar on that level.

[amocore]

Absolutely agree on this.
I like the restaurant but the tiny bar at the end makes it looked weird, overall when you remember Tapwrecks cool set up.
Is the speakeasy closing too ? It has been an awesome and much needed add to brick town.

[Pete]

I believe they are only making changes to the first floor and the event floor.

[PhiAlpha]

The problem is the main floor.

Only a small bar and lots of restaurant tables, so it feels strangely dead when you walk in.

I think they are going to install a bigger bar on that level.

Thats a good point. There definitely is something that just feels off about the first floor even when it has been relatively full.

[josefromtulsa]

My family went by Grill on the Hill and the sign on the door said they where closed for maintenance. Their Google page says they are closed temporarily. I hope that is true. It's one of our favorite Saturday breakfast spots since we live equidistant from Sunnyside and there, it's a similar menu without the crazy wait times.

I heard that they were closing down or in the process of closing. Really sad as i loved their prices.

[Jeepnokc]

I heard that they were closing down or in the process of closing. Really sad as i loved their prices.

I heard the same today of Joinery. Not sure how reliable it was. Heard also for sale for 3.2 million.

[mugofbeer]

I mean, it would be pretty awesome to see Casa Bonita come back to OKC!

$40/person for the basic, average Tex-Mex meal, $13 marg's, 15% auto gratuity, set reservation time (don't be late!), mariachi's and cliff divers. It's NOT the Casa Bonita of the 1970s. I have heard the sopapilla's are still very good.

[OKCRealtor]

Chicken Foot at Chisholm Creek was closed last night with a lease sign in the window. They were just open not long ago but noticed last night when we were over there.

[rte66man]

Chicken Foot at Chisholm Creek was closed last night with a lease sign in the window. They were just open not long ago but noticed last night when we were over there.

Good riddance.

[Plutonic Panda]

Good riddance.

What was wrong with it? I went there once or twice and it was okay.Wasn't great

[Pete]

Chicken Foot recently opened at 2nd & I-35 in Edmond.

[fromdust]

SAJ Lebanese in auto alley has announced its closing. I really enjoyed the food there, so this is a real bummer. Oh, and the people are really great.

[rte66man]

What was wrong with it? I went there once or twice and it was okay.Wasn't great

You nailed it. Mediocre food.

[bison34]

The dearth of housing in Auto Alley hurts it a lot. If more people lived nearby, I truly believe these restaurants there could last longer.

I loved Saj!

[Pete]

SAJ Lebanese in auto alley has announced its closing. I really enjoyed the food there, so this is a real bummer. Oh, and the people are really great.

After OKCTalk posted about them and we drove hundreds of people there, did you ever hear about them again?

So many of these restaurants don't even try to promote themselves.

[fromdust]

After OKCTalk posted about them and we drove hundreds of people there, did you ever hear about them again?

So many of these restaurants don't even try to promote themselves.

True, Pete.
I only have IG, and they didn't seem to post a whole lot.

[ManAboutTown]

After OKCTalk posted about them and we drove hundreds of people there, did you ever hear about them again?

So many of these restaurants don't even try to promote themselves.

I totally agree, Pete. So many places seem to only appeal for business when they are about to close, as if to guilt us into patronizing them before they shut down. If they promoted daily or weekly features and specials on social media or through local internet advertising, they may not have arrived at that point in the first place.

[Bill Robertson]

I totally agree, Pete. So many places seem to only appeal for business when they are about to close, as if to guilt us into patronizing them before they shut down. If they promoted daily or weekly features and specials on social media or through local internet advertising, they may not have arrived at that point in the first place.

And such promotion has to be done properly. There are a pretty large number of places we've been regulars of that are now gone. Many of them Most of them couldn't understand why their "advertising" wasn't working. "Advertising" meant posting on their Facebook page. So people had to go to the page to see it so you either already knew or had to search.

[PhiAlpha]

Another annoying marketing issue for a lot of local restaurants…if you’re going to be closed randomly or have to change your hours…post it on one of your social media sites! It takes 3 seconds and saves headaches when people were planning to eat there. The Joinery being my latest example of a group that couldn’t bother to do this.

[LocoAko]

Was just at Saj and had a good experience as always. There were a fair number of other people there, too, although it wasn't packed. I imagine all the construction on Broadway certainly didn't help their situation either... we had to walk in the street to access it from where we found parking.

[TheTravellers]

Another annoying marketing issue for a lot of local restaurants…if you’re going to be closed randomly or have to change your hours…post it on one of your social media sites! It takes 3 seconds and saves headaches when people were planning to eat there. The Joinery being my latest example of a group that couldn’t bother to do this.

[bamarsha]

After OKCTalk posted about them and we drove hundreds of people there, did you ever hear about them again?

When OKC Pete talks, people listen! (Sorry, couldn't resist that old commercial.)

[FighttheGoodFight]

I live in Norman but ate a Saj about 10 times. Fantastic food. And heard about it here from OKCTalk.

[Rover]

After OKCTalk posted about them and we drove hundreds of people there, did you ever hear about them again?

So many of these restaurants don't even try to promote themselves.

I’ve been a product development/market development consultant for many, many years. The most common mistake i see in inventors and new businesses is that they allocate the funds they have/raise to the product and very little to marketing. They often have no idea of what or how much it takes to build awareness and preference. They often believe they can rely just on word of mouth. New businesses with physical locations often believe that if they are visible in a preferred location that it will be enough. They don’t understand, don’ t have the skills for, and have no funds for actually driving the business out to the market. Then they don't understand why their good product/service doesn't catch on.

[Jeepnokc]

Has Paladar Cubano closed? It is on sw 29th. Listed today in the Oklahoman for a good place to eat for Hispanic Heritage month but website down and yelp says closed when i went to check out their menu. Surely the Oklahoman did some research when writing their article (sarcasm).