Kd's Restaurant / Legacy Grill

[onthestrip]

Isn't this going to be a sports bar concept?

Does Hal Smith operate a true sports bar?... I don't think he does, so I'm guessing they will go all out and make this one of a kind and the best sports bar in Okc. I think many people have been calling for more / better sports bars in Okc especially downtown / bricktown for a few years now. This should give the people what they want.

Think something like a better version of Buffalo Wild Wings / only with KD's name attached to it.

I'm with you on hoping for better sports bars. There really aren't many options. Louie's has done a great job of saturating and watering down the sports bar market. It seems like theyve stifled any competition by opening on every block. I would think someone would have noticed the success of Republic by know and replicated something like that somewhere else. All in all, there aren't many options to have great sports viewing while enjoying food and a drink, without smelling like an ashtray.

[Bullbear]

I'm with you on hoping for better sports bars. There really aren't many options. Louie's has done a great job of saturating and watering down the sports bar market. It seems like theyve stifled any competition by opening on every block. I would think someone would have noticed the success of Republic by know and replicated something like that somewhere else. All in all, there aren't many options to have great sports viewing while enjoying food and a drink, without smelling like an ashtray.

Well since Louie's is a Hal Smith project I am hoping KD's isn't just a Louie's with KD memorabilia instead of a variety of other stuff the way Louie's is now. I'd like them to at least try to make an origional space. The city does need more places to have brew and food and watch a game without all the smoke. Would be great if we Finally got on board with no smoking in Bars like most other Cities.

[dankrutka]

The only really good local sports bars IMHO are Republic and Brix.

[Pete]

Let's please get back to the subject, which is the new Kevin Durant Restaurant.

If you want to discuss the smoking laws -- and they are important -- please start a new thread for that.


Thanks.

[twade]

[moved to new smoking thread]

[Ginkasa]

Let's please get back to the subject, which is the new Kevin Durant Restaurant.

If you want to discuss the smoking laws -- and they are important -- please start a new thread for that.


Thanks.

Per the above from Pete, here's the correct place to continue discussion about smoking laws, etc.

So, anyway, I'm pretty excited about this new restaurant. I'm always up for something new in Bricktown.

[OKCisOK4me]

As if drinking or eating fattening foods don't kill us....

[Spartan]

I can't eat fast food for you.

[warreng88]

Hogan plots new Bricktown building for two restaurants
By Brianna Bailey
Journal Record
Oklahoma City reporter - Contact 405-278-2847
Posted: 06:06 PM Wednesday, April 18, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY – Developer Randy Hogan unveiled plans Wednesday for a 10,000-square-foot building he plans to build in Bricktown to house two new restaurants, including one bearing the name of Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant.

Hogan shared preliminary designs for a brick building overlooking the Bricktown Canal with the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority, but declined to discuss specifics about the restaurants.

“We don’t really talk about tenants until all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” Hogan told the authority.

Durant has spoken publicly about plans to put his name on one of the restaurants, which would be operated by Hal Smith Restaurant Group.

The new building would be between the Harkins Bricktown 16 movie theater and Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill, which is also operated by Hal Smith Restaurant Group.

One of the building’s two restaurant tenants would have an enclosed patio overlooking the Bricktown Canal.

“It’s a great view,” Hogan said.

A contractor filed for a $700,000 building permit to begin work on the new restaurant building earlier this month, according to city records.

Inspired by stone and brick architecture in Aspen, Colo., Rees Associates Inc. is designing the new restaurant development.
Hogan hopes to break ground on the project this spring and have construction completed in about 12 months, he said.

[Beastboii]

So wait, two resturaunts?im confused

[Just the facts]

Sounds like two stories as well. Now I have to spend the rest of the night looking up brick and stone architecture in Aspen.

[CuatrodeMayo]

Lloyd: What the hell are we doing here, Harry? We gotta get out of this town!
Harry: Oh yeah, and go where? Where are we gonna go?
Lloyd: I'll tell you where. Someplace warm. A place where the beer flows like wine. Where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I'm talking about a little place called Aspen.
Harry: Oh, I don't know, Lloyd. The French are assholes.

[Patrick]

“We don’t really talk about tenants until all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” Hogan told the authority.

What a joke. Randy Hogan is such a loser. This is the same guy that promised us a first class urban development in Bricktown, and won over Urban Renewal's selection for this project, over then competing developer Moshe Tal (who had a partnership with David Cordish, one of the better urban developers of entertainment districts in the nation), through using good ole boy network tactics and lies. Let's see, he first promised us an Edwards Cinema with 22+ screens and the largest IMAX theater in the region, he released photos of his development showing multi-level buildings looking much like an extension of the north canal, he promised themed restaurants like Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill and others (glad these didn't occur anyways, but you get my point), he promised a Sega Gameworks, and the list goes on and on. So for him to say that he doesn't talk about tenants until leases are signed is just a flat out lie, because that's exactly what he's done for years and years with his Bricktown development disaster. 1 level wasted space buildings sporting Sonic and other fast food establishments as well as office space and condos for the corporate elite, were only part of the plan later after his plan was already accepted. He even tried to claim that he was part of the Torchmark Corp, a Fortune 500 company, that he claimed was his financial backer. What a joke. Where is this financial backing now? Whatever happened to Torchmark?

