Young professional hangouts?

[bchris02]

No.

Maybe it depends on your definition of hipster.

[Mr. Cotter]

OKC is very friendly on the surface level and its pretty easy to get introduced to people. However, I have found most social groups here to be very close-knit and difficult to break into. I think this city is a very different experience for people who grew up here or at least went to college here vs people who have moved here post-college.

That has not been my experience at all. New people are moving here all the time, including me not that long ago.

Also, I got married seven years ago at 22, but it's hardly like I became a shut in who stays at home cowering under my afghan waiting until it's 8:00 so I can go to bed. I go out when I want to go out, usually to places like VZD's, Empire, Speakeasy or Saint's. I prefer a place with good food and/or drinks where it's quiet enough for me to talk to the people I went out to see - even if it's only my wife.

[Pete]

One of the best ways I met people -- especially women -- when I lived in OKC was from the gym.

I used to go to a big co-ed exercise class at the Y on N. Penn a couple of times a week and then when I went out, I'd see some of the same people. So easy to approach someone in that situation, "Hey, don't I know you from the Y?" And then I'd meet their friends, etc.

With a pretty good concentration of professional people living in and near downtown these days, you have a concentration unlike anything previous in OKC. As Sid said, just going to the same place(s) relatively consistently means you'll get to know people.

I've only been to Skinny Slim's three times and got to know people there very quickly.

[FighttheGoodFight]

I don't think I have found it hard to strike up conversation in OKC at bars or other venues. Use the old FORD technique. Family, Occupation, Recreation and Dreams. Easy to make small talk.

[Anonymous.]

DD to BT area is prime happy hours and thur-sat night young professional spots.

You can find young professionals (and all sorts of people) from any of the following - Urban J, to DD Grill, to WSKY, to WXY, to Skinny Slims, to Tapwerks, to Hudsons. All of those places are very close proximity and are only 1 cab ride to the area from a suburb.

Like Sid said, become a regular at some of these places and you will recognize yourself who is the regulars etc. Personally, I think DD is becoming the spot. Even moreso once OKSEA gets up.

[bradh]

We moved here after 2 years in DFW, and made more friends in 6 months here than we did in 2 years in DFW, and neither one of us grew up here, and were 5+ years post college.

[Joe Kimball]

I'm single, and I go out regularly enough to satisfy my own wants with friends, who are usually themselves married, at places in the Paseo and Plaza. I too find that it's incredibly easy to talk to people and get to know them, often pretty quickly. I'm not a professional as I type at the moment, but I like to think my attitude is.