The Rise

[Pete]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this. Or I missed it. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...072034&sk=info

FlashBack Retro Pub -- Coming to Uptown 23rd.

They haven't identified a location as of yet, but The Rise is a good possibility.

Looks like one of the principals is in charge of sales & marketing at Aloft OKC.

[bchris02]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this. Or I missed it. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...072034&sk=info

FlashBack Retro Pub -- Coming to Uptown 23rd.

Oh wow this is amazing. This is exactly the kind of bar I wish we had in OKC. When does it open?

[soonerguru]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this. Or I missed it. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...072034&sk=info

FlashBack Retro Pub -- Coming to Uptown 23rd.

I want to like this idea, but I really don't want to hear Whitney Houston anymore. I'm sure someone will like it, but it seems kinda cheesy. To each his / her own.

[Architect2010]

I want to like this idea, but I really don't want to hear Whitney Houston anymore. I'm sure someone will like it, but it seems kinda cheesy. To each his / her own.

Well luckily, they will have hundreds of thousands of people that could potentially visit the place. Being newly 21, I will go anywhere and everywhere I can find, ad I'll bring all my friends with me. Hell, me and my friends found a hole-in-the-wall called Blue Bayou on the Southside and had a blast. Whitney won't be a problem.

[PhiAlpha]

I want to like this idea, but I really don't want to hear Whitney Houston anymore. I'm sure someone will like it, but it seems kinda cheesy. To each his / her own.

Again, this sounds like "The Max" in Tulsa, which is pretty popular.

[Pete]

Sounds totally rad!!


If done right, I bet it would be a huge success.

[bchris02]

Again, this sounds like "The Max" in Tulsa, which is pretty popular.

Agreed. A lot of young people from OKC go to Tulsa just to go to The Max. It's a unique place that's really popular with the hipster crowd and it will be great to have something like it here.

[Pete]

I have it on good authority that there will be two new restaurants going into The Rise (in addition to the stand-alone Pump Bar). Should be able to share more in a couple of weeks.

Not heard of any retail tenants, though.

[onthestrip]

I have it on good authority that there will be two new restaurants going into The Rise (in addition to the stand-alone Pump Bar). Should be able to share more in a couple of weeks.

Not heard of any retail tenants, though.

Ya I heard one was going to be a higher end seafood restaurant from a popular local restaurant group.

[PhiAlpha]

Ya I heard one was going to be a higher end seafood restaurant from a popular local restaurant group.

Deep Fork has been pretty quiet since their deal on the founders tower fell through. Good Egg just opened Kitchen 324, but this location is right in the middle of everything else they're doing. Not sure what other popular restaurant groups would put something there unless it was Pearls.

[bchris02]

Ya I heard one was going to be a higher end seafood restaurant from a popular local restaurant group.

This is good news as OKC really needs more seafood options. Hopefully it is truly upscale and not a fried seafood joint like so many of the existing options.

[Teo9969]

Deep Fork has been pretty quiet since their deal on the founders tower fell through. Good Egg just opened Kitchen 324, but this location is right in the middle of everything else they're doing. Not sure what other popular restaurant groups would put something there unless it was Pearls.

...You mean Tower Theater? Founders Tower is the steakhouse and I don't think that was DFG.

Also, there is HSRG and the BTT/Mutt's group...but they don't usually go high-end.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was HSRG...but high-end is good.

[PhiAlpha]

...You mean Tower Theater? Founders Tower is the steakhouse and I don't think that was DFG.

Also, there is HSRG and the BTT/Mutt's group...but they don't usually go high-end.

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was HSRG...but high-end is good.

It was a few years ago, but I thought I read somewhere that Deep Fork was looking to put a steakhouse in the old Nikz space in the founders tower. If they were, it obviously fell through. Kevin George split off from the Interurban group and is currently renovating that space for his steakhouse.

[Pete]

FlashBack RetroPub just announced they are going into The Rise, taking the corner spot on Walker & 23rd (the old Hotel Liquidators spot).



