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Lost Restaurants of Tulsa

Charlie Mitchell’s, someplace around 31st? Many beers consumed there.

Taco Train in Jenks.

Mr. Gatti’s near Woodland Hills. Was the kind of pizza that I bet if I had it now I’d think this place sucks, what was I thinking?

Charlie Mitchell's was at 21st & Columbia
 
Not surprising you youngsters omitted the Shadow Mountain Inn at 61st & Sheridan.
Elmo's was a small hole in the wall on 15th St. just east of Yale, but they served some mighty good groceries.
 
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Shadow Mountain Inn on the hill. Buddy of my dad who (obviously) owned the Phoenicia. Shadow Mountain Inn was one of the very few places we would eat out. There was one other place in London Square...
 
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I bused tables and washed dishes at the Golden Drumstick, 11th and Yale, in high school. 75 cents and hour and all the dark meat chicken I could eat, and I ate a lot of it. What great fried chicken that was.
 
Celebrity Club
Flo's Burgers
El Burrito
JR'S Gourmet Burgers
Clauds
El Guapo
Freddie's Steakhouse
Lassalle's New Orleans Deli
Jane's Delicatessen
Jamil's - Are they going to reopen?
Knotty Pig- closing end of February
 
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Celebrity Club
Flo's Burgers
El Burrito
JR'S Gourmet Burgers
Clauds
El Guapo
Freddie's Steakhouse
Lassalle's New Orleans Deli
Jane's Delicatessen
Jamil's - Are they going to reopen?
Knotty Pig- closing end of February
Jane's didn't make it in their new location near Decopolis?

So Jamil's opened at that stand alone place after the highway went in. Then opened at The Farm? Then they closed again?
 
Jane's didn't make it in their new location near Decopolis?

So Jamil's opened at that stand alone place after the highway went in. Then opened at The Farm? Then they closed again?

I don't know of Jane's reopening somewhere else.
I don't think Jamil's is open at The Farm. Did it ever open?
 
No idea.

My late dad owned the Phoenicia on 51st street that was torn down a few decades ago for the highway.
 
I don't know of Jane's reopening somewhere else.
I don't think Jamil's is open at The Farm. Did it ever open?
I looked it up and Jane's went out of business in their new location by Decopolis in between Utica and Peoria on 11th. Never paid much attention because it was ok, but not phenomenal enough for me to think about it.
 
I looked it up and Jane's went out of business in their new location by Decopolis in between Utica and Peoria on 11th. Never paid much attention because it was ok, but not phenomenal enough for me to think about it.
Now Red Light Chicken there. Down the street from me.
 
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Red Light Chicken
Have you eaten there? Looks to be a kitchy 50's/60''s oriented diner with Camper Trailer Designed counter to order at. I didn't eat there now or when it was downtown.


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It's a regional chain out of Texas, and wasn't anything to write home about as far as style, ambiance, etc. But I was sad to see Salata's close down on cherry st. during covid. Some of the dressings were phenomenal, and the offerings of various salad toppings were pretty decent. I liked it better than salad alley, and way better than cool greens. I think the only one still open is cool greens. Which was the worst one in my book. For same reason I was sad to see Ruby Tuesday close. They had a decent brunch menu and a nice salad bar.

Anybody have a reference to a restaurant with a good salad bar?
 
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A couple from my days at TU that weren’t great but good and inexpensive - Eastside Cafe (blue plate specials) and Harmon’s Home of the He Man Breakfast (served all day). The He Man was about $3 in the late 70’s. You walked out full and with plenty of post game meal money remaining for other activities.
 
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My Pi Pizza on south Lewis had good deep dish pizza in the 70s.

Also, there was a small restaurant in the set of shops just east of Utica Square called The Glen. My girlfriend liked to go there. I think the Polo Grill is located there now.
 
Have you eaten there? Looks to be a kitchy 50's/60''s oriented diner with Camper Trailer Designed counter to order at. I didn't eat there now or when it was downtown.


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Yes it was originally at the El Guapo spot.

Another Nelson restaurant.

Pretty good. The regular is plenty spicy for me. Tasty.
 
A couple from my days at TU that weren’t great but good and inexpensive - Eastside Cafe (blue plate specials) and Harmon’s Home of the He Man Breakfast (served all day). The He Man was about $3 in the late 70’s. You walked out full and with plenty of post game meal money remaining for other activities.
Those were a couple of my regular haunts during my TU days. I took a lot of drunk dates to Harmon's. Stumbled in with my fellow drunken buddies for the He-Man Breakfast too. East Side had great fried chicken, onion rings and lots of other great diner food.
 
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Don't reject the love Chris. If folks want to drop by with their dates, it is sign of trust.
 
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