different bars and restaurants it s a unique challenge as we found out a few years back he managed to work his way through potential pitfalls by learning how to strukike a balance. elliott nelson founder of the mcnelly s group is the biggest restaurant owner in downtown tulsa, oklahoma, since he opened his first establishment, mcknellie s in 2000 had, he s been on a role. okay when is something else going to happen and it wasn t happening very quick so we decided we d do it our sez. reporter: that s why knellson made the decision tonls help revitalize downtown tulsa by expanding his offerings one at a time. we kept adding to it. the area historically wasn t much of a draw so some people had their doubts about nelson s