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Oklahoma City is the capital of Oklahoma in the American Great Plains.

oklahoma city Travel Guide : 1 Understand 1.1 Geography 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 American 9.2 Barbecue 9.3 Brazilian/Argentinean 9.4 British 9.5 Cafeterias 9.6 Cajun 9.7 Chinese 9.8 Delis 9.9 Fine Dining 9.10 French 9.11 German 9.12 Greek 9.13 Ice Cream 9.14 Indian 9.15 Irish 9.16 Italian 9.17 Japanese 9.18 Lebanese 9.19 Korean 9.20 Mexican 9.21 Seafood 9.22 Thai 9.23 Upscale Steakhouses 9.24 Vietnamese 10 Drink 10.1 Microbreweries 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out 16 External links

Understand

Oklahoma City is the largest city the state, as well as its political, cultural, and economic engine. The city is the 29th largest city in the nation and the largest city in the 5 "plains states" (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota). After decades of suburban sprawl and an ill fated downtown "urban renewal", a 'sudden' burst of investment in the 1990s has given the city additional big city attractions as well as a pleasant quality of life that often is the envy if not surprise of visitors from other cities; making Oklahoma City more of a tourist destination in of itself.

Geography

Oklahoma City is located in Central Oklahoma, in the Southern Plains of North America. Contrary to popular belief, the geography is not flat and treeless (like in the true high plains) but rather gently rolling hills covered in places by dense low trees, shrubs, and grasses. The city is roughly bisected by the North Canadian River (recently partially renamed the Oklahoma! River in a flight of civic exuberance). The North Canadian is not very impressive as rivers go; it was once substantial enough to flood every year, wreaking destruction on surrounding homes, until the 1940s when the Civilian Conservation Corps dammed the river and turned it into essentially a wide ditch for the next 50 years. In the 1990's, as part of the citywide revitalization project known as MAPS, the city built a series of low water dams, returning water to the portion of the river flows near downtown. The city also has three large lakes, Lake Hefner and Lake Overholser, in the northwestern quarter of the city, and the largest - Lake Stanley Draper, in the sparsely populated far southeast of the city.

Get in

By plane

Will Rogers World Airport offers non-stop service to over 30 cities, mostly in the west and southwest. The airport (http://www.flyokc.com) (built in the 1960s) is currently undergoing a major expansion and modernization project and is trying to attract additional non-stop flights to the city.

By train

Amtrak offers daily service to Fort Worth, Texas aboard the Heartland Flyer (http://www.heartlandflyer.com/) line, which can be boarded at the Santa Fe Station in Bricktown. The Flyer has multiple connections to other regional Amtrak lines in Fort Worth. Plans have been proposed to expand the line north to Kansas City via Tulsa and to Newton, KS, but with Amtrak's financial future in jeopardy due to budget cuts, the expansion of the service seems to have stalled.

By car

Oklahoma City is located at the intersection of two of the nations longest continuous interstate highways, I-40 and I-35, as well as I-44. It is also on historic Route 66.

By bus

Greyhound has service from the Union bus station in downtown Oklahoma City, as well as the suburbs of Guthrie, Edmond, Norman, Shawnee, Midwest City, El Reno, and the International Airport.

By boat

Currently the only section of the North Canadian river that is navigable is the part that goes through Oklahoma City. Several boat ramps have been built to allow ferries, water taxis and small boats to move from downtown to other parts of the city. Interstate travel via the river, however, is not possible.

Get around

Getting around Oklahoma City is ridiculously easy by car. If you're coming to OKC, you will likely want to either rent a car or plan on staying around downtown, because public transportation is rather limited. There is a pretty good trolley bus system around downtown with service to the airport and the cluster of museums and attractions in the northeastern part of the city, but if you want to really explore without renting a car, you'll either have to use the not too stellar bus system or call a cab.

If you happen to hire a car, then getting around OKC is very simple. The streets are laid out in a grid, with named streets running north and south and numbered streets running east and west. The main thing to remember when driving the city is that when you're on the north side, the numbered streets increase from south to north, while on the south side they increase from north to south. (NW 23rd street is a very different place from SW 23rd street, and you don't want to get them confused.) Aside from that minor issue, navigation is a breeze- there are very few one way street mazes or "Texas Turnarounds" to worry about, and the interstates in town are usually uncongested, except during rush hour and construction.

