On a recent Friday, the guy sitting next to me at the bar offered a quick high five when I told him I was writing a story about his favorite watering hole. He was also annoyed.
“I’ll be super honest with you right now,” he said. “I’m excited that you’re writing this, but also a little pissed that you’re writing this.”
Other patrons were equally cagey about the potential publicity. “You gotta gatekeep this,” a man declared between sips of beer as he sat with friends at a prime patio table near the playground.
To be clear: The spot they want to keep off everyone’s radar—the one that’s so busy on Friday nights that people leave work early to grab a table—is a patio bar and grill with a playground at a Reasor’s grocery store in Broken Arrow.
The pitch is straightforward.
“It's family-friendly. It's absolutely so cheap you can't beat it,” said Curt Floyd, who along with his wife, Kasandra, visit the bar a couple times a week. “You spend maybe 15, 20 bucks the entire three hours you're here.”
Somehow, in 2026, domestic drafts are $1.50. Local craft drafts—including American Solera and Cabin Boys options—are $3, as are house wines by the glass.
Floyd’s drink of choice—a house margarita that he asks for half-frozen, half-not—is $4. He and his wife live close enough that they’ve made the trip on a four-wheeler.
“Sometimes it’s like, ‘Oh my God—are we regulars at the Reasor’s bar?’” he said.
You Want To Go Where?
I first heard about this suburban grocery store’s bar and patio scene last year. My friend had passed a big exam he’d been studying for and wanted to celebrate. We let him pick the spot. He chose, incomprehensibly, the Reasor’s in south Broken Arrow.
Off we went, making the 30-minute drive from midtown Tulsa to a bar just beyond the cheese and produce displays. At that point in March 2025, American Solera Rattlesnake was listed on the draft menu for $2.50. Hilarious, I thought to myself. Probably won’t be back.
But I did go back. The online love for this Reasor’s location—especially their burgers and cheap drinks—piqued my curiosity enough to make the drive once again on an unseasonably warm Friday night in late February. The patio area and playground were packed. I saw one dad deboning a rotisserie chicken. Toys, Stanley tumblers, and draft beer covered tables.
Inside, the bar area was even busier. As local musician Mike Wilson played some frankly incredible covers near the refrigerated beer section, more than 100 people queued up at different stations for wine tasting and bite-sized snacks. I asked a man and woman pushing a stroller what in the world was going on.
“Flights and Bites” I was told—a $7 pop-up that happens the last Friday of every month. The couple said it’s become a staple in their new-parent social calendar.
Rick Hopkins, corporate chef for Brookshire’s Grocery Company, which acquired Reasor’s in 2022, said the two-bite, two-sip experience typically brings in 150 to 200 people. It’s a concept, he added, that could be coming to more Tulsa-area Reasor’s locations.
‘That’s Exactly The Hook’
Putting a bar inside a grocery store isn’t exactly a new idea. Whole Foods has been doing it since 2009. Sundry other chains, from Mariano’s in Chicagoland to Kroger, offer shoppers the chance to sip and then shop for shallots and cereal.
But—and I can’t believe I’m typing this—which of these sells beer for $1.50?
“That’s exactly the hook, if you will,” Hopkins told me.
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(Hand to God, Reasor’s did not pay me to write this story. I’m just a girl with an unironic interest in suburban grocery stores doubling as community hubs.)
I called up Chase Healey, co-owner of American Solera, to ask if he could guess where the cheapest place in the metro area was to buy Rattlesnake on draft. He answered immediately.
“Of course you’d be speaking about the patio at the Reasor’s in Broken Arrow, our number one Rattlesnake keg purchaser,” Healey said. “I couldn't believe it myself, but I get our sale sheets every week and they're always at the top of the list.”
That Playground, Though
For people with young kids, the playground concept is a winner, and several parents told me they’re hungry for more options like this in the metro area. The draw of a cheap place to meet friends where kids can also play is enough for millennial parents like Y.K. Vang to make the drive from Owasso.
“If you don’t have a babysitter, this is it,” Vang said. “$1.50 for beer? Nothing can beat that.”
Live music happens on Friday and Saturday nights. On my recent visit, lawn chairs ringed the patio perimeter as Tulsa-based acoustic duo Angela & Thrash performed cover favorites. Kids played tambourines near the front. (“Does this feel a little like a church event?” my husband asked as we walked up from the megachurch-sized parking lot.)
Call it peak suburbia. Call it the Broken Arrow equivalent of the elusive “third place.” Just be ready to call it quits by 9 p.m. when the bar closes.
“Everybody is here on a Friday,” said Broken Arrow resident Dylan Barton. “It’s like the best concept ever.”
As Barton and his friends sampled an assortment of beer, fries from the grill, and some sushi and popsicles purchased inside, he added: “Walmart couldn’t pull this off.”
Who
- People willing to drive to Broken Arrow
Where
- 1914 W Norfolk Dr, Broken Arrow, OK 74011
- The bar is inside. If you hit the refrigerated beer section, you’ve gone too far.
What
- Live music, food, drinks, patio, bar, and playground
- Try the butter burger bomb ($8) or the Oklahoma onion burger ($8)
- Drinks:
- Domestic draft: $1.50
- Local craft draft: $3
- Bottle or can: $3
- Seltzers and flavored beverages: $3
- House margarita: $4
- Wine: $3-$4
When
- The bar is open 11 a.m.–9 p.m. every day
- Patio season runs from early spring to late fall
- Live music on Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m.
- “Flights and Bites” $7 wine tasting is the last Friday of the month
