Fassler Hall, Dust Bowl to get second homes in Oklahoma City's MidTown
By STEVE LACKMEYER NewsOK.com on Aug 21, 2013, at 2:27 AM Updated on 8/21/13 at 3:22 AM
Owner Elliot Nelson poses at Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge in Tulsa. Nelson's Dust Bowl and Fassler Hall venues will soon find second homes in Oklahoma City. MICHAEL WYKE / Tulsa World
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Fassler Hall and Dust Bowl, a popular Tulsa beer garden and old-fashioned bowling alley, will soon get second homes in Oklahoma City's MidTown.
The proprietor, Elliot Nelson, successfully replicated his James McNellie's Public House in 2008 at MidTown's Plaza Court and has been growing his brand of urban-themed pubs, eateries and entertainment venues ever since.
"In our neighborhood (Tulsa's Blue Dome District), we have six things within two blocks of each other," Nelson explained. "The one here was a building our landlord bought, it had a bare roof, and we decided it would make a great beer hall."
Fassler Hall opened in September 2010, just five years after Nelson opened his first McNellie's. The communal German beer hall features sausage made in house, duck fat fries, a vast beer selection and live music. Dust Bowl opened the next year, featuring the sort of bowling alleys that harken back to the 1960s.
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Original Print Headline: OKC to get a taste of Tulsa
People & Places
Any evening that starts with a red carpet and Spartan soldiers forming a sword-drawn canopy over your head deserves writing about.
Come December, Shannon West will be a college graduate.
