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Address: 5900 Mosteller Dr. Phone: (405) 607-4360 Hours: Development: Founders Tower Status: Opens June 20, 2014 Links: Menu Facebook Page Urban Spoon

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6/12/14: George to finally open on June 20th
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[HOT ROD]

Aka Eagle's Nest during the late 1980's-1990's

[Pete]

[writerranger]

Nice find, Malibu! That looks like around the days when it was actually a private dinner club for awhile. You had to be a member or use a guest pass. The Chandelle Club was considered very upscale!

[bluedogok]

Most of our downtown condo projects here in Austin that were not already started have been stopped and there are some rumblings that a few of the ones under construction may go rental if the contracts to buy are unable to get financing.

The Eagle's Nest is what I always knew it as before Nikz. My dad worked in that building when we first moved to OKC in 1964.

[metro]

and Nikz is now OPUS up on Memorial Rd.

[ksearls]

It was the Chandelle Club.

[Martin]

^
you are totally right... i remember a gallery pic hanging around somewhere on this site that shows exactly that.

-M

edit: found it. here's the pic pete posted in the gallery...

[Pete]

Building permit today for the 20th floor restaurant.

Looks like this may be re-opening soon. Anybody have an idea as to the operator?

[jbkrems]

Yes, there WILL be a restaurant in Founders Tower. I heard from a VERY reliable source that Deep Fork Group will be opening a restaurant in Founders Tower in the near future, along with its OTHER new restaurant in Tower Theater.

[BoulderSooner]

Stilled restaurant space will turn again atop Oklahoma City's Founders Tower
The Deep Fork Group, owner of several popular Oklahoma City restaurants, will operate the Chandelle Room on the landmark Founders Tower's 20th floor.

FROM STAFF REPORTS Oklahoman Comment on this article 0
Published: September 2, 2011

Founders Tower's revolving but stilled top floor will soon turn again.

The owners are turning the 20th floor, vacant since upscale restaurant Nikz at the Top closed in March 2007, into an event space called the Chandelle Room and have partnered with Deep Fork Group as full-service caterer, the condo tower's Tulsa-based managers said Thursday.

Read more: http://newsok.com/stilled-restaurant...#ixzz1WlJRnXxq

[Dustin]

I remember eating there for my 13th birthday! My first day as a teenager was AWESOME! So glad it'll be turning again!

[OkieDave]

I remember the views from the restaurant (30 years ago), great views.

[MikeOKC]

Well....they kept that quiet. This will be a huge hit - no doubt in my mind. Using the old "Chandelle" name seems brilliant to me. That means the normally quiet lobby will be getting quite lively into the evening hours. I had some questions by email from some posters asking about Founders and all I can say is it's a great place to live. I would have never considered the old '360' that Jim Meyer was running. But with the Kelly's allowing Petrous to run a tight ship (with a smile) it's wonderful. I hope Deep Fork has great success with this new venture. Exciting.

[MikeOKC]

The discussion is now going in two threads - this and the 'Founders Tower' thread. Great, great move by Deep Fork!

[MustangGT]

The article said that they would be catering events at the location. Does that mean they wil not be updating and using the kitchen at the facility and cook it elsewhere and bring it in? I hope not. I hope they renovate the kitchen so that when it becomes successful it will be a 6 or 7 day a week full restaurant again.

[Pete]

Mustang, I think they just meant that four days a week the space will be used as an open restaurant/bar and the other nights will be for private events.

So, I'm sure the kitchen will be updated and they'll do all the cooking on-site and may even cater some off-site events.

[MustangGT]

Pete I hope your correct.

[kevinpate]

fwiw, I read it the same way Pete did. 4 nights public access, 3 nights for various event invitees only.

[Larry OKC]

Is the rotational part still functional? While the food was tasty at the Eagles nest, the changing view and the fact that you may not be able to go out the same way you came in was kewl.

[MustangGT]

Larry the last years of when Nik's was there the rotational mechanism was non-functional everytime I was there. The maitre' de told me it had been busted for "quite some time". It will be a nice spot for dinner w/o out the rotation but to be really spectacular it has got to rotate. That was its cache as the food was good but not that good w/o the changing view.

[Pete]

This promotional flyer was advertising the "fully rotational floor" and I'm sure the new landlords are committed to getting it up and running:


http://founderstower.com/images/stories/pdfs/3.pdf

[MustangGT]

I hope they keep their word. Occasionaaly what is stated in promotional literature does not come to fruition. Don't tell me what you are going to do, prove it by showing me what you have actually done.

[Skyline]

How many cities have a rotating penthouse floor or high rise restaurant that will rotate like this one?

[MustangGT]

Right off the top of my head the only one I am aware of is L'Astral atop the Lowes Hotel in Quebec City, Quebec Canada. If you check Revolving Restaurants on Wikipedia there appears to be quite a few worlwide.