The city is reasonably bicycle-friendly in the Midtown areas of Oklahoma City due to the numerous through residential low-traffic streets. In other areas of the city, bicycle travel is more difficult due to the lack of low-traffic through streets.

See

Many of the attractions are located near downtown or on the north side of town. Highlights in downtown are Bricktown, the city's fast growing entertainment district and tourist showpiece, the new Oklahoma City Museum of Art, home to the largest collection of Chihuly glass in the world as well as an arthouse/revival theater and a restaurant, and The Myriad Gardens, an impressive urban park with a 7 story botanical garden. North of the museum is the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. The memorial is both one of the most visible attractions in the city as well as its saddest, which has posed some problems for the city's tourism department. The outdoor symbolic memorial is free and open 24 hours a day, while the very well done Memorial Museum (located in the former Journal Record Building next door) can be visited for a small fee.

Many of the neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity of Downtown are textbook examples of urban blight, but to the northwest of downtown is a cluster of interesting early 20th century neighborhoods near the campus of Oklahoma City University. The most notable are The Paseo, a ramshackle artist colony located in a 1930s era urban neighborhood, and "Little Saigon" or as it's officially known, Asia District (http://www.asiandistrictokc.com), home to the city's large Vietnamese and East Asian community. The Paseo was built in conscious imitation of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza in the early 20th century, but has since developed a gritty bohemian character that can feel like a breath of fresh air. Dozens of art galleries, restaurants, clothing stores and other related businesses are clustered in the area. Technically the Paseo is only comprised of a single street lined with deco Spanish revival buildings, but it has grown to encompass much of the surrounding neighborhood, including a stretch of storefronts on NW 23rd street, sort of the mainstreet of the Northwest side.

West of The Paseo along Classen Boulevard is the Asian District, home to the city's majority Vietnamese Asian community. After the fall of Saigon in 1976, one of the cities picked by the US government for the relocation of refugees was Oklahoma City. Since then, these initial refugees have been joined by later immigrants from both Vietnam and other southeast Asian nations, as well as by Vietnamese Americans from elsewhere in the country. The district is home to many great restaurants, too numerous to mention, as well as Super Cao Nguyen Supermarket, the largest Asian market in the state.

Just West of Asia District is Oklahoma City University (http://www.okcu.edu/) which features a small art museum and a variety of cultural events and programming.

To the North of Oklahoma City University is the "NW 39th Street Enclave", the largest gay neighborhood in the state, Crown Heights and the Western Avenue District, which are home to businesses and restaurants catering to young urbanites (Sushi Neko, a fine sushi bar and Will's, a coffee shop, both inside the restored art deco Will Rogers Theater complex, are worth a look).

On the Northeast side of the city is the capitol complex, which is interesting in itself, and the Oklahoma History Center, set to open this fall. There is a medical research cluster northeast of Downtown centered on the OU Health Science Center that is large and growing, but unless you're a patient, a doctor, or a scientist, you're unlikely to spend much time there. (However the historic Lincoln Terrace neighborhood that is between the OUHSC and the state capitol is worth looking at if you enjoy historic architecture.) The Harn Homestead is also located nearby on NE 16th street.

North of the capitol is the highly ranked Oklahoma City Zoo, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Kirkpatrick Center (which features a children's science museum, an air and space museum, a photography museum and more), Remington Park (a thoroughbred and quarter hourse racing track) and a large multiplex theater.

The Southside is notable primarily for Capitol Hill, a large Hispanic district, and the Stockyards, a neighborhood built around one of the largest cattle markets in the world. Cattle are still bought and sold there every Monday morning, much to the dismay of PETA and other local activists who can sometimes be spotted protesting nearby. The Stockyards resembles in some ways a wild west themed amusement park, sans rides. There are stores selling just about anything western themed that you could imagine, from saddles to belt buckles to truly giant hats. One of the few places in the city where your newly purchased giant hat will go mostly unremarked upon is the venerable Cattleman's Steakhouse, which has been serving up hearty steaks and "lamb fries" (a polite term for fried bull testicles) for over a century.

