Midtown is exciting!

[SXSW]

  Other thing I noticed,,,, after our night of clubbing some wanted to do the requisite "lets go to Ihop", so we all piled in our cars and trekked way out to 71st and Lewis.  2:30 in the morning and it was packed too, likely from others who had to go all the way from downtown and midtown.  Would someone tell Ihop to build something downtown or in midtown lol.  I would say please have some local person do a non-chain diner type environment, but this might be an instance where a chain trumps a local deal unless its done just right and becomes well enough known.

The midtown Village Inn would've been closer if you wanted breakfast food.  Or the 14 hour Whataburger and McDonald's on Cherry Street. 

[Red Arrow]

Red Arrow:

You can still see the pillars of the collapsed bridge if you look closely. The best view is at the end of the trail that goes down by the park where there is also a plaque, but you can see them from the bridge if you look closely.

I found this:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okbhs/bixby/bridge.html

[Conan71]

Red, I guess you would remember when there were two telephone companies serving Bixby?  Seems like there was GTE or Bixby Phone Co. and "Bixby North".  Wasn't Bixby North originally the 369 exchange and Bixby was 366?  Seems like one or the other was long distance from Tulsa as late as the late 1970's or very early '80's.

[TheArtist]

The midtown Village Inn would've been closer if you wanted breakfast food.  Or the 14 hour Whataburger and McDonald's on Cherry Street.  

The Village Inn is a bit worn and out-dated and that part of Harvard is depressingly grungy.  Whataburger and McDonalds isn't the kind of environment one is looking for and offers even worse food choices than the Ihop does.  Apparently you haven't been with a group of friends and done this sort of thing have you? lol  If you were with a group of about 10 people from out of town and they wanted a place to sit down and have some breakfast food at about 2:30 in the morning, would you take them to the Mc Donalds or the Ihop?

[DTowner]

The Village Inn is a bit worn and out-dated and that part of Harvard is depressingly grungy.  Whataburger and McDonalds isn't the kind of environment one is looking for and offers even worse food choices than the Ihop does.  Apparently you haven't been with a group of friends and done this sort of thing have you? lol  If you were with a group of about 10 people from out of town and they wanted a place to sit down and have some breakfast food at about 2:30 in the morning, would you take them to the Mc Donalds or the Ihop?

How late is the Blue Dome Diner open on weekends?  Seems like they have a large customer base with all the bars nearby.

[TheTed]

Blue Dome Diner closes at 11pm on weekends. I don't think there are any eateries open after bar time in any of our bar districts, with the exception of maybe Joe Momma's. I think that's takeout only at that hour. The Blue Dome Diner and The Brook are two places I don't understand why they're not open 'til 4am.

The Dog House, in Phat Philly's old location, is open 'til 4am weekends. They've filled in nicely where Phat Philly's left off. Not really a sit down place, but they do have seating, plus a ridiculous array of hot dogs and other encased meat products.

They seem to be doing well with the post-bar crowd, very busy when I've been in at that hour.

[RecycleMichael]

Two words...Waffle House.

[DowntownDan]

Two words...Waffle House.

The one I used to frequent at I-44 and Peoria is closed and demolished.  A victim of the never ending I-44 expansion.  The only other ones I know of are the truck stop in West Tulsa, and the one at 71st and Memorial.  All too far away.  I am a fan of the Villiage Inn at 31st and Harvard.  Not sure how it can be considered grungy or in a bad part of town.  I am a fan of the Colony next door, and that neighborhood is pure middle class midtown.  Food is typical all night greasy spoon.  Easily accessible from Cherry Street, which I live by.  Other alternative is Whataburger, but be prepared to wait up to 30 minutes for a single order, even if you're the only person there.  Service is unbelievable slow.  So slow it defies logic.  You would think one person alone could make food faster than what it is.  McDonalds of course is the other alternative and I'm not above a late night McDonalds stop, but it is pretty low on my list.

[Hoss]

The one I used to frequent at I-44 and Peoria is closed and demolished.  A victim of the never ending I-44 expansion.  The only other ones I know of are the truck stop in West Tulsa, and the one at 71st and Memorial.  All too far away.  I am a fan of the Villiage Inn at 31st and Harvard.  Not sure how it can be considered grungy or in a bad part of town.  I am a fan of the Colony next door, and that neighborhood is pure middle class midtown.  Food is typical all night greasy spoon.  Easily accessible from Cherry Street, which I live by.  Other alternative is Whataburger, but be prepared to wait up to 30 minutes for a single order, even if you're the only person there.  Service is unbelievable slow.  So slow it defies logic.  You would think one person alone could make food faster than what it is.  McDonalds of course is the other alternative and I'm not above a late night McDonalds stop, but it is pretty low on my list.

11th and 169 still exists...

[Conan71]

How about the one out by the big smoke shop in Catoosa?

There's also an IHOP and Village Inn at 31st & Memorial.  I also take exception to the "grungy" description. 

The Village Inn at 53rd & Yale is a decent area as well, IMO.

[Hoss]

How about the one out by the big smoke shop in Catoosa?

There's also an IHOP and Village Inn at 31st & Memorial.  I also take exception to the "grungy" description. 

The Village Inn at 53rd & Yale is a decent area as well, IMO.

Yeah, especially if talking about the VI at Harvard and the BA.  I go over there now at least once a week (my Marshall Sundown Wheat habit) and will likely be by there this Thursday for the new seasonal he's debuting on Wednesday.

I think it's a pretty clean area.  I like the new Braum's over there...

[hello]

The Village Inn is a bit worn and out-dated and that part of Harvard is depressingly grungy.  Whataburger and McDonalds isn't the kind of environment one is looking for and offers even worse food choices than the Ihop does.  Apparently you haven't been with a group of friends and done this sort of thing have you? lol  If you were with a group of about 10 people from out of town and they wanted a place to sit down and have some breakfast food at about 2:30 in the morning, would you take them to the Mc Donalds or the Ihop?

I have and we go to the midtown Village Inn 

[DowntownDan]

Waffle Houses at 11th and 169 and in Catoosa also too far.  Need one within 3-5 square miles of Cherry Street.  VI is about it.

[TheArtist]

 Egads, the whole point was that it appears to me that there is an opportunity for one IN downtown or perhaps somewhere between Cherry/Brookside and downtown.  Sorry I mentioned it lol.

[Red Arrow]

Red, I guess you would remember when there were two telephone companies serving Bixby?  Seems like there was GTE or Bixby Phone Co. and "Bixby North".  Wasn't Bixby North originally the 369 exchange and Bixby was 366?  Seems like one or the other was long distance from Tulsa as late as the late 1970's or very early '80's.

In 1971, 366 south of the river and 369 north of the river but I believe both were Bixby Telephone Co.  I think Broken Arrow was GTE.  366 to Tulsa was long distance but 369 to Tulsa was local.  BA was long distance to either.  Jenks may have been long distance from 366 & 369.  We still have a land line with the same number as in 1971.