Just for fun, here's a link to the original proposal site. This is what we were promised: http://www.specialtyretail.net/issue...inments_OK.htm

And here's the pictures of what Randy Hogan promised us. Notice it looks much different from the 1 story buildings of today:

[king183]

Sounds like two stories as well. Now I have to spend the rest of the night looking up brick and stone architecture in Aspen.

It's not. The renderings I've seen clearly show it to be 1 story. I don't think people on here are going to be very happy with the architecture. It looks like a typical strip mall building with larger windows. Fits in with lower Bricktown.


Edit: See here.

[pickles]

It's not. The renderings I've seen clearly show it to be 1 story. I don't think people on here are going to be very happy with the architecture. It looks like a typical strip mall building with larger windows. Fits in with lower Bricktown.


Edit: See here.

I am typically more lenient than most here regarding design standards, but Hogan should probably be run out of town on a rail. This is shameful.

[Just the facts]

It's not. The renderings I've seen clearly show it to be 1 story. I don't think people on here are going to be very happy with the architecture. It looks like a typical strip mall building with larger windows. Fits in with lower Bricktown.


Edit: See here.

Yep, that sucks. Thank goodness I didn't get my hopes up (I know better by now). BTW - someone needs to warn those two senior citizens they are about walk right into the canal.

[dankrutka]

HOW DO NONE OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE PATIOS OPENED UP TO THE CANAL?!? The stupidity is infuriating! Terrible design and project.

[king183]

Yep, that sucks. Thank goodness I didn't get my hopes up (I know better by now). BTW - someone needs to warn those two senior citizens they are about walk right into the canal.

Personally, I'm chalking up lower Bricktown as a complete loss with regards to urban architecture. We should no longer be concerned or interested in it--it's done for from that perspective.

[onthestrip]

Steve just tweeted a rendering of it. Its one story and doesnt even show a patio...which is joke. To not even have a patio on canal frontage...thats unbelievable.

[jn1780]

It's not. The renderings I've seen clearly show it to be 1 story. I don't think people on here are going to be very happy with the architecture. It looks like a typical strip mall building with larger windows. Fits in with lower Bricktown.


Edit: See here.

It looks like a copy of the building that Marble Slab and Earls is in.

[betts]

What a joke. Randy Hogan is such a loser. This is the same guy that promised us a first class urban development in Bricktown, and won over Urban Renewal's selection for this project, over then competing developer Moshe Tal (who had a partnership with David Cordish, one of the better urban developers of entertainment districts in the nation), through using good ole boy network tactics and lies. Let's see, he first promised us an Edwards Cinema with 22+ screens and the largest IMAX theater in the region, he released photos of his development showing multi-level buildings looking much like an extension of the north canal, he promised themed restaurants like Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill and others (glad these didn't occur anyways, but you get my point), he promised a Sega Gameworks, and the list goes on and on. So for him to say that he doesn't talk about tenants until leases are signed is just a flat out lie, because that's exactly what he's done for years and years with his Bricktown development disaster. 1 level wasted space buildings sporting Sonic and other fast food establishments as well as office space and condos for the corporate elite, were only part of the plan later after his plan was already accepted. He even tried to claim that he was part of the Torchmark Corp, a Fortune 500 company, that he claimed was his financial backer. What a joke. Where is this financial backing now? Whatever happened to Torchmark?

Just for fun, here's a link to the original proposal site. This is what we were promised: http://www.specialtyretail.net/issue...inments_OK.htm

And here's the pictures of what Randy Hogan promised us. Notice it looks much different from the 1 story buildings of today:

I'm not sure it would have mattered. The above buildings just look like a Disneyworld version of something. They may have had a few more stories, but I don't think it would have looked much better. I agree that Lower Bricktown is a sad place, architecturally. But, this new restaurant will barely be visible. There's no way it was going to save LBT regardless.

[soonerguru]

Hogan may be a total scumbag, and his lower Bricktown development is total crap, but he's honestly the only person who has succeeded in selling downtown condos in OKC.

[BoulderSooner]

Hogan may be a total scumbag, and his lower Bricktown development is total crap, but he's honestly the only person who has succeeded in selling downtown condos in OKC.

not true ... as i am someone that lives in a 4 story condo building that has been completely sold for several years



i will also say i believe that the theatre was under contract ... and then was the delayed because of several lawsuits

[CuatrodeMayo]

it's not. The renderings i've seen clearly show it to be 1 story. I don't think people on here are going to be very happy with the architecture. It looks like a typical strip mall building with larger windows. Fits in with lower bricktown.


Edit: See here.

wtf!?!?

[Pete]