Voice's Choices: Atmospheric Dining

Creative spaces to eat and drink

Hodges Bend

823 E. 3rd St. | 918.398.4470 | hodges-bend.com

A booming nighttime drinkery for Tulsa’s fancy pants crowd, Hodges is equally appealing as a daytime eatery for anyone in need of second breakfast and a comfy chair in which to enjoy it. Choose from various Heirloom Bakery pastries or indulge your inner medieval lord with the best charcuterie tray in town. 

Temp Tavern

305 E. Archer St. | 918.949.9801 temptavern.com

Chef Ben Alexander is making the most of The Tavern’s temporary location (the permanent site at Main & Brady is under renovation) with one-off weekly menus. Last week’s revelatory “Pacific Northwest” impressed; this week’s foray into “Fair Food” might have some skipping the midway altogether for mac and cheese balls, kettle corn with bacon, and funnel cake with barbecue pulled pork and spicy powdered sugar. Oh, and a double donut burger with bacon, egg and sacred American cheese. “God bless the USA!” – Lee Greenwood 

Celebrity Restaurant

3109 S. Yale Ave. | 918.743.1800

celebritytulsa.com

This speakeasy-turned-restaurant is a windowless portal into our city’s past. On any night, you’ll find the decades-long faithful eating the same famous fried chicken and Caesar salad (prepared tableside) Celebrity has served since who knows when. 

The food is good, but the ambiance is fantastic—all red and gold, dimly lit, with ornately framed photographs and paintings preserving pieces of Tulsa history. The barroom, with its velvety red lounge chairs and an accommodating veteran bar staff, is the ideal place to dine and drink.