Mimosas, more space and free parking: Bramble settles into its new Cherry Street location

It’s a new era for a favorite Tulsa restaurant. 

Bramble Breakfast & Bar closed its doors in the Pearl District in May to move to a new space on Cherry Street. The 3 Sirens Restaurant Group has turned its Holé Molé location into a Bramble. 

Bramble’s new space has free parking, a dog-friendly patio and the same staff and brunch specials Tulsans loved before. The restaurant opened June 24 at 1529 E. 15th St. It’s open daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

3 Sirens Restaurant Group also operates Bird & Bottle near 31st and Harvard and Bramble and Shaky Jake’s in Broken Arrow. The future of Holé Molé is to be determined.

Tulsa Flyer checked in with owner Johnna Hayes the day of Bramble’s Cherry Street opening. She recalled how the restaurant has evolved over the years and what guests can expect at the new spot.

For those who have never been to Bramble Breakfast & Bar, what can they expect? 

We have breakfast, lunch and brunch. We do have happy hour on our mimosas from 8 to 10 in the morning and then 2 to 3 in the afternoon. So you can come in and get half-off mimosas, half-off mimosa crafts. And obviously we have breakfast items. 

There’ll be lunch specials. You can get anything here. You can come in and get a patty melt. You can come in and get quesadillas. A lot of things on the menu are very geared toward lunchtime.

The restaurant has been around for a decade. How has the concept evolved over the years?

It’s definitely gone from just a small little room, kind of silver-little-diner type vibe with a smaller menu, and it’s grown into something much bigger. I mean, our Broken Arrow concept, I think, seats like 250. It’s massive, it’s two stories and it’s got a huge patio.

Now we’re on Cherry Street in a huge space. It’s just evolved by changing spaces and growing in size. And we’ve gone from having eight employees when we opened to having 30-some-odd employees at each store.

Will Bramble be able to reach more customers with the move to Cherry Street? 

I definitely think we’ll garner clientele. We’re right over here by Swan Lake. If you wanted to, we have walkability from the hospital. It’s right down the street, five blocks away. 

So I think we’re going to get a lot more of the midtown clientele or the working clientele for lunches and stuff, where 6th Street wasn’t super convenient and there was no parking. We now have free parking in the back for all of us. 

A patio is now available at both Bramble locations. How will that take the concept to the next level?

I don’t know that there’s anything more combined than brunch and patio service and mimosas. I think it’s going to be great. It sits up to 40 people out here. We have all new tables. It’s air conditioned. We’ve done it all up with our flowers and made it really pretty. 

What aspects of Bramble’s identity are important to preserve in the new space?

One thing we’ve always been proud of in every location is inclusivity and everybody being welcome and price-sufficient items. If you do want to come in and have a mimosa and something to eat, you can come in here and eat during happy hour and get out of here for $20. We’ve always really prided ourselves on everybody being welcome, everybody feeling at home here and everybody feeling like they have a place here at Bramble.

We’ve kept our menu the same, and almost all of our staff is the same, so you’re going to see all the friendly faces. The things that people want to see and want to stay the same are the same.

Disclosure: Tulsa Flyer editor Tim Landes is married to Johnna Hayes. He was not involved in the writing or editing of this article. News decisions at the Flyer are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.