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Your guide to the 5 most popular spots in downtown Tulsa

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Published on June 11, 2019
Your guide to the 5 most popular spots in downtown TulsaChimera. | Photo: Gary M./Yelp

Spending time in downtown Tulsa? Get to know this Tulsa neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a farm-to-table restaurant to a tiki bar.

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit downtown, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.

1. Chimera

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Topping the list is cocktail bar and breakfast and brunch spot Chimera, which offers coffee and tea and more. Located at 212 N. Main St., it's the highest rated business in the neighborhood, boasting 4.5 stars out of 483 reviews on Yelp.

At Chimera, expect coffee, cocktails, beer, wine and a menu that includes healthy, locally sourced fare. You'll get breakfast tacos, sandwiches, pastries, soups, salads, vegan and gluten-free items. 

2. Sisserou's

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Next up is Caribbean spot Sisserou's, situated at 107 N. Boulder Ave., Unit C. With 4.5 stars out of 305 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite.

Try the Bake & Shark sandwich (a Trinidadian dish of deep-fried shark served inside fried dough) and the jerk chicken sandwich (marinated in an in-house jerk seasoning), or opt for one of the entrees like the Jamaican dish salmon Rasta pasta (crab-stuffed salmon topped with walnut pesto over Rasta pasta) and the chicken, veggie or shrimp curry. (Click here to see the menu.)

3. Saturn Room

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Cocktail bar and tiki bar Saturn Room is another top choice. Yelpers give the business, located at 209 N. Boulder Ave., 4.5 stars out of 96 reviews.

Cocktails dominate the menu at the Saturn Room, which features options like the Saturn (gin, Falernum, passion fruit, orgeat and lemon), the Shark's Tooth (Barbados rum, Jamaican rum, cherry, lime and pineapple) and the Tahitian rum punch (Jamaican rum, Dominican rum, white wine, lime, grapefruit, orange, pineapple and vanilla). To view the full menu, click here. 

4. Rose Rock Microcreamery

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Rose Rock Microcreamery, a spot to score ice cream and frozen yogurt and more, is another much-loved neighborhood go-to, with five stars out of 75 Yelp reviews. Head over to 502 E. Third St., Floor 2, Unit 35, to see for yourself.

Order a scoop of midnight chocolate, vegan chocolate, lavender honey and Rose Rock (strawberry and candied pecans) off the menu of flavors. 

5. Juniper

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Check out Juniper, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 222 reviews on Yelp. You can find the cocktail bar, venues and event space and New American spot at 324 E. Third St.

At the farm-to-table restaurant, you'll find a menu that features the double bone pork chop (served with polenta fries, bacon sauteed cabbage and sun-dried tomato apricot gastrique), brown butter trout and seasonal risotto (vegetables, sweet pea puree, goat cheese and sunflower seeds). 


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