Capitol Hill to the east is one of the city's great contradictions; riven with poverty and violence, it can also be one of the liveliest and most welcoming neighborhoods in the city. Capitol Hill's mainstreet along SW. 29th st. is full of bustling Mexican owned shops and restaurants, as well as the somewhat out of place seeming Oklahoma Opry.

A short drive south of the Oklahoma City is its largest suburb - Norman, location of the University of Oklahoma (http://www.ou.edu/). The university is the primary attraction in Norman, with a beautifully landscaped Victorian campus and several fine museums, including the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Norman is also significant for its leading role in meteorology (Doppler radar, the basis of modern weather prediction was invented there) as evidenced by the National Weather Center, currently under construction. North of the university is Campus Corner, a dense conglomeration of bars, music venues, restaurants, and retail catering to the college crowd. For those with less disposable income, cheaper bars, music venues, restaurants and retail can be found further north in Norman's small Downtown along Main Street.

Due North of Oklahoma City is the affluent suburb of Edmond. Edmond is mostly a product of urban sprawl and bad planning, but nevertheless has some great qualities, including good restaurants, the third largest university in the state - University of Central Oklahoma (http://www.ucok.edu/) and some quaint, quiet neighborhoods near its rather successful downtown.

Do

• National Cowboy and Western History Museum, 1700 Northeast 63rd Street, (405) 478-2250.1 (http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/index.html) Open 9 AM - 5 PM Daily.

• Omniplex, 2100 NE 52nd Street,2 (http://www.omniplex.org/) (405)602-OMNI. Open Monday thru Friday 9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday 9 AM to 6 PM, and Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM.

• Oklahoma City National Memorial, 620 N. Harvey Street,3 (http://OklahomaCityNationalMemorial.org/) (405) 235-3313. Open 24 hours every day. A three-acre site memorializing the 1995 bombing of the Alfred F. Murrah Federal Building. The event was the most devastating act of terrorism on US soil until September 11th, 2001. The memorial includes the remnants of the federal building, as well as a reflecting pool, a sculpture of 168 chairs (one for each person who died in the blast), and the Survivor Tree, an elm that survived the blast. Free.

• Six Flags Frontier City, located in far north Oklahoma City on I-35, between Hefner Road and NorthEast 122nd Street.4 (http://www.sixflags.com/parks/frontiercity/index.asp) Saddle up for some good ol' Wild West fun at Frontier City. You'll find over 50 thrilling rides and attractions to explore, featuring ErUPtion!, Oklahoma's TALLEST thrill ride, four nail-biting roller coasters, fantastic water rides, and hours of fun for tthe kids. Buy your tickets online for just $19.99, a savings of $8 off the full-price admission! And with Print-N-Go, you can print them at home then visit the park.

• Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, (405) 235-6262.5 (http://www.okcmoa.com/)

• Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Avenue, Norman, OK 73019, (405) 325-3272.6 (http://www.ou.edu/fjjma/)

• Melton Art Reference Library, 4300 N. Sewell, (405) 525-3603.

Learn

There are two major public universities in the Oklahoma City Metro area, the University of Oklahoma (http://www.ou.edu/) in Norman and the University of Central Oklahoma (http://www.ucok.edu/) in Edmond. The largest private university is Oklahoma City University (http://www.okcu.edu/).

There are several other universities and schools in the area, including Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond and Southern Nazarene University (http://www.snu.edu/) in Bethany. There are three community colleges: Rose State College in Midwest City and OSU-Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Community College (http://www.okccc.edu/) as well as a Downtown College Consortium in Oklahoma City.

University of Central Oklahoma web site (http://www.ucok.edu/)

Work

The largest employer (by persons employed) is the state government, followed by Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City. Other major employers are General Motors, Dell Corporation, Kerr McGee, Devon, SONIC, Chesapeake Energy, AOL, Federal Aviation Administration, Six Flags Theme Parks, Hertz, Bank of Oklahoma, Southwest Airlines, Gaylord Enterprises, Globe Life and Accident Insurance, Express Personnel Services, OGE Energy, and Dominion Energy.

