Best Cocktail Bars Near Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has plenty of cocktail bars with delicious drinks and welcoming atmospheres. You can hang out with friends or take a date and enjoy a romantic evening. Here are some of the best places for outstanding cocktails in the Oklahoma City area.

Ludivine

At Ludivine, you can enjoy cozy decor and a huge selection of drinks. Try The Man Who Has Everything with Teachers Scotch, ginger-maple syrup, Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur, Laphroaig whiskey, and lemon juice. You can also sample the Father of the Caribbean with Angostura bitters, Heirloom Alchermes liqueur, lemon juice, and roasted pumpkin seed orgeat. Several appetizers are available, including beef tartare, roasted pepper salad, and seared foie gras with pound cake, blueberry jam, and creme fraiche. The Bread Service comes with a wide variety of delicious homemade bread.

On Tuesday through Thursday, appetizers are half price. Every day from 4 to 6 p.m., a beer and a shot cost $4, and a craft well cocktail is $5. On Mondays, Wagyu burgers go on sale for $12 at 4 p.m. It’s a good idea to arrive as early as you can because this popular item sells out fast.

Location: 320 NW 10th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73103

Hours: Monday from 4 p.m. to midnight, Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. 2 a.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to midnight

R & J Lounge and Supper Club

R & J Lounge and Supper Club is right behind Ludivine, and it has appealing vintage decor and a large drink selection. The No Rain comes with gin, mescal, homemade orgeat, melon liqueur, and fresh lemon juice, while the R & J Sour has lemon juice, rye, amaretto, brandy, and egg white. For a more tropical taste, try the Painkiller with coconut, rum, pineapple juice, and orange juice or the Singapore Sling with gin, cherry liqueur, orange liqueur, pineapple juice, Bénédictine, and bitters.

Happy hour happens every day from 2 to 6 p.m. and all day Monday. Items on special include an Old-Fashioned with Overholt rye and bitters and a Poor Man’s Sangria with red wine, Fanta, and brandy. Appetizers include homemade bacon truffles with bleu cheese and toast with garlic bread, crab meat, and muenster cheese. For dinner, you can enjoy beef stroganoff, chicken and waffles with berries, a chicken-fried steak sandwich, or shrimp and grits with five jumbo shrimp, Cheddar cheese, and chili glaze.

Location: 320-B NW 10th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73103

Hours: Every day from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., but the kitchen closes at 12:30 a.m.

Palo Santo Cocktail Bar and Kitchen

Palo Santo Cocktail Bar and Kitchen is a popular destination for cocktail connoisseurs. It has an extensive menu, and it makes many of its ingredients daily. This place offers a variety of hard-to-find spirits, and they specialize in agave. Original cocktails include the Tokyo Old Fashioned with Japanese whisky, black tea, vanilla, and demerara syrup and the Heart’s Club Band with black pepper gin, cucumber, honey, peach bitters, lemon, and chile salt. You can also try the Formal Slang with vodka, pineapple, chareau aloe, lemon, orgeat, and peach oolong tea.

Several flights of different agave are available, and guests can enjoy complimentary popcorn with spices, sea salt, and coconut oil. With your drinks, you can enjoy chips with salsa or guacamole, black bean hummus with charred bread, French fries, or Hawaiian-style chicken tenders with togarashi, scallions, chile aioli, and lime.

Location: 1203 SW 2nd St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73108

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday from 4 p.m. to midnight

The Jones Assembly

The Jones Assembly is inside a two-story 1930s warehouse. The beautiful, vibrant space was once the home of the Fred Jones Manufacturing Company. It has indoor and outdoor dining, and an upscale cocktail bar called the T Room is on the second floor. There’s also a large stage that often features nationally known bands. You can enjoy unique cocktails, including the Jones 75 with strawberry- and jalapeno-infused Broker’s gin, Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos dry sherry, brut rose champagne, lemon, Hella smoked chili bitters, simple syrup, and Bittermens Hellfire Habanero Shrub.

The Fire Emoji comes with Cazadores Reposado tequila, Sombra mezcal, Ancho Reyes Verde chile poblano liqueur, lime, watermelon, and vanilla-habanero syrup. With the Dagwell Dixie, you’ll get roasted pecan-infused George Dickel rye, Laird’s Applejack brandy, simple syrup, Hella orange bitters, and Jerry Thomas’ Own Decanter Bitters. You can also enjoy made-from-scratch biscuits with honey butter, fried okra, or chicken-fried carrots with pistachios, chives, Parmesan cheese, and hot honey aioli.

Location: 901 W. Sheridan Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73106

Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Thursday from 4 p.m. to midnight, Friday from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Black Walnut

Chef Andrew Black, a James Beard Outstanding Chef Award semifinalist, started Black Walnut. It’s well-known as a great restaurant, but it also has excellent drinks. There’s outdoor seating in the front, and the inside has an upscale, modern look and a casual atmosphere.

The Don’t Cry for Me Argentina comes with Apostoles Argentinean gin, lime, honey syrup, yerba mate foam, and house chimichurri, and the Old Man & the Sea has Havana Club anejo rum, coconut milk, Luxardo cherry, coconut cream, and banana. The house cocktail comes with black walnut-infused bourbon and black walnut bitters. Appetizers include blue corn hushpuppies, candied bacon, smoked macaroni and cheese bites, lamb ribs, chargrilled oyster, and more. When you visit this place, you can park for free inside Maywood Apartment Complex.

Location: 100 NE 4th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 4 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.

These are just some of the amazing cocktail bars in the Oklahoma City area. Did we miss any of your favorites? Contact us at Eskridge Chevrolet and let us know where you like to enjoy a delicious cocktail.

 

 

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