New Arena District Bar

[Renaissance]

I heard there will be a new bar opening this summer at 3rd and Denver, called Brickhugger Bar & Grill.  I think it's associated with the Kanbar development group.

[kylieosu]

NICE! Four blocks from my apartment.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by Floyd

I heard there will be a new bar opening this summer at 3rd and Denver, called Brickhugger Bar & Grill.  I think it's associated with the Kanbar development group.

There is nothing at 3rd/Denver but parking lots.  If you mean 3rd/Cheyenne there is a building there that could be used.  There are also several vacant places next to/in the Wright building.

[Renaissance]

I heard 3rd and Denver but I imagine it's going to be closer to 3rd and Cheyenne.  Wright building would make sense.  I'll try to get more details and report back.

[dsjeffries]

On the list of applications for mixed-beverage liquor license, there's no address listed except "Tulsa". [^]

[sgrizzle]

Looks like same owners as SoChey.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Looks like same owners as SoChey.

I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.

Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Looks like same owners as SoChey.

I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.

Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.

He brews his own, he doesn't have to go far now.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Looks like same owners as SoChey.

I'm going to say it'll be in that place that has/had the green awning next to the Wright building.

Well now Arnett doesn't have to go far to get drunk.

He brews his own, he doesn't have to go far now.

I'm not talking about the acid, I'm talking about the beer.

[dsjeffries]

Though we don't really know anything about the place, I really like the name (damn those geniuses who came up with it!). If it actually is a bar and grill, I bet it will do some great business, especially since there is NO competition anywhere near the arena.  Perhaps it'll help spur some other development.

And I hope it opens by the time the BOk Grand Opening rears its head.

[tsfinest]

That's great.
Floyd, where did you 'hear' this news?

[Renaissance]

The internetz.  Where else?  It knows everything.

(I PMed you).

[Kenosha]

The Brickhugger is going to be in the Mid-Co building, it seems. Well done!

http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/spot/article.aspx?subjectID=288&articleID=20080402_288_hS37312

quote:Upscale downtown

by: SCOTT CHERRY World Scene Writer
4/2/2008  12:00 AM

SoChey Jazz Cafe occupies a basement space near the arena


A basement restaurant and jazz club seems as though it would be a made-to-order neighbor when the new BOk Center opens in downtown this fall.

Chef-proprietor Trevor Tack thought so, too, when he recently opened SoChey Jazz Cafe on Cheyenne Avenue, just north of Third Street, in space that formerly housed Pomodori's. The new arena fills the landscape a block straight west of SoChey's front door.

"I was working on the build-out of a pub I'm going to open in the Mid-Co building (on the southwest corner of Third Street and Cheyenne Avenue) when I saw this space become available," said Tack.

"I jumped on the opportunity. It was easy for me to connect the dots from the arena to the pub to the restaurant."

Fans of jazz and fine dining don't have to wait for the arena to open to experience the ambience and food at So- Chey, a name derived from South Cheyenne.

We slipped in on a recent Friday night a bit after 8 p.m. and found a quiet, modest- size crowd in the dining room. An hour later a highenergy crowd of mostly 25- to 35-somethings had filled the intimate bar area and most of the dining tables while a pleasing jazz duo played in one corner of the room.

The imaginative menu from Tack and chef de cuisine Jason Hart measured up to the setting.

Pierogies ($9.95) made a fabulous appetizer. Tack said the dish was inspired by his great-grandmother, who was Polish. Our plate had three big dumplings filled with chorizo and mashed potatoes, then topped with a silky chive cream sauce and manchego cheese.

Roast and Coast ($28.95) was a man-sized entree with a mound of ale-braised beef short ribs and three, fat, panseared scallops with black tru!e jus, parsnip puree and sauteed kale. It's a personal preference, but the scallops would have been more to my liking with another 15 to 30 seconds in the pan.

The pan-seared red snapper in the Fish and Chips ($23.95) was cooked perfectly. It had a delicate flavor, enhanced by a tomato meuniere that had a mild floral bouquet from a touch of lavender. The dish came with tri-colored pommes frites (french fries) and roasted spaghetti squash.

We shared a house salad ($5.95) of mesclun greens, pickled red onions, grape tomatoes, oversized croutons (crispy outside, soft inside) and goat cheese, all tossed in a tangy vinaigrette.

For dessert, an apple crisp ($7.95) had a crunchy crust topped with whipped cream, strawberries and fresh mint, and a piece of cheesecake ($7.95) had a light texture and alsowas served with whipped cream and strawberries.

Panini, sandwiches, flatbreads, soups, salads and pastas fill the lunch menu, while frittatas add a breakfast flavor to the Sunday brunch fare.

SoChey has full bar service and a list of 46 wines, about half available by the glass. Our server, Jonathan, was spot on with menu recommendations, replaced utensils and crumbed our white tablecloth as necessary, and seemed to appear when needed, but only when needed. He also didn't write down our orders, but everything came out perfectly.

The dining rooms, separated by the main staircase, have mostly brick walls, decorative windowsills with candles flickering out through glass-block windows, wood floors, concrete columns, and jazz-themed photos, posters and musical instruments.

Lighting is subdued, and I needed a candle to read the menu, which was fine.

A slight negative was the women's bathroom, which could use some sprucing up – even a larger wastebasket would help.

Live music is booked Friday and Saturday nights and for Sunday brunch.

Task said he got his early training at the Chalkboard under the late Paul Caplinger, was a private chef for some Colorado Rockies baseball players for a couple of years, and returned to Tulsa for another turn at the Chalkboard before striking out on his own.

SoCHEY JAZZ CAFE

219 S. Cheyenne Ave. 295-0177

Food: New American

Price: dinner entrees, $15.95 (spit-roasted free-range chicken) to $28.95 (8-ounce beef filet); lunches, $5.95 to $10.95; Sunday brunch, $5.95 to $10.95

Credit cards: All major

Hours: lunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday; dinner, 5-10:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; Sunday brunch, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; bar open to 2 a.m.

Food ***1/2 atmosphere ***1/2 service **** (One is fair, two good, three very good and four excellent)

[PonderInc]

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

Oh yea, now I know where that is.  I like that building.