Buy

The Colonial Art Gallery and Co., 1336 N.W. 1st Street,7 (http://www.colonialart.com) Open since 1919, Colonial is a full-service gallery, buying and selling investment-quality artwork, as well as framing, restoring, and appraising art.

Size Records, 8915 N. Western,8 (http://www.sizerecs.com) Oklahoma City's best independent record store.

Blue Seven, 5028 N May Ave,9 (http://www.okblueseven.com/) Modern furniture, unique gifts, and vintage clothes.

Full Circle Books, 50 Penn Place,10 (http://www.fullcirclebooks.com) A great local independent book seller. They have great service and a very decent selection of everything from childrens' books to the latest news. (North Penn and Nortwest Expressway)

30 Penn Books A great used book store located at NW 30th & Penn

Book Beat and Company11 (http://www.bookbeatco.net/) Describes itself as "an independent bookstore . . . specializing in Beat Generation And Counter Culture Books, High & Low-Brow Art Books, Political Thought, Radicalism, Anarchism, Communist & Socialist Literature, Poetry, Philosophy, Sci-Fi, Metaphysical Studies, Classics, Avant-Garde Literature, Fiction, Eastern Religion, T-Shirts, Compact Discs, Vinyl, Videos & DVDs, Posters & Prints, as well as unique handcrafted gift items from the local artists of Oklahoma."

Route 66 Rare and hard to find gifts and personal care products as well as several lines of women's clothing. Also located at 50 Penn Place (Penn and North West Expressway)

The Lime Leopard, Northpark Mall.12 (http://www.limeleopard.pointshop.com/)

Bohemian Spirit Vintage Wares & Wearables, 3701 N. Western- Your neighborhood vintage department store.

Wilshire Village located on Western, north of 63rd, at the intersection of Wilshire and Western. Has a great variety of shops, such as:

• The Learning Tree Toy store offering lots of educational toys and much more.

• The Makeup Bar Good makeup that you might not be able to find in Dillard's at any of the malls. Very popular for boutique buyers.

• Urban Classic's Good clothes

• Gil's13 (http://gils-clothing.com/aboutus.html) Hip, modern clothing. Great jeans selection.

• The Lingerie Store Carries good brands of lingerie, very soft bathrobes, and good pajamas.

Eat

American

• Beverly's Pancake House, 2115 N.W. Expressway.
• Bunny's Onion Burgers, N.W. 50th & N. Meridian.
• Cattlemen's Steakhouse, 1309 S. Agnew, 14 (http://www.cattlemensrestaurant.com/). Listed in Patricia Schultz's 1,000 Places To See Before You Die.
• Galileo Bar and Grill, 3009 Paseo, 15 (http://www.galileo-okc.com/).
• Hooters, 111 E. California St., 16 (http://hooters.know-where.com/hooters/cgi/site?site=292&address=).
• Irma's Burger Shack, 1035 N.W. 63rd St.17 (http://www.irmasburgershack.com/)
• Kamps Market and Deli, 1310 N.W. 25th St. An Oklahoma City institution, Kamps has been serving OKC for almost a century.
• The Haunted House, 7101 N. Miramar Blvd.
• The Museum Café, 415 Couch Dr.
• Nichols Hills Drugstore, 6411 Avondale Dr.
• Saturn Grill, 6432 Avondale Drive, 18 (http://www.saturngrill.com/index.html).
• Sleepy Hollow, 1101 N.E. 50th St.
• Steak 'n Shake, 1225 East 2nd St., Edmond 19 (http://www.steaknshake.com/default-home.asp).
• VZD's Club & Restaurant, 4203 N. Western, 20 (http://www.vzds.com/).

Barbecue

• Banta's Ribs & Stuff, 1200 N. Meridian.
• Big D's B-B-Q, 1701 W. Britton Rd.
• County Line Barbecue, 1226 NE 63rd St.
• Earl's Rib Palace, 6816 N. Western.21 (http://www.earlsribpalace.com/) A local favorite, started by one of Elvis Presley's former personal chefs.
• Leo's Bar-B-Q, 3631 N. Kelley Ave.
• Swadley's Smokehouse, 824 SW 89th St.

