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I, along with a lot of others, are looking forward to the opening of the new restaurant in River Parks.
The Blue Rose Café is no stranger to Tulsa. It had a long and successful life in Brookside.
I’m hoping the new food and entertainment at the new Blue Rose, at 19th Street and Riverside Drive, will be as interesting as it looks. I’ve watched this place go up over the last several months. It’s architecture is beautiful and fits in with the Arkansas River and the park nicely.
The opening has been delayed due to the usual problems with building something new and, of course, Oklahoma’s weather.
Parking has been an issue, but they have added 41 new spots and could add more if needed.
There is room for 103 diners indoors and another 120 outdoors when the weather obliges. The whole restaurant will have an outdoor feel year-round with its expanse of windows and during good weather, the walls can be rolled up like a garage to open the entire restaurant to the outside.
There will be the usual gaggle of naysayers who will predict that the venture will be a flop. They will declare that no one goes downtown. They will warn that the odor from the river will deter patrons. They will be wrong.
Those same dire predictions don’t keep anyone from using River Parks now. And with the updates, made mostly through private donors, the entire parks is top-notch.
The restaurant is planning a soft opening in the next few weeks and a grand opening in March.
Here’s wishing them the best of luck and a big thanks for taking the chance.
Dinner on the river. Sounds good to me.
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