High-end vending machine startup stakes space in Scott’s Addition
April 21, 2021
ELYA recently set up one of its refrigerated vending machines in Scott’s Addition outside of Alton Lane’s office on West Leigh Street. (
Jack Jacobs photos)
An automated newcomer has made a small step into the Scott’s Addition food scene that it hopes will lead to bigger things.
ELYA, which sells quick-serve healthy entrees and snacks out of custom refrigerated vending machines, installed one of its machines in the neighborhood.
It chose a spot outside the corporate office of menswear brand Alton Lane’s corporate office at 3121 W. Leigh St. earlier this month, bringing its total number of operational machines to three units in the city about six months into its launch.
New restaurant cooking in former Urban Farmhouse location
Mike Platania photos)
One of the more prominent restaurant spaces in Scott’s Addition left vacant due to the pandemic has been snapped up by a pair of local industry veterans.
John Reynolds and Steve DeRaffele are preparing to open Pinky’s, a full-service Mediterranean restaurant in the former Urban Farmhouse space at 3031 Norfolk St.
Pinky’s menu will take influences from the entire Mediterranean region, while the restaurant’s name is a nod to DeRaffele’s late mother whose nickname was Pinky.
“I learned how to cook from her and want to make the kind of stuff I learned to make at home,” DeRaffele said. “Now I can bring people into our space and cook for them like I would if they were at my house.”
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OKC Central Live Chat, usually started every Friday at 9:30 a.m., is on hold while The Oklahoman s online site is upgraded. Writer Steve Lackmeyer answered questions about Oklahoma City development that were submitted by readers in advance of this prewritten chat. Live chat is expected to resume in late March.
Q: Good morning Steve and happy Friday to you! In your opinion, what is the mindset of property owners holding on to properties, not improving but not selling either? I pass properties every day that have been boarded up for 10 years or more, no one going in or out. I look it up and there are some local property owners that could sell them and make sure money. Is it laziness? Tax write-off? Help me understand.
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