The Jones Assembly
Film Row
The Jones Assembly is Oklahoma City's most celebrated restaurant and live music venue — a 1,500-capacity converted 1920s warehouse in the Film Row district that combines excellent farm-to-table dining with a major live music calendar. Regularly booking national touring acts alongside superb food and cocktails, The Jones Assembly represents the new Oklahoma City — a confident, cosmopolitan city that has leveraged NBA success, architecture investment, and food culture to position itself as one of the most exciting mid-size cities in America.
Tower Theatre Oklahoma City
Film Row OKC
Tower Theatre is Oklahoma City's most beloved music venue — a beautifully restored 1937 Film Row theater presenting indie, alternative, and folk acts for OKC's growing creative community. Oklahoma City's extraordinary transformation from a city devastated by the 1995 bombing to one of America's most economically vibrant mid-size cities has been accompanied by a remarkable cultural renaissance that Tower Theatre embodies in its consistent presentation of quality music.
Beer City Music Hall Oklahoma City
Automobile Alley OKC
Oklahoma City's Automobile Alley entertainment district is one of the most exciting emerging entertainment neighborhoods in the South — a beautifully preserved automotive dealership corridor from the 1920s that has been transformed into Oklahoma's most vibrant concentration of craft bars, restaurants, and music venues. OKC's extraordinary economic growth (driven by energy industry prosperity and a remarkably business-friendly environment) has created the resources to invest in exceptional entertainment infrastructure.
Fuzzy's Taco Shop Patio OKC
Bricktown OKC
Bricktown is Oklahoma City's most celebrated entertainment district — a beautifully preserved 1890s warehouse district with a canal, outdoor entertainment venues, and the most concentrated bar and restaurant scene in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team's extraordinary impact on civic pride and the Bricktown district's role in OKC's remarkable downtown revival create an entertainment environment that reflects Oklahoma's extraordinary capacity for civic reinvention.
Coop Aleworks Oklahoma City
Crown Heights OKC
Coop Aleworks is Oklahoma City's most celebrated craft brewery — a taproom producing the outstanding F5 IPA and other award-winning Oklahoma ales for OKC's growing craft beer community. Oklahoma City's extraordinary transformation from an oil town to one of America's most economically dynamic mid-size cities has been accompanied by a remarkable craft food and beverage renaissance that Coop leads in the brewing category.
Hutch & Harris Oklahoma City Lounge
Film Row OKC
Oklahoma City's Film Row entertainment district has emerged as one of the city's most creative gathering places — a beautifully preserved 1920s-1940s film distribution warehouse district transformed into Oklahoma City's most artistically interesting bar and entertainment corridor. The Film Row Collective's concentration of outstanding independent bars, cocktail lounges, and creative businesses creates an entertainment experience that reflects OKC's extraordinary civic renaissance.
The Criterion Oklahoma City Nightclub
Deep Deuce Oklahoma City
The Criterion is Oklahoma City's most important music venue — a beautifully converted Deep Deuce warehouse presenting outstanding rock, alternative, and country acts for Oklahoma City's growing arts community. OKC's remarkable transformation from a sleepy state capital to one of the South's most vibrant cities (the $36 million Bricktown Canal, the Chesapeake Energy Arena, and the extraordinary Devon Energy Center skyscraper represent billions in downtown investment) creates a nightclub of genuine Oklahoma urban renaissance significance.
Blue Door Oklahoma City Music Venue
Edmond Oklahoma City
Blue Door is Oklahoma City's most intimate and beloved music venue — a small McKinley Avenue room presenting outstanding singer-songwriter and folk acts in an atmosphere of remarkable musical community. Blue Door's extraordinary intimacy (it seats only 100 people) and its remarkable commitment to presenting outstanding acoustic music create a venue of genuine Oklahoma singer-songwriter cultural significance.
Tower Theatre Oklahoma City Music
Uptown 23rd Oklahoma City
Tower Theatre is Oklahoma City's most atmospherically historic music venue — a beautifully restored 1937 Spanish Colonial theater in the vibrant Uptown 23rd District presenting outstanding concerts. OKC's Uptown 23rd District's remarkable arts community and Tower Theatre's extraordinary architectural character create a music venue of genuine Oklahoma urban arts significance.
Stonecloud Brewing Oklahoma City Bar
Downtown Oklahoma City
Stonecloud Brewing is Oklahoma City's most innovative craft brewery — a downtown OKC institution producing outstanding ales that have helped establish Oklahoma City as one of the Great Plains' most craft-beer-forward cities. OKC's remarkable downtown renaissance and Stonecloud's consistent production of outstanding beer create a brewery taproom of genuine Oklahoma craft culture significance.
Prairie Wolf Spirits Distillery Oklahoma
Midtown Oklahoma City
Prairie Wolf Spirits is Oklahoma's most celebrated craft distillery — an Oklahoma City institution producing outstanding whiskeys and gins that reflect the remarkable Oklahoma frontier heritage. Oklahoma's extraordinary history (the Land Run of 1889, where 50,000 settlers raced to claim land at noon on April 22, 1889, is one of the most dramatic events in American frontier history) and Prairie Wolf's exceptional craft spirits create a distillery tasting room of genuine Oklahoma frontier cultural significance.
COOP Ale Works Oklahoma City Bar
Oklahoma City Craft Beer
COOP Ale Works is Oklahoma's most pioneering craft brewery — one of the first Oklahoma craft breweries to achieve statewide distribution. COOP's remarkable role in establishing Oklahoma as a craft beer state (it was illegal to sell beer with more than 3.2% alcohol by weight in Oklahoma until 2018) and its consistent production of outstanding ales create a brewery taproom of genuine Oklahoma craft beer historical significance.