Texas Land and Cattle Company. Smoked steaks sound strange, but until you've had one......they are wonderful. Great atmosphere for Bricktown too.

Oh....and the same company owns the Sullivans chain - another great restaurant. A 1940's theme with live jazz music. Very nice.

Free 72 oz steak, if eaten in 1 hour. Oh, wait, that's another city, another state!

I would love a Ruth's Chris in bricktown

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I live in downtown. I would like to be able to eat downtown. And that includes cheap fast food all the way up to the more expensive places.

I see your point jbrown and I agree with you to an extent. On the other hand, while downtown is a place some call home, it's also the mark of culture and center of entertainment for OKC. For others who live in the 'burbs, downtown should be very selective, not just another fancied up Memorial Rd.

I see both sides of the coin. I just hope that if the Mickey D's absolutely must go up, it is done with the intent of blending in with the rest of the district.

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Midtown, Auto Alley, and other areas are emerging as hubs for more locally centric restaurants. Bricktown is OKC's Times Square. The first, most obvious stop for tourists. And just like Times Square, it's going to attract some prolific chains, including McDonalds. But the more options down there--period--the more dining options downtown dwellers have.

It's being built all brick and on the edge of Bricktown, so I'm fine with it.

It would have been nice if McD's could have followed Sonic's example and built a location without a drive-thru, which would help out with added foot traffic and 'blended in' with Bricktown a little more. But being out where they are, it works, I guess.

McD's would never go up without a drive thru.......it is amazing that a land lease in okc is holding up................you never know?

There are McDonald's going up in city's without a drive through everywhere. Most of those are in a denser part of the city, so I suppose it's OK. However, were the area east of Bricktown to be developed, we might be sorry about that drive though down the line.

The fact that it's brick, and 2 sides of it will front the street, is good enough for me.

Drove by today just to give everyone else an update on the "progress".

Don't we have the prettiest skies you've ever seen?

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We do have nice ones, but the nicest I've seen are in South Beach, Miami, FL and the Florida Keys, you also can't beat the golden sunsets of the pacific coast as well.

I got the latest rendering off Steve Lackmeyer's blog:

The McDonald's in Bologna, Italy didn't have a drive through, but it did have beer on tap. Don't worry, I only ate there once during my 8 months. I read a debate about the best hamburger in OKC. I had a weak moment. It was my only option.

The Bricktown McD's looks better then anything that Hogan has built. Now if we can do something with the abandoned FOX building.

Thank God they won't have the tall arches. I'd rather Mickey D's be hidden.

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You were in Bologna, I was going to go to University in Bologna, but the government changed some policy so that isn't going to work out, but I would still LOVE to go, did you like it??

Bologna, not sure about that but I heard the McDonald's in Hawaii has Spam burgers.

I never saw a spam burger in the dozen or so times I was in Hawaii. Not that I was looking though.

The McDonald's I ate at under the Tokyo Tower came with rice instead of fries though...You could order fries separate, but the meals came with rice.

I loved Bologna. I studied Economics at the University of Bologna. It was a great experience. My wife and I are going back to Italy for a couple of weeks this summer. I hope to spend some quality time in Bologna.

I drove around yesterday since the weather was so nice. Man this thing has gone up QUICK. The entire outside is now a "box". For a McDonalds, it will be one of the nicer ones in OKC, however I wish the design committee would have been a little more tough on them. At this rate, they will be open by the end of June, if not sooner. I'll try and post a pic tonight.

will the dave and buster's go where Fox Coll Center is now?

Based on the last posted rendering, it appears MD's will have as much, or more, brick than anything else along East Reno. And yes, it does appear to be moving along at a right fair clip.

Why McDonald's I would preferred a second location for the Habana, a bath house, or a massage parlor.

Has anyone ever ate at Gusher's they have the most fabulous tube steak dinner. The white whine cream sauce is to die for. You all should take your lover's threre tonight.