Kd's Restaurant / Legacy Grill

[warreng88]

So is the entrance to the restaurant actually on the northeast side facing the Canal and Toby Keith's? Glad it's not facing the parking lot. Gives it more interaction with the canal.

[Pete]

So is the entrance to the restaurant actually on the northeast side facing the Canal and Toby Keith's? Glad it's not facing the parking lot. Gives it more interaction with the canal.

Yes.

[OKCisOK4me]

So is the entrance to the restaurant actually on the northeast side facing the Canal and Toby Keith's? Glad it's not facing the parking lot. Gives it more interaction with the canal.

Yes.

I never really noticed that in the renderings but that is a great thing. Hopefully more people will enter from the canal stretch than from parking in the lots directly to the south.

[catcherinthewry]

KD just posted on facebook "Thanks to my OKC Thunder teammates for coming out to the opening of KD's!" and a picture of him with PJ3, Serge, Russ, Thabeet, Thabo, Fisher. Reggie and Ryan Gomes.

No Perk, should we read something into this? (please)

[warreng88]

No Perk, should we read something into this? (please)

I didn't see Perk in that particular picture, but I saw him in several other pictures.

[Urbanized]

To reiterate, the area marked "private dining" in that drawing is two separate glassed-in rooms (that can be made into a single room). The rooms are completely visible to the rest of the dining room through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls, but can be instantly rendered private and the glass opaque/frosted at the flick of a switch. I thought that was a particularly cool feature.

[JarrodH]

The privacy features are great but it still doesn't fix my concern regarding the separate menus and clientele. If its a couple that's a party of two, they aren't going to be placed in "private dining" and therefore still have to be in the main dining area. I am eager to see how the atmosphere compares to some of the nicer restaurants in which I order nicer entrees, wine, etc. I just cannot seeing this having the ambiance or feel of places such as Mickey's or the Ranch, yet still demanding the same price.

[Urbanized]

I didn't feel at all that the menus were "separate" when I looked them over (again, it was a draft menu). Like I said, I was there on a training night, so the "Baller" menu wasn't an option, but everything on the other menu was reasonably upscale, and there was nothing I would really consider downmarket about the menu or the restaurant. I can tell you for a certainty that I wouldn't feel comfortable going into the place in shorts and a T-shirt (which is funny, because I do that at the Mickey Mantle's bar ALL OF THE TIME).

I would place the REGULAR menu probably somewhere between Red Rock and Mickey Mantle's/Red Prime/Ranch as far as its offerings. That's the REGULAR menu. Preliminary prices on the menu were surprisingly reasonable (less than $30 for an 8 oz prime filet WITH two sides), but there is nothing about the place that says Hooters or sports bar. It is unmistakably upscale.

[Teo9969]

I didn't feel at all that the menus were "separate" when I looked them over (again, it was a draft menu). Like I said, I was there on a training night, so the "Baller" menu wasn't an option, but everything on the other menu was reasonably upscale, and there was nothing I would really consider downmarket about the menu or the restaurant. I can tell you for a certainty that I wouldn't feel comfortable going into the place in shorts and a T-shirt (which is funny, because I do that at the Mickey Mantle's bar ALL OF THE TIME).

I would place the REGULAR menu probably somewhere between Red Rock and Mickey Mantle's/Red Prime/Ranch as far as its offerings. That's the REGULAR menu. Preliminary prices on the menu were surprisingly reasonable (less than $30 for an 8 oz prime filet WITH two sides), but there is nothing about the place that says Hooters or sports bar. It is unmistakably upscale.

Probably not a prime filet…Mahogany doesn't offer prime filets, and Mahogany is Hal's baby….I doubt he's bringing them into KD's.

How's the price on the Meatloaf compared to Toby Keith's and Red Rock?

[Urbanized]

Probably not a prime filet…Mahogany doesn't offer prime filets, and Mahogany is Hal's baby….I doubt he's bringing them into KD's.

How's the price on the Meatloaf compared to Toby Keith's and Red Rock?

Other than the fact that the general manager of HSRG's Wes Welker's, (and former longtime GM of Mickey Mantle's) who I was dining with pointed out to us that they were prime. Now, they might have just been for that night, but who knows. All I know is what was there that night was indeed prime. And outstanding.

Regarding the meatloaf, I forgot to check the price. The whole evening was a comp (due to being a training night), so I didn't pore over pricing like I probably should have. The filet just stuck out to me because it was outstanding...AND served with two sides rather than a la carte...AND was sub-$30....

