For more information, visit their website at. Phoenix Rising is located at 2120 NW 39th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Their hours are Monday to Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday to Thursday from open to close, you can also get two-for-one domestics.
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Phoenix Rising’s Friday Happy Hour is from 4-7 p.m., where you get two-for-one domestic beers and free appetizers. It’s a welcoming place for all people.”īratcher says his favorite drag night is Saturday’s Gender Bender Lipstick review because of the consistency of co-hosts Taylor Bryans and Raven Delray. But really, it embraces so many diverse groups beyond being a leather, daddy or Levi bar. When it originally opened, the goal was to embrace the leather community. He continues, “I think it’s a diverse bar. I’ve been going there since they opened, around 11 years now.” But if you’re looking for a quiet place to sit, relax after work and have a nightcap, it’s a great little spot. If you’re looking for drag or dancing, weekends are definitely reserved for that. Oklahoma City’s Michael Bratcher says Phoenix is hands-down a neighborhood bar, where everyone knows everyone else by their first name, and newcomers are welcome. If I have a guest, I would definitely show them Phoenix.” It’s also the only place in the Gayborhood that has frozen drinks for margaritas – that’s pretty awesome.” Pride is a really fun time to go because everyone hangs out on the patio. The stage is a wraparound, which makes it more exciting because it’s a 360 view while the queens move around. “The patio is the best in the Gayborhood. “I love Phoenix Rising,” says local Victor Hernandez. feature a dart tournament, with a $5 buy-in, and the bar matches the pot. The stage sees two big drag show performances per week: Friday nights hold the Twisted Sisters Review, and Saturday nights are the Gender Bender Lipstick Review.
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Phoenix Rising features a full bar with liquor, beer, wine and a frozen drink machine. I always said, 'I aim to be like a Cheers bar where everybody knows everybody.’ Plus, there’s an amazing patio out back,” Poos says.
But the idea for a gay bar came together, and everything eventually fell into place. Initially, they wanted to buy the property to have a restaurant of their own. Poos and his husband George Siemens have owned and operated Phoenix Rising for over 10 years. “You crash and burn, but you got to get up and keep going. Scottsdale also has one excellent, long-running gay-bar. He has a tattoo of the phoenix on his arm. Several other restaurants around central Phoenix are earning plenty of kudos these days for. “I am a believer in the myth of the phoenix,” says Phoenix Rising bar owner Craig Poos.