Good News! - Braum's 13th & Lewis Opening June 6th

[Wrinkle]

Finally!

Been having to drive great distances to get my fix. Makes a Banana Fudge Sunday $12 if you include gas.

[Wrinkle]

P.S. For those who have to pass under the BA to get there, hope you make it.

Are we having a pool on the bridge failure date yet?

[TheArtist]

Braums is horrid and bland. Last time I went to one I ordered chicken strips at the drive through. I opened the container and instead of a roll or biscuit there was half a hot-dog bun. Guess they had run out of what they usually use... I hope. Looked like someone had torn a hot dog bun in half with their hand and thrown it in there. High class joint.  The chicken strips tasted like cardboard and had about the same texture as well.

It was like something out of a surreal nightmare. I opened up this plain white styrafoam container and inside were these pale brown chicken strips, some white mashed potatoes and a torn up piece of a hot dog bun. I just sat there looking at that thinking, "What the he!! is this? [xx(]  Like eating in a friggin Gulag or something where they slop a ladle of gruel into a tin cup.  I have never eaten at a Braums since. Not that it was ever a place I really frequented anyway. Very.... bland, for lack of a better word. Bland tasting food, bland looking food, bland decor, and usually a bland looking bunch of customers to boot. That last experience just completely put me off them period.  

[Wrinkle]

When I want poultry, I go to a poultry place.

But, did have a similar experience at Wilson's BBQ, and I ordered BBQ. Lump of chopped beef in tin foil with two square slices of bread on the side.

Ice Cream, on the other hand, is Braum's.
Simple pleasures, simple (bland?) people.

[tulsa1603]

I thought that it would be a tasteful new building, but that glittery gold cupola....all I can say is WOW.  What were they thinking? [:O]

[breitee]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

Braums is horrid and bland. Last time I went to one I ordered chicken strips at the drive through. I opened the container and instead of a roll or biscuit there was half a hot-dog bun. Guess they had run out of what they usually use... I hope. Looked like someone had torn a hot dog bun in half with their hand and thrown it in there. High class joint.  The chicken strips tasted like cardboard and had about the same texture as well.

It was like something out of a surreal nightmare. I opened up this plain white styrafoam container and inside were these pale brown chicken strips, some white mashed potatoes and a torn up piece of a hot dog bun. I just sat there looking at that thinking, "What the he!! is this? [xx(]  Like eating in a friggin Gulag or something where they slop a ladle of gruel into a tin cup.  I have never eaten at a Braums since. Not that it was ever a place I really frequented anyway. Very.... bland, for lack of a better word. Bland tasting food, bland looking food, bland decor, and usually a bland looking bunch of customers to boot. That last experience just completely put me off them period.  

Which location was this? I want to make sure I steer clear of it.

[iplaw]

It's every location.  I've never been to an establishment with worse customer service, extremely slowwwwwwwwwwww.  All the fixtures and signs in their stores looks like they're from 1983 and I've never once stepped foot in a Braums that looked like it had been cleaned in the last decade.

[Wrinkle]

I've come to realize this is more like 14th Street and Lewis. Tend to think of the BA as 13th street, but Braum's is SE of The Curve.

IAC, since Braum's is a locally owned operation (Oklahoma), seems we would be supporting them a little more. Ice cream is their trademark, not architecture.

I'm not sure, but isn't this store design identical to several others around town, including the one at 32nd & Harvard? I had heard this new one was going to be some new prototype, but it strikes me as the same.

Besides, they could've put up a metal building and it would've been better than what was there.
Starship, for example, though their's was mostly existing.

The improvements by Hasty Bake are also welcomed. What happened to Tulsa Screw Products?

[Conan71]

Braum's... just what I need more of on my mid-section.  

I used to be more of a devotee.  I think my last couple of experiences with the old store on that lot put me off it, they had let it get too run down before they rebuilt.