Targeting dining options around the deadCenter Film Festival?
The deadCenter Film Festival is back for its 22nd iteration with a return to theater venues across downtown.
A number of local restaurants, breweries and bars will host deadCenter events. Stonecloud Brewery has even a special beer to mark the occasion. Their dry-hopped Dead Saison is available at various bars, liquor stores and festival events.
OK Cider Co., 705 W Sheridan Ave., hosts registration lounges Wednesday through Friday at 1 p.m.
REV, or the cantina formerly known as Revolucion, 916 NW 6th St., and Neon Coffee Bar, 1742 NW 16 St., are hosting breakfast events through the weekend. Those events are open to the public, but deadCenter passholders get access specials among other specialty coffee and donut offerings on Friday and Saturday mornings.
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The Joinery, 121 E. Sheridan Ave., will host an opening event for passholders at 6 p.m. Friday. By the time the evening is over, Cookie's, 2304 N Western Ave., will host Cookies at Cookie's where the first 50 attendees will receive a cookie from Tiff's Treats.
The PrideCenter Breakfast will be at Spiked Coffee, 1734 NE 23 St., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Mary Eddy's in 21c will host a PrideCenter Happy Hour that evening from 4 to 6 p.m. Both are open to the public, but passholders will receive special offers.
The inaugural Afro Cinema Weekend pass will include access to specific downtown movie screenings, but also events and specials at Kindred Spirits, 1726 NE 23 St., Suite C. That starts with a kickoff happy hour from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Social Capital, 517 S Hudson Ave., will be home to the Friday Night Frolic in advance of the OKC Thunder Films movie with a Family Fest block of short films to follow. The Friday night Frolic is open to the public but special perks abound for pass holders.
The Jones Assembly will host a private event for filmmakers, but is among a throng of top-shelf drinking and dining options near the festivities.
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Not too far away from the screens
Whether you're seeking dinner and a movie or a cocktail or coffee bar in which to discuss the day's films, the 405 diningscape is flush with destinations in close proximity to the festival's screenings.
Host theaters include The Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Rodeo Theater in Stockyards City and Film Row, Yale Theater, and the First Americans Museum.
Here's my guide to dining around the downtown venues.
The Harkins will host more screenings than any other venue this weekend. It's also the place you'll need to do the least amount of planning to find a good place to eat. Harkins is a short walk to most vantage points in Bricktown. Fuzzy's Taco Shop is nearly adjacent, and Toby Keith fans will know his I Love This Bar and Grill is next-door.
Rendezvous Pizza and its Detroit-style pizzas are just a few blocks away and adjacent to Bricktown Brewery.
Pearl's Crabtown was among the first residents of Bricktown, and Paul Seikel's tribute to bayou dining remains a top spot for frills-free dining.
Mickey Mantle Steakhouse is the ideal nearby haunt for the chophouse experience, and The Mantel hits all the right notes.
Screenings at the museum and Film Row Cinema align with Joey's Pizzeria, The Manhattan Bar & Grill, and Patrono.
Rodeo Theater is in the heart of Stockyard City where steak is king. Cattlemen's is the most famous steakhouse in Oklahoma, but McClintock Saloon & Steakhouse is the new kid on the block with an impressive whiskey selection to go with its Old West shotgun-style bar.
Yale Theater is in Capitol Hill, which is home to lots of places where the locals eat. While we await the reopening of the Grill on the Hill, drop by Coney Island in Capitol Hill, Taqueria y Tortilleria Lupita is home to the city's finest corn tortillas.
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First American Museum will host a series of screenings of films by indigenous artists. The museum is home to 39, a fabulous modern restaurant featuring native flavors hand-crafted into progressive iterations of traditional tribal cuisine.
The Wheeler District will host music video showcase on Saturday night. The 21c Hotel, home of Mary Eddy's, will host a similar showcase Sunday morning. The Wheeler is home to The Big Friendly and Taco Nation for drink and dining options.
The festival continues through Sunday.
This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Dining in Oklahoma City around the deadCenter Film Festival