Brazilian/Argentinean

• Cafe Do Brasil, 440 N.W. 11th. Brazilian bakery and deli with live jazz on Saturdays.
• Gaucho's Grill Churrascaria, 6420 N.W. Expressway St.

British

• Canterbury British Imports and Cafe, 3421 Classen Blvd.

Cafeterias

• Boulevard Cafeteria, 525 NW 11th St.
• Luby's Cafeteria, 9410 N. May Ave
• Queen Ann Cafeteria, 5900 Mosteller Dr.

Cajun

• Bourbon Street Café, 100 E. California St. C100, 22 (http://www.bourbonstreetcafe.com/).
• Pearl's Oyster Bar, 928 N. W. 63rd St., 23 (http://www.funfresh.com/pearls.htm).

Chinese

• Dot Wo, 3101 N. Portland Ave. Great Chinese restaurant specializing in seafood.
• Grand House, 2701 N. Classen, 24 (http://www.grandhouseokc.com/). A classy and authentic Chinese restaurant in the heart of the Asian district. Features Dim Sum on the weekends.
• Nothing But Noodles, 2410 W. Memorial Rd., 25 (http://www.nothingbutnoodles.com/).
• Pei Wei Asian Diner, 1841 Belle Isle Blvd., 26 (http://www.peiwei.com/thelocation006.jsp?loc=0071&state=ok).
• P.F. Chang's China Bistro, 13700 N. Pennsylvania Ave., 27 (http://www.pfchangs.com/location/loc_code.jsp?state=ok).
• Snow Pea, 6600 N. Western Ave.

Delis

• Gourmet Deli, 7300 N. Western Ave.
• Jerry's Deli, 14000 Quail Springs Pkwy.
• Panera Bread, 6800 N. Western Ave, 28 (http://www.panerabread.com/bread.aspx).
• Someplace Else Deli and Bakery, 2310 N. Western Ave.

Fine Dining

• The Coach House Restaurant, 6437 Avondale Dr.
• The Grill, 2824 W. Country Club Dr.
• The Mantel Wine Bar & Bistro, 201 E. Sheridan 29 (http://www.themantelokc.com/)
• The Metro Wine Bar and Bistro, 6418 N. Western, 30 (http://www.metrowinebar.com/).
• Nikz at the Top, 5900 Mosteller Dr., 31 (http://www.nikzokc.com/).
• Nonna's Bakery and Cafe, 1 Mickey Mantle Dr.32 (http://www.nonnas.com/)
• Rococo Restaurant and Fine Wine, 2824 N. Pennsylvania, 33 (http://www.rococo-restaurant.com/food.htm).
• Tom & Jerry's Steak and Fish Grill, 1501 N.W. 23rd St.

French

• La Baguette, 7408 N. May Ave.

German

• Ingrid's Kitchen and Delicatessen, 3701 N. Youngs Blvd.
• Jutta's Keller at Castle Falls, 9622 N. May Ave., 34 (http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/castfall.htm).
• Old Germany Restaurant, 15920 SE 29th, 35 (http://www.oldgermany.com/).
• Royal Bavaria, 3401 S. Sooner Rd.

Greek

• Akropolis Greek Restaurant, 1809 S. Air Depot Blvd.
• The Greek House, 768 Jenkins Ave.
• Merranean Imports and Deli, 5620 N. May Ave.
• Ole'Town Gyros & Kabob, 402 E. Main St.
• Zorba's Merranean, 4621 N. May Ave

Ice Cream

• Braum's, 4335 NW 23RD ST, and throughout city, 36 (http://www.braums.com/).
• Maggie Moo's, 13419 N. Pennsylvania, 37 (http://www.maggiemoos.com/).
• Marble Slab Creamery, 216 Johnny Bench Dr., 38 (http://www.marbleslab.com/).
• Rusty's Frozen Custard, 1000 E. Alameda Square, 39 (http://www.rustysfrozencustard.com/).

