Question for those in Oklahoma City

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What are some neighborhoods in Oklahoma City that cater to liberal-minded people. Where are the coffeehouses, indie film theaters, and the like?

Tim

Well, Tim. Glad you asked. I have lived in the area for seven years now and there are a few good places. Sadly, not as many coffeeshops as should be. You may want to start with the Paseo district... home to several good places to eat, see art, drink coffee and other lovely things. Wayne Coyne of the band 'The flaming Lips' lives in that area. On Western avenue and also on Classen avenue are a lovely band of shops, hangouts, arts stores, sushibars, and venues. Those streets actually are near the Paseo district. There is also an asian district that butts up to the Paseo district and features an impressive asian market complete with orange palm trees and ample parking. Downtown Okc is nice, if you like painted statues of buffalo all around.

You can take northeast 10th street off I235 N. Head west on Ne10th st.
There is Java Dave's, a local coffee house. Farther west is Brown's bakery for some fantastic donuts and pastries, and then farther west on the same street is 'The grateful bean' . The 'bean' is an icecream parlor/ coffee shop in the old KAISER building. They make their own Ice cream on site there and have some pretty good lunches and coffees.

There is bricktown for the more clubby types of areas. Its much like the same ambience as the West end in Dallas. Hope that helps a little.

and up to about 50th on Western. I prefer to go to Norman though. It seems less brutal somehow.

nothing like answering a question from 2007

I have increasingly developed a tendency to hang out in just such places. In coffee houses, going to indie film theatres (Edinburgh has the Filmhouse and the Cameo) as well as other trappings of liberal life such as art galleries. That's not because I myself am liberal. But the Aspie scene tends to be liberal, tends to consist of liberal minded people and tends to gravitate towards hanging out in the liberal places. It's also because yobs don't go there. For those reasons I've developed a taste for hanging out in the liberal minded places.

What is a yob?

I would love to meet other Aspies, I don't know if Aspie's actually maintain long term freindsships with other Aspies. The few people that I am somewhat friends with usually have keep the contact up as I just can't quite bring myself to most of the time. Sad but true.

Last edited by GrendelUlf on 19 Mar 2009, 11:15 am, edited 1 time in total.

a uncouth blue collar individual, odds are you can find them in sports bars on any saturday afternoon in ok city.

Ohhh yeah they are like 96% of the population it seems as of late esp...