[Pete]

More photos from Kd's Facebook page:

[catch22]

I walked by the north side of the building today. Absolutely no interaction. The patio is very small and not connected directly to the canal pathway. Also on a different elevation.

Someone get hogan out of this city.

[Rover]

It is very open to the canal. In the spring with people sitting outside it should be nice. I know a 10" step up may be a major barrier to some people, but I just don't get it being a problem. More of a problem is the lack of anything interesting across the canal from them. The Sonic building is dead at night and people don't hang out there.

[bchris02]

I walked by the north side of the building today. Absolutely no interaction. The patio is very small and not connected directly to the canal pathway. Also on a different elevation.

Someone get hogan out of this city.

The design is far better than what Hogan originally proposed which had NO interaction with the canal. This is probably the best thing west of the Harkins, by far. It's still underwhelming compared to what could have been though. All of Lower Bricktown is such a catastrophic waste of an opportunity. It is the epitome of all that is wrong with OKC.

[PhiAlpha]

The design is far better than what Hogan originally proposed which had NO interaction with the canal. This is probably the best thing west of the Harkins, by far. It's still underwhelming compared to what could have been though. All of Lower Bricktown is such a catastrophic waste of an opportunity. It is the epitome of all that is wrong with OKC.

Not all, most. The centennial is fine.

[bchris02]

Not all, most. The centennial is fine.

The Centennial is west of the Harkins. I said everything east of it is a joke with the exception of the new KD restaurant, which is barely acceptable.

[BG918]

I've never liked the Centennial because of two things: 1) not all brick with cheap looking EIFS/stucco on the upper floors and 2) it misses an opportunity to create a defined corner on Reno and has a setback/parking in front of Starbucks. If only the original designers had replicated the look of the existing buildings on the canal..

[catch22]

It is very open to the canal. In the spring with people sitting outside it should be nice. I know a 10" step up may be a major barrier to some people, but I just don't get it being a problem. More of a problem is the lack of anything interesting across the canal from them. The Sonic building is dead at night and people don't hang out there.

Sure the small part of the patio that is butting next to the canal. The rest is set back by a nice green lawn. And then tapers off to where the grass is a huge buffer between the building and the canal. Nice suburban yard .

[Rover]

Yes, we all hate green, even a few feet of it. Darned anti urban grass. (btw, if that's considered equivalent of a nice suburban yard, then I understand the lack of understanding of the appeal of single family residences many on here have.)

Why not focus first on actually getting a good canal side experience in upper BT? Serious lack of inter connectivity there, but lets gripe about a couple of feet of grass where someone actually has created a nice canal side dining area despite a serious lack of canal ambiance on either side or across the canal. Lol.

[soonerguru]

I walked past KDs on the canal last night and thought it was a marked improvement over what was there before. I suspect when weather improves it will have some decent patio action.

[shawnw]

The Sonic building is dead at night and people don't hang out there.

Not entirely correct. On many weekend evenings during the warm months, some of the city's teenaged breakdancers duck-tape cardboard to the stage there and perform (which would be in view of that patio). Last time I was there during such a performance I was surprised to find more than 20 people sitting there watching them (and putting money in the tip jar).

[shawnw]

The Sonic building is dead at night and people don't hang out there.

Not entirely correct. On many weekend evenings during the warm months, some of the city's teenaged breakdancers duck-tape cardboard to the stage there and perform (which would be in view of that patio). Last time I was there during such a performance I was surprised to find more than 20 people sitting there watching them (and putting money in the tip jar). I know it's not enough, but it's SOMEthing...

[Bellaboo]

Not entirely correct. On many weekend evenings during the warm months, some of the city's teenaged breakdancers duck-tape cardboard to the stage there and perform (which would be in view of that patio). Last time I was there during such a performance I was surprised to find more than 20 people sitting there watching them (and putting money in the tip jar). I know it's not enough, but it's SOMEthing...

I saw this same thing, except there was a fairly large crowd.

[OKCisOK4me]

I saw this same thing, except there was a fairly large crowd.

There's a pic of this action somewhere on this website. Pretty sure Praedura posted the pic since he finds 'em all the time...

[shawnw]

There's a pic of this action somewhere on this website. Pretty sure Praedura posted the pic since he finds 'em all the time...

I may have posted mine, but I didn't take a picture of the crowd... here it is again...