Indian

• Ajanta Cuisine of India, 11921 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
• Gopuram, 4559 NW 23rd St.
• Misal of India Bistro, 580 Ed Noble Pkwy.
• Taj Indian Cuisine, 5801 NW Expressway St.

Irish

• McFinn's Pub, 902 Straka Te.
• O'Connell's Irish Pub & Grill, 120 E. Lindsey St.

Italian

• Bravo! Cucina Italiana, 13810 N. Pennsylvania Ave., 40 (http://www.bravoitalian.com/).
• Caffè Pranzo, 9622 N. May Ave.
• Cascata Ristorante Italiano, 801 Signal Ridge Rd., 41 (http://www.cascata.com/cascata.html).
• Mama Lucia's, 12325 N. May Ave.
• Othello's, 1 S. Broadway.
• Papa Dio's, 10712 N. May Ave.
• Sophabella's, 7628 N. May Ave. A great local Italian restaurant.
• Vito's Ristorante, 7521 N. May Ave.

Japanese

• Gaijin Sushi, 1228 N Interstate Dr.
• Musashi's, 4315 N. Western Ave., 42 (http://www.musashis.com/).
• Okura Sushi and Grill, 7502 N. May Ave. Great restaurant in the old Samurai Sake House (http://www.okclive.com/samurai/) building.
• Shiki Japanese Steakhouse, 14041 N. May Ave.
• Shogun Steakhouse of Japan, 11900 N. May Ave.
• Sushi Neko, 4318 North Western., 43 (http://www.sushineko.com/).
• Tokyo Sushi Bar, 7516 N. Western Ave. Best sushi in town.
• Yamato Japanese, 7101 N. W. Expressway.

Lebanese

• Magic Lamp Restaurant/Deli, 7429 N May Ave.

Korean

• Bwon Korean Restaurant, 4517 S. Sunnylane.
• Korean House, 4813 S. E. 29th St.

Mexican

• Abuelo's Mexican Food Energy, 17 E. Sheridan.
• Adobe Grill, 5102 North Shartel.
• Birriera Aguascalientes, 601 S. Western Ave.
• Casa Juanito, 4718 S.E. 29th St.
• Chelino's Mexican Restaurant, 5900 N. May Ave. 1 of 10 metro locations.
• Los Palomas, 2329 N. Meridian.
• Los Pericos, 4521 N.W. 63rd St.
• San Marcos Mexican Restaurant, 4024 N. May Ave.
• Tacos San Pedro, 2301 S.W. 44th. This is real Mexican food, not Taco Bell.

Seafood

• Boca Boca, 9610 N. May Ave.
• Pearl's Crabtown, 303 E. Sheridan, 44 (http://www.funfresh.com/crabtown.htm).
• Pelican's, 291 N. Air Depot Blvd.

Thai

• Bangkok Restaurant, 7906 N. MacArthur Blvd.
• Sala Thai, 1614 N.W. 23rd Street. Declicious food with a special emphasis on vegetarian fare, although perhaps not as clean as some other establishments.
• Thai Basil, 253 S. Santa Fe Ave.
• Thai Kitchen Cafe, 327 Dean A. McGee Ave. Freshest and best Thai food in town.
• Thai Kumkoon, 1347 W. Lindsey.
• Thai Palace, 308 W. Edmond Road.

Upscale Steakhouses

• Boulevard Steakhouse, 505 South Boulevard, 45 (http://www.boulevardsteakhouse.com/).
• Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse, 7 Mickey Mantle Dr., 46 (http://www.mickeymantlesteakhouse.com/).
• Ranch Steakhouse, 3000 W. Britton Rd.

Vietnamese

• Banh mi Bale, 2426 N. Classen Blvd.
• Lang Bakery, 2524 N. Military Ave. #110.
• Lido, 2518 N. Military #110.
• Minh Deli, 2800 N. Classen Blvd. Suite 104.
• Mr. Pho Noodle House, 1133 N.W. 25th St.
• Pho 89 Café, 2800 N. Classen Blvd.
• Pho Hoa, NW 23rd St.
• Tay Ho, 2524 N. Military #110, 47 (http://www.westlakefood.com/locations.html).

