McNellie's Midtown

Does anyone know when this is supposed to open? Sorry if this has been posted on another board!

I haven't even heard of this. Where/what is it? Is it the same as the one in Tulsa? If so, they have an awesome Wednesday hamburger special!

I've emailed them a few times. They've been quick to furnish me with deadlines which they would proceed to miss.

That said, they've been making (slow) progress for quite some time now.

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Mid, in all fairness, they have been picking up quite a bit of steam lately, although it's been about 2 years now. Maybe OCURA was helping them out.

Yes it's the same one as in Tulsa. I heard it was supposed to open April 1. Which obviously didn't happen. The last time I went by there (about a week ago) it looked like they still had about 2 months left of work.

where is it located?

In the Plaza Court building in MidTown. There are several other threads on it if you want to search for pictures and more info.

We're going to start taking apps on Monday (4/21). We're pushing really hard to be open by June 1 at the latest, and this time we might just hit it. Major construction is mostly done and we're down to finish work, but there's a lot of it. We've got a ton of wood to stain, walls to paint, bar tops to finish, etc. The hardest part of any of these jobs is the first 10% and the last 10%, which is where we are now. Don't give up on us, we'll get there soon.

Today, they put an "opening soon" sign on their windows.

Thanks for the update, dan.

I still think this place is going to be a complete homerun and I hope it's open when I visit in mid-June.

Good news. I'm a big fan.

My company is moving to Midtown as we just purchased a building in the area. I've scoped out all the "spots" and can't wait for this place to open!

I tried to find housing in midtown just for McNellies. Too bad the Sieber is so high; would have liked to walk to McNellies!

The Legacy at Arts Central would only be a few blocks walk, and they have fairly reasonable rental rates.

Hmm, it's probably a 20-25 minute walk.

yeah right!!!! It takes you 20-25 minutes to walk 4-5 blocks? You should be able to walk a mile in 10-12 minutes easily. I live further away from McNellies than Legacy Arts and I can get there in 10 minutes or less. The Seiber that he mentioned is almost as far away.

Slight hijack, but no way should the Sieber cost as much as it does. It's right across the street from an indigent mental health clinic. There's always a police car out there (or two).

I could think of safer places to be.

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Perhaps some of us have shorter legs and it takes us longer to get somewhere? I think Legacy Arts is more than 5 blocks away from Midtown. I live next door to it. Technically, you could think of R.S. Kerr as 2nd street (perhaps 3rd), and Midtown's on 10th.

It would take me more than 10 minutes to walk there. I'd be hoofin' it to WALK a 10 minute mile. I have to jog to get that pace (I've timed myself on a treadmill).

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You're slow though.

-- walking.

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it's 6 blocks from the ne corner of legacy to the plaza court and less than .5 mile (.46 according to mapquest). r.s. kerr is the same as 3rd street. i'm just as guilty as anyone for thinking anything over a few blocks is driving distance, but in reality its totally doable.

Johnny, thanks for the info. Exactly my point, tell this to someone in Boston, NYC, Philly, San Fran, Portland, Seattle, Austin and they'd laugh if we can't walk 6 blocks to get a bite to eat, no wonder we have the fattest city in the nation and #1 junk food city, we think 6 blocks is driving distance.

Anybody been by the McNellie's space lately?

I'm curious as to their progress. I'm still hoping to organize a little get-together there in mid June (only a little more than a month away).

Pete, I drove by Sat. still lots of work to do, mainly interior cosmetic work from what I can tell, I'm not sure how their kitchen/equipment scenario is. I drive by/bicycle by on a regular basis as you know from my pictures. I will keep in touch and post new pictures next time I'm over there. Not much to look at right now, although it's been since Saturday since I've been by.

Bah, I guarantee you it's not just an easy 10 minute walk. It would be an easy "20 minute" walk, and if you want to speed walk it, then maybe around 15.

20 minutes to walk 6 blocks or less than half a mile (0.46)? So you're saying it takes most people 45 minutes to walk a mile?