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Quick bits of local business news from December 2018. News briefs on Enid companies and employees. Send your business news to buzz@enidbuzz.com.
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Downtown Bookstore To Close
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A New Chapter Bookstore and Coffee Cafe thanked their community for all their support in a Facebook post over the weekend. They also posted that they would be closing their doors on January 31, 2019. They have already started their closing out sale.
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The bookstore is offering 40% off new books, including comics (does not included local authors). They have buy one, get one free used books and 50% off amenities which includes shirts, cups, decorative signs, jars and cans. Anyone who has gift certificates is encouraged to stop by and use them.
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Club 221 Nightclub Closes The Doors
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Enid's new night spot closed the doors in downtown after re-opening as Club 221 in July. The club had just added Nebow's Cajun Food restaurant in October.
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Downtown Enid T-Shirt & Gift Shop Opens
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Bottle Caps Mercantile opened on December 10, 2018 to provide more variety of Enid T-Shirts and memorabilia. They sell everything from coffee mugs and greeting cards to candy and kids toys. The new store is located at 205 W. Maple in the Triangle Business Center, Suite 108. You can find them easiest by entering the building from the west parking lot. They are across the hall from Callahan's.
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Owner Of Western Sizzlin Retires & Closes Restaurant
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Steve Harris started his career with Western Sizzlin in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1977 when he was 22-years-old. His kids, Kate, Steffanie and Isaac, grew up in the restaurant where they all eventually worked. Wife, Brenda, also helped out in the family business.
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The Harris’s always treated the employees like family which made the decision to close gut wrenching. Harris closed Western Sizzlin on December 21, 2018.
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Swadley's Bar-B-Q Buys Western Sizzlin Location
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Western Sizzlin, accepted an offer from Swadley’s Bar-B-Q to purchase the property and land in order to renovate the location into the newest Swadley’s World Famous Bar-B-Q.
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Swadley’s representatives had been looking at locations throughout Enid and at one time leaned toward a spot just west of Atwoods. Founder and owner, Brent Swadley, said that each time they had a location in mind, things would fall apart. The only location that continuously felt like a good fit was Western Sizzlin.
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Swadleys’ Bar-B-Q is expanding and currently has 7 stores. Their newest eatery is in Ardmore, Oklahoma. In the last 20 years, Brent Swadley has taken his bootleg bar-b-q business from the parking lot of Walmart to a $23 million dollar company.
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A typical Swadley’s restaurant can see 800-1200 guests a day. Their core values are God, family and then business. They are dedicated to quality employees, great food, great service and exceeding their guest’s expectations.
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Swadley's hopes to open the new eatery in March 2019. Swadley’s is a fast casual bar-b-q restaurant with full service much like Western Sizzlin. The two major differences between the stores will be the food selection and Swadley’s will not be open on Sunday’s. Visit the Swadley’s Website for more store information..
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Creative Arts Enid Closes
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Creative Arts Enid closed their studio permanently as of the 15th of December 2018. The art studio had recently moved from E. Maple to the NOC campus.
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BKD Spreads Christmas Cheer on CPA Service Day
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Approximately 20 employees from BKD CPAs & Advisors’ Enid office recently volunteered as part of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants' 5th annual CPA Day of Service. BKD Enid has participated each year and in 2018 served with Stamp Out Starvation (SOS) and YWCA Enid.
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BKDers started off the day by spending three hours packaging 14,256 meals for SOS, which ultimately will benefit families in Haiti.
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After lunch, BKD employees shopped for a family of nine they “adopted” through YWCA for Christmas, BKD Enid’s largest such effort to date. They purchased the gifts, wrapping them back at BKD’s office, for children ranging in age from two months to 17 years old as well as the parents. The team then delivered them to YWCA for the family to open on Christmas morning. BKD pooled approximately $1,900 through a silent auction and office fundraising lunches to purchase the gifts.
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Jade Garden Now Open
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Jade Garden, Chinese and Sushi Bar is now open! You can dine in or call in an order to go. The inside of the restaurant has been totally remodeled and is located at 1935 W. Owen K. Garriott. Stop in and give them a try!
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