Drink

• City Walk, Bricktown, 48 (http://www.citywalkokc.com/).
• LIT, Bricktown, 49 (http://www.lit-okc.com/).
• RANE, Bricktown.
• VENU, Bricktown, 50 (http://www.venubar.com/Index.html).
• Bricktown LIVE, 51 (http://www.brewerentertainment.com/bricktownlive/).
• Wormy Dog Saloon, Bricktown.
• Mango's, Bricktown.
• Biting Sow, Bricktown.
• Green Door, Bricktown, 52 (http://www.okcshows.com/).
• The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western Ave, 53 (http://www.conservatoryokc.com/).
• Hi-Lo Club, 1221 NW 50th, 54 (http://www.hi-loclub.com/).
• VZD's, 4200 N. Western Ave, 55 (http://www.vzds.com/).
• Catchers Sports Bar & Grill, 501 N. Mustang Rd., 56 (http://www.catchersokc.com/). Serving greater Oklahoma City metro with every televised sport on lots of big screens, live music, full bar, tasty menu, dancing, juke box, karaoke, pool, darts, poker tournaments, and friendly staff and crowd.
• Bin 73 Wine Bar, 7312 N. Western Ave.
• UCO Jazz Lab, 100 East Fifth St., 57 (http://www.ucojazzlab.com/).
• Junior's, 2601 N.W. Expressway St.

Microbreweries

• Belle Isle Brewery, 50 Penn Mall, (405) 840-1911 58 (http://www.okclive.com/belleisle/) Free Wi-Fi
• Bricktown Brewery Bricktown, 1 North Oklahoma Ave., (405) 232-2739 59 (http://www.bricktownbrewery.com)

Sleep

Budget

• Brass Lantern. Located in the downtown.
• Bricktown Plaza Hotel.

Mid-range

• Sheraton Hotel, 60 (http://www.sheratonokc.com/reservations.html). AAA 3.5-Diamond. The Sheraton was recently renovated and is the largest hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.
• Embassy Suites Hotel. In Bricktown (soon).
• Residence Inn by Marriott. In Bricktown, under construction.
• Oklahoma City Marriott, 61 (http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=OKCOK). AAA 3-Diamond, NW Business District.
• Four-Points by Sheraton. Located at the International Airport.
• Crowne Plaza Hotel, 62 (http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/okcne?irs=null). AAA 4-Diamond, newly renovated hotel is located in the NW Business District.
• Holiday Inn and Suites.

Splurge

• Hilton Skirvin Hotel. Located downtown (under reconstruction).
• Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel, 63 (http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=OKCBR). AAA 4-Diamond accommodations in the heart of Downtown.
• Waterford Marriott, 64 (http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=OKCWA). AAA 4-Diamond hotel in the posh suburb of Nichols Hills.
• Colcord Hotel. Downtown Oklahoma City (under reconstruction)
• Courtyard by Marriott, 65 (http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=OKCDT). Downtown Oklahoma City. AAA 3-Diamond, this brand new hotel is also the hippest place to lay your head in the city!

Contact

Stay safe

A little bit of common sense goes a long way. On the whole, the city is pretty safe, but you shouldn't take that as a cue to be careless. If you're downtown or in what looks like a sketchy neighborhood, nothing will probably happen to you, but you should still lock your car door, keep your valuables secure and not put yourself in potentially dangerous situations. Some of the worst areas are in the inner city districts just near downtown, particularly parts of Mulligan Flats (SE-SW 15th Between I-35 and Western) , NE 23rd St., NE 36th St., Martin Luther King BLVD, NW 10th St., S. Central Avenue, S. Shields BLVD, and S. Robinson Avenue are notoriously tough; you might want to avoid being there especially after sundown. I would also recommend that you steer clear of particularly seedy looking bars, although not all are created equal. Keep your wits about you and you'll be fine almost anywhere in Oklahoma City.

(Another Wiki writer says --- OKC is very safe compared to your average American city. Most of the areas said to be "notoriously tough" are places that I bicycle through every day. Your only real danger in OKC is property crimes, not acts of violence.)

Cope

Get out

External links

• Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau (http://www.okccvb.org/)

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