Lounges

Norman, Oklahoma

Norman serves the University of Oklahoma — the state's flagship university whose extraordinary football program (seven national championships, home of Barry Switzer and the legendary Sooner Schooner tradition) creates one of the most passionate college football environments in America. Norman's remarkable combination of Sooner football culture, outstanding independent restaurants, and the beautiful OU campus create a college town cocktail culture of genuine Big 12 football community significance.

Main St, Norman, OK 73069

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Bricktown Oklahoma City's canal cocktail scene is the most dramatically transformed entertainment destination on the Great Plains — a former warehouse district where the extraordinary $36 million canal project (opened 2000) and the remarkable Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark create a waterfront entertainment environment of considerable Oklahoma urban renaissance significance.

Mickey Mantle Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City's Classen-10-Penn corridor serves the Midtown entertainment district with outstanding cocktail bars and restaurants. OKC's remarkable diversity (the city has one of the largest Vietnamese-American communities in the South, an extraordinary Native American arts community, and a rapidly growing Hispanic community) creates a cocktail lounge culture reflecting the most diverse and unexpected Great Plains urban environment.

Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73106

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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.

Film Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73109

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City's Midtown cocktail scene represents one of the most dramatic urban reversals in American history — a city that was voted one of the worst in America in 1990 and has since invested $2.2 billion in civic improvements through its MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) initiatives, creating outstanding cocktail bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues as part of the most ambitious urban renewal program in the American South.

NW 23rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Valkyrie is Oklahoma City's most acclaimed craft cocktail bar — a Midtown OKC institution presenting outstanding craft cocktails that have helped establish Oklahoma City as one of the Great Plains' most sophisticated cocktail markets. OKC's remarkable restaurant and bar scene transformation and Valkyrie's extraordinary cocktail program create a lounge of genuine Oklahoma cocktail culture significance.

1 NW 10th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa's Arts District lounge scene serves the Brady Arts District — a Tulsa neighborhood where the remarkable Woody Guthrie Center (the world's most important museum dedicated to folk music's most significant figure), the Bob Dylan Archive (Dylan donated his entire archive to Tulsa in 2016), and outstanding cocktail bars create a lounge culture of extraordinary American folk music significance.

Brady St, Tulsa, OK 74103

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa's Brady Arts District is one of the South's most successful urban arts revitalization stories — a former warehouse district that has become Oklahoma's most vibrant concentration of galleries, studios, music venues, and craft bars. The Woody Guthrie Center, Bob Dylan's archives (donated to Tulsa's Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center), and the Brady's concentration of outstanding independent establishments create an arts entertainment environment of extraordinary cultural depth.

Brady Arts District, Tulsa, OK 74103

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa's downtown cocktail lounge scene serves one of the most unexpectedly vibrant arts cities in America — a city whose extraordinary oil wealth funded one of the finest Art Deco collections in the world, outstanding museums (Philbrook Museum, Gilcrease Museum), and a remarkable performing arts culture. Tulsa's extraordinary combination of Native American cultural heritage, oil baron Gilded Age architecture, and contemporary creative community creates a cocktail lounge culture of unusual American Plains city sophistication.

Main St, Tulsa, OK 74103

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa's Blue Dome District is the city's most authentic Route 66 entertainment destination — a historic gas station neighborhood where Tulsa's remarkable Route 66 heritage (it was the first major city on the Mother Road) and outstanding cocktail bars create a lounge culture of genuine American highway nostalgia significance.

2nd St, Tulsa, OK 74103