Oklahoma Nightlife

Chefs sling a full menu of American classics at Brix Restaurant and Sports Lounge, where professional athletes occupy more than 30 flat-screen televisions and a massive projection screen. They specialize in pub-style appetizers, such as buffalo wings and nachos, as well as pizzas, burgers and wraps, and homestyle entrees. Kitchen staffers also take great pride in their fried okra, which meets batter and oil whole, rather than cut into slices or carved into comically small totem poles.

Exposed-brick walls surround the dining room's gleaming hardwood floors, full bar, and dark leather armchairs, which all work in unison to create a contemporary atmosphere during televised UFC matches and football games or karaoke and trivia nights. The outdoor patio houses additional seating for al fresco meals or attempts to hail passing jets.

The Brook takes its name from the former movie theatre whose neon marquee still beckons suds- and supper-seekers fifteen years after its conversion to the restaurant's original location. At both current outposts, more than 20 flat-screen TVs kindle a bonfire of sports-centered good times while fans and families attempt to memorize an extensive menu stocked with pub staples such as burgers, cheese fries, and chicken fried steaks. From behind the bar, draft beer, wine, and cocktails help evenings wind up, down, and, on Leap Day, sideways, in an atmosphere that Urban Tulsa Weekly describes as "a place to see and be seen."

Like a beloved T-shirt or a broken-in couch, Elm Street Pub is in the business comfort, welcoming visitors with hearty sandwiches, traditional pub fare, and sudsy libations served in a low-key taproom. Digits descend on finger foods including chicken tenders or beer-battered french fries, and tall draft pours fuel all-night games of eight ball on the pool table. Modern and old-school hits pump out of the pub’s jukebox, providing an aural backdrop for friendly dance-offs or attempts to help a percolator kick its caffeine habit.