We are also hearing a very well loved local restaurant operator will be opening a seafood concept here.

Not hearing of any retail leases as of yet.


The means with Grandad's, FlashBack and Pump Bar, there will be three new bars in close proximity with the Blue Note within easy waking distance.

That's a bar district my friends!

The Tower Theater is right between FlashBack/Pump and Grandad's/Blue Note. If that would get off the ground, that area would be raging.


This is a photo from FlashBack showing the large parking lot and alley torn up to the north of The Rise.

[UnFrSaKn]

Uptown pub in Oklahoma City plans to offer 1980s revival | News OK

[DoctorTaco]

Uptown pub in Oklahoma City plans to offer 1980s revival | News OK

I was/am soooo excited about this. I am a Vidiot of the old school. While I was raised primarily by a my mother, a television set, I did have summers and weekends with my father, a video arcade. One thing I've missed since moving here is a retro arcade, and especially pinball.

That being said, after I read this article I am a little worried. These retro arcades need to be a labor of love. Old coin-op machines need a lot of maintenance and care. The best retro arcades are actually outgrowths of private collections of old machines, with the owners being something of hobbyists with an expertise in electronics and coin-op machines. These guys seem cool, but they also seem like a couple of guys who bought some machines on Ebay and don't really know what they are getting themselves into. I hope I'm wrong, but I predict that six months after opening we'll be seeing a forest of "Out of Order" signs taped to the screens of these old games. I also predict no pinball machines. All of this is I wrote about arcade machines is doubly true for pinball, which, because of all the moving parts, is particularly time-intensive to maintain.

[warreng88]

I think it should be noted that there will be no food at the RetroPub, but with so many restaurants around, I think it will work out very well. Also, it will be non-smoking which is great.

[PhiAlpha]

I was/am soooo excited about this. I am a Vidiot of the old school. While I was raised primarily by a my mother, a television set, I did have summers and weekends with my father, a video arcade. One thing I've missed since moving here is a retro arcade, and especially pinball.

That being said, after I read this article I am a little worried. These retro arcades need to be a labor of love. Old coin-op machines need a lot of maintenance and care. The best retro arcades are actually outgrowths of private collections of old machines, with the owners being something of hobbyists with an expertise in electronics and coin-op machines. These guys seem cool, but they also seem like a couple of guys who bought some machines on Ebay and don't really know what they are getting themselves into. I hope I'm wrong, but I predict that six months after opening we'll be seeing a forest of "Out of Order" signs taped to the screens of these old games. I also predict no pinball machines. All of this is I wrote about arcade machines is doubly true for pinball, which, because of all the moving parts, is particularly time-intensive to maintain.

That has been the issue with The Max in Tulsa each of the 3 times I've been there. A lot of Out of Order signs, but there are also a lot of machines and the majority work.

[soonerguru]

Not to be a design snob, but I just looked The Rise rendering and hopefully they're not going to go with that terrible script font for the logo. Not exactly sending the kind of message they're trying to send.

[andrew3077]

Not to be a design snob, but I just looked The Rise rendering and hopefully they're not going to go with that terrible script font for the logo. Not exactly sending the kind of message they're trying to send.

I totally get you. That font and the Flashback Retropub font aren't retro... just ugly. I hope they work on the typography... That said, I'm extremely excited for these developments.

[bchris02]

Not to be a design snob, but I just looked The Rise rendering and hopefully they're not going to go with that terrible script font for the logo. Not exactly sending the kind of message they're trying to send.

What's wrong with the script font? Honestly I think a large, bold font would be more appropriate, but I don't think the script font is that bad.

[Rover]

My guess is the architect did the script logo. Architects like to think they are graphic designers.

[wsucougz]

Maybe the problem is that it doesn't really need a name.

[Pete]

I'm bumping this up because we just created a dedicated thread for this development.

[hoya]

Cafe 80s?