Empire Bar

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  After visiting Empire Bar a few times I feel like I've got a good handle on when to go, and when to pass.
  
  When To  Go:
  -Thunder playoff basketball games. They have TV's around the bar and it's never too packed. However, make sure the TV you sit by has sound working and call ahead to make sure they turn on the game.
  - Play pool. They have two tables in the center of the bar.
  - Patio-ing. (Weather permitting.)
  - When you feel like being mysterious and/or don't want to get fixy. The lights are quite dim.
  - When you need a friendly bartender.
  
  Don't come here after getting dolled up. The demographic of patrons I've seen ranges from probably 26- 65 year old men and women.
  
  The place is so chill, bro. Nothing over the top- a solid local bar to share a drink with a bud.

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  Posted on 05.06.13 Sarah M.

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  If you are a soccer freak, GET THE HELL IN HERE!!  Now if like me, dont really care its still fun.   Nice pool tables with no assholes playin professional rules, a reccomendation to any dempgraphic.

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  Posted on 03.23.13 Tod S.

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  Manager Chris will treat u like family; give u a hug & a smile. Even enemies get handshakes :) Chill place to Show Yourself!

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  Posted on 12.09.12 Dustin E.

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  "It's my job to talk shit." -overheard a few nights ago at Empire, said by hyper aggressive neanderthal bouncer named Carl talking to some perfectly calm dude trying to apologize for being drunk. No, Carl, it's your job to make sure no one underage gets in and everyone stays safe and somehow has fun at your shitty bar.

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  Posted on 11.21.12 Denver N.

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  Should be better than it is. Sigh .....

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  Posted on 03.09.11 Kimmy H.

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  Stiff drinks, but lots of drama. A lady had slipped outside and cut her head, so we received little service as the bartenders were concerned with making sure the bar wasn't liable for the accident. My husband had been here once before and encountered a similar situation where someone had been stabbed. This being said, my live for hole in the wall dive bars might actually bring me back again.

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  Posted on 11.03.10 Jessica N.

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  Walked in, too smoky, left quickly.  May try again when I'm in Tulsa if the weather allows those garage doors to be open to flush out the cigarette smoke.

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  Posted on 08.21.09 Ed M.

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  Awesome little bar. You can do whatever you want here. It's very chill.

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  Posted on 08.11.09 Heather J.

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  If you are into awesome hole in the wall bars and usually lots of girls hit up Empire on the weekend.  It is usually crowed but they have a outdoor sitting patio.

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  Posted on 11.15.08 Beau R.

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  I first heard about this place through a sign at McNellie's proclaiming that they have 200 more beers than Empire.  Now that I've been to both I can't see why they'd even want to compare the two places.  This converted auto garage has about 40 or so mostly mainstream beers, and is shameless in pasting promotional beer ads throughout, including a "beer of the month" poster- Bud Light Lime?!  There are three pool tables, which would be the main reason I'd go back if I were in Tulsa more often, though I'd pray that other patrons would lay off the jukebox, which is hopelessly stuck in the 80s.  The clientele is about as diverse as the jukebox- all 20s to early 30s, more hipster than post-greek.

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  Posted on 08.10.08 Rob R.

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