Construction has started on a new clubhouse at Lake Hefner Golf Course, 4491 S. Lake Hefner Drive.




The modern, 18,000-square-foot, two-story building will showcase panoramic views of the golf course and Lake Hefner. It will include a pro shop, grab-and-go food and beverage area, office space, locker/shower rooms, a restaurant/bar and meeting space and will connect to the existing parking lot and cart trails.

The existing clubhouse and cart storage will remain open until the new building is complete.


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Locally-owned Dulce Vida Tequila and Tacos is set to open in the just-closed Abuelo’s space at 3001 W. Memorial.




The building has been painted bright pink and lots of work has already been completed inside with bright, tropical murals and other renovations.

The first Dulce Vida opened earlier this year at 4825 NW Expressway.

The new Memorial restaurant and bar should be open soon (no opening date set as of yet) and will serve as a second location.

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Shots on Rocks is a beautiful, energetic bar, lounge, and restaurant in OKC’s Automobile Alley.




Located at 1122 N. Broadway, guests can utilize the covered, free parking in the Broadway Park Building just south of the Oklahoma Contemporary Museum. A streetcar stop is also very nearby.

Young owners Ryan Crank and Ismaeel Alwazzi are fueled by their passion for good times and great company. They aim for a friendly, fun environment in an inviting setting.

Shots on Rocks offers signature cocktails, a small menu,
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Clara Luper was a civic leader, educator, and Civil Rights leader well known for her sit-in movement in 1958, which overturned segregation policies.




From 1958 to 1964, Luper was a major leader in the fight to end segregation in Oklahoma. She led campaigns to gain equal banking rights, employment opportunities, open housing, and voting rights.

A $3.6 million bronze monument is set to be installed in Downtown Oklahoma City depicting the 13 black children who participated in the first Katz Drug Store sit-in led by Luper.

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Mike Brown led Temple Live's charge when they made a run in 2021. Now, he has his own company and has revived the effort.




https://kismetkoncerts.com/

Brown told OKCTalk the Temple Live renderings were always conceptual and declined to elaborate on specific renovation plans.

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Tulsa concert promoter to operate Gold Dome
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The City of OKC has started the process of approving a $3 million grant to convert the historic Gold Dome into a concert and entertainment venue.




As we were first to report way back in March of 2021, Temple Live has developed renderings and plans to convert the structure with a main stage in the center, floor viewing areas, and a second level that would provide seated and standing views.

Renderings also show a new covered 2-level patio.

Built in 1958 by Citizens State Bank at NW 23rd and Classen,
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ULI Oklahoma Hosts the 11th Annual Impact Awards
Recognizing projects that exemplify the best practices in local development

On February 7, 2025, Urban Land Institute Oklahoma will host their 11th Annual Impact Awards at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The event recognizes projects that exemplify best practices in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities, through each project’s contributions to the built environment
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Here at OKCTalk, we cover hundreds of local restaurants. But we also get a lot of questions about chains, so we will continue to cover both.



Bojangles Chicken has filed plans to build a free-standing store at 13135 N. Penn, just south of Del Taco and in front of the new Dick’s House of Sport. The chain had previously announced plans to come to Oklahoma within Love’s Travel Stops, but then that deal fell through. The OKC location would be the first in the state of Bojangles and there will likely be more to come.

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Locally-owned Boom Town Creamery is set to open a location in downtown’s historic Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.



This will be the fourth location for the ice cream store which first opened in the Uptown district at 605 NW 23rd in 2022, and expanded to South OKC (10740 S. May) and Downtown Edmond (17 E. 15th).

Angela Muir and her husband moved to OKC a few years ago and saw the need for a local creamery with hand-crafted, small-batch ice cream with unique flavors.

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The sprawling former Nuway cleaners property at N. Western and Linwood is in the process of being demolished.



Originally constructed in 1919, the complex saw many expansions and additions culminating in over 77,000 square feet. It was purchased by Love Link in 2005 to expand the nonprofit's ministries as they added a food pantry and thrift store.

In 2021, Shyon Keoppel and Millennial Capital purchased the property and announced plans for extensive renovations which never materialized.

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Nuway Cleaners complex being demolished
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