Shoppes Of Del City

[okieman1]

Does anyone have any info on what is being built on I-40 and Sooner Rd. The Shoppes of Del City. There are 2 bldgs under construction at the south End of the development. I am pretty sure the Southern Most is going to be a Discount Tire. The Manager from I-240 and shields told me so. I dont have any reason to doubt Him. I also noticed some activity on the south side of the creek behind BBW

[bombermwc]

One of the buildings looks like the actual strip mall part, but i heard that a Ted's is supposed to be starting soon as well...came up at the same time as the tire store.

[Thunder]

Really hope to have original and unique bussinesses there. Already ruined with Discount Tires and Carl's Junior. We need something new! Also a good idea for frickin PETCO to move in and compete with PetSmart down the street. Del City, don't fail us on this!

[MDot]

Really hope to have original and unique bussinesses there. Already ruined with Discount Tires and Carl's Junior. We need something new! Also a good idea for frickin PETCO to move in and compete with PetSmart down the street. Del City, don't fail us on this!

When I first seen PETCO I was thinking of Petro for some reason. Lol I wasn't sure why you wanted a truckstop there.

[oneforone]

Knowing Del City it likely become a center full of payday loan stores.

[Redskin 70]

Knowing Del City it likely become a center full of payday loan stores.

nah, they stopped them and pawn shops........reserving that crap for MWC...............

[Thunder]

nah, they stopped them and pawn shops........reserving that crap for MWC...............

True. Del City not allowing any new ones to move in. All has been sent to MWC.

[Redskin 70]

Its a Compadres Mexican sit down restaurant............................not a check cashin place

[mmonroe]

nah, they stopped them and pawn shops........reserving that crap for MWC...............

True. Del City not allowing any new ones to move in. All has been sent to MWC.

It's true, MWC benefits from lending to del city residents. On behalf of MWC, thank you.

[Redskin 70]

It's true, MWC benefits from lending to del city residents. On behalf of MWC, thank you.

Ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.now that stings.....................

[Head]

Did someone say "Ted's"?
I hope so. Cocina de Mino has gone to the dogs, and I'm not even sure if our Chelino's is part of the chain that is so good in other parts of town. Nino's sucks. Arriba y adelante Cafe Escondido!

[mmonroe]

This side of town could def benefit from a Ted's!

[MDot]

This side of town could def benefit from a Ted's!

Dude, I could benefit from a Ted's. Isn't the only one in OKC over on South Side? (I can't remember the street for some reason)

[bombermwc]

South Western between 74th and 89th. Then way up on North May north of 63rd. Or way down in Norman.

[grandshoemaster]

Here are a couple of businesses coming our way.
http://eastwordnews.com/oklahoma/art...-del-city.html

[kevinpate]

... Or way down in Norman.

Hard to miss the Ted's in Norman. Interstate frontage road, big sign, half empty parking lot, immediately south of the typically overflowing Chuy's parking lot.

(not a fan of either myself, but that's just me.)

[metro]

Hard to miss the Ted's in Norman. Interstate frontage road, big sign, half empty parking lot, immediately south of the typically overflowing Chuy's parking lot.

(not a fan of either myself, but that's just me.)

While I like Chuy's, and like the setup at Ted's (otherwise food is over-rated), with Chuy's stealing so much of the Norman business, I'm surprised to see Ted's expanding at all.

[grandshoemaster]

Here is some more info on the development.
http://eastwordnews.com/main.asp?Sec...53&TM=80674.77

[Eagles_07]

Anyone know what is going up behind the discount tire and shop strip?

[bombermwc]

I've been fairly dissapointed in the whole thing so far. It's just a bunch of junk like is already on 29th...strip mall with crappy shops, some fast foot, and a tire shop. Now it looks like they're throwing in some small insurance/doctor type offices. And all of this is being done without any continuity in design. Every single building looks totally different (being a cookie cutter to that company's store design).

So yeah there are some things there, but so far i haven't seen anything that makes me want to go visit any of them.

[HangryHippo]

I just commented in the Moore thread about something similar. Why can't there be some continuity in design rather than every building being thrown up on a whim? These developments make no damn sense.

[mmonroe]

Tax dollars... that is all that will ever matter.

[HangryHippo]

Tax dollars... that is all that will ever matter.

That's true and it is disgusting. Anything for a dollar, I suppose.

[bombermwc]

FYI - I had my Ted's info confirmed for me from the management at the Norman location not long ago. Ted's IS planning on building on Sooner!

[SoonerDave]

FYI - I had my Ted's info confirmed for me from the management at the Norman location not long ago. Ted's IS planning on building on Sooner!

Oh yeah? Interesting.

I hope its better than the Ted's on Western.

When my wife and I were first married, Ted's was one of our favorite haunts, and I wasn't even that big a Mexican food fan. Then we heard they were building on our side of town, and that was great....but then, we started noticing something...(much) smaller portions, decreasing quality service, increasing prices, until my wife (who I think would be perfectly happy if the entire world were simply a Mexican restaurant) said "you know, this isn't that good anymore. There are better enchilada platters out there for less money." For my wife to turn her back on a Mexican restaurant is epic. As I mentioned in another thread on this years ago, think Amish shunning, only more severe.

So we stopped going to Ted's, and started visiting at least two other Mex. offerings we liked every bit as much if not better - not the least of which was Alfredo's in Moore (which legend holds uses a lot of "original" Ted's recipes, is somehow "in the Ted's family," but that's all anecdotal). We later discovered quite by accident that our observations re Ted's roughly coincided with the time the "original" Ted's owner sold out to (IIRC) the Hal Smith restaurant group. Oh, well.