Beverly's Pancake Corner — and its famous pancake sandwiches, Big Bevburger and Chicken in the Rough — is flying the coop after 50-plus years at Pennsylvania Avenue and Northwest Expressway.
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But owner Renee Masoudy said the landmark workingman's diner, the last remaining location of a once-popular chain, won't move far to make room for Talbot's, the upscale women's clothing store.
Beverly's is moving from 2115 Northwest Expressway west 1.5 miles to the Midland Center at 3315 Northwest Expressway.
Louis Dakil Auctioneers will sell the contents of the diner and adjacent former furniture store at 10 a.m. Jan. 3. Dakil said the building will be razed to make room for new development at the prime intersection near Penn Square Mall.
Masoudy said she's packing up all the Beverly's atmosphere she can, and has a design scheme worked out to try to recreate the ambiance that has made Beverly's both a local neighborhood eatery and a destination since 1956.
Masoudy said the move will make room for the Talbot's, but The Oklahoman could not confirm it. A spokesman could not be reached late Wednesday at the Talbot's headquarters in Hingham, Mass.
A commercial real estate broker not involved with the deal said Talbot's plans to build a store on the site and close its location at 50 Penn Place.
Max Hedges, manager of the building housing Beverly's and a furniture store, said he could not talk about plans for the site. Hedges said a new development would operate on a long-term ground lease.
Masoudy said she is glad to have found a new location not far from Beverly's Pancake Corner, 2115 Northwest Expressway, since her steadiest customers live or work in the area.
The first Beverly's opened in 1921. Beverly Osborne and his wife, Rubye, came up with "Chicken in the Rough” — fried chicken served only with a biscuit and honey — and it became an icon of Route 66. The Osbornes franchised their specialty nationally.
"Osborne once said it started when he and his wife were eating fried chicken while traveling west in a Ford Model T on Route 66,” Max Nichols wrote in May in a monthly column from the Oklahoma Historical Society. "This is really chicken in the rough,” his wife said. It stuck.
Masoudy said the transition from a seasoned diner to a new space won't be too rough. The new location will have a shiny counter, a window to the kitchen and other features and fixtures of an old-time diner.
"I'm making it a '60s look,” she said. "I'm trying to make it homey — like Beverly's.”
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There is no competition for Bev's, except possibly Charcoal Grill (in nice weather when you can sit outside) :) *$ has mediocre machine made coffee anyway. There are better independent coffee shops. Now Panera Bread is good, got one near work, but Bev's has different things. Should be a good fit.
Sorry Brett, but there is no competition. If you've ever eaten at Bev's you know what I'm talking about. Burgers are unbelievable! Breakfast is wonderful as well. Old fashioned and just good old diner style food.
Beverly's will get competition from Panera Bread and Starbucks at the new location. At least the medical personnel at Integris Baptist will not have to stray far for good food.
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