By Lauren Cavagnolo
GEORGE’S PUB
5 Paw Review!
Don’t drive too quickly down Main Street in Jenks or you might miss it. Tucked away behind all of the antique shops and just down
the road from U Dirty Dawg sits George’s Pub. Opened in 2010, it is a local favorite for trivia nights, watching sporting events and chatting with friends over a drink.
Owner of George’s Pub Corey Crandall, who grew up in Midtown and worked at the Brook and the Gray Snail, said when he and his wife moved to the area, they noticed there was a lack of establishments that weren’t a chain.
“We originally intended this to just be a little beer bar. As I was remodeling it, it just kind of went from there. The first three years were really tough, but after that, it started going better.”
Crandall describes himself as a huge dog person and says he likes to bring his own two French Bulldogs Georgie and Gunner up to the pub with him. Patrons are welcome to bring their own dogs to the pub’s patio as well.
“As long as everybody follows the rules of cleaning their messes and keeping them on the leash, we are more than happy to have them,” Crandall said.
Crandall says despite all of the hurdles they have had to overcome, shutting down for flooding in 2019 and due to COVID-19 precautions, expansions for the pub are in the works, including making the larger patio an all-weather space and making it more comfortable. The second, smaller storefront patio will also get an expansion when they add on an additional party room and bathroom inside on the main floor.
Since my own pooch can’t follow the rules, Lily, a 1-year-old Lab-Pit mix from Animal Aid of Tulsa, along with adoption coordinator Chris Rigney joined me to try out George’s Pub and its dog-friendly patio.
Lily was immediately offered water, which was refilled as quickly as she drank it. Dog biscuits are also available for four-legged patrons. The patio has plenty of shade even at noon and was perfectly pleasant.
The food menu features burgers, wings, tacos and sandwiches in the $10 to $13 price range with appetizers and light snacks at $8 to $10. A lot of the items are beer battered and fried, pairing perfectly with a cold beer.
We decided to get the app sampler and try three of the more popular starters, the fried green beans, fried pickles and Rueben egg rolls. Each came with its own sauce: sriracha mayo, George’s sauce and Thousand Island respectively.
Beer on tap and bottled imports start at $6 with cocktails and wine also making an appearance on the drink menu.
While the appetizers were delicious, the standouts of the meal were the entrée fish tacos and loaded deep dish nachos. There were no leftovers taken home from this particular outing.
While we dined, Rigney filled me in on Lily’s background and Animal Aid of Tulsa.
As of press time, Lily had been with Animal Aid for about five weeks, and Rigney was hopeful that she was going to have a space on a transport out of state. Found in poor condition, she was heartworm positive and suffering from a severe fungal infection covering her chest and backside. Once her heartworm treatment was completed, she became eligible for transport to an area that doesn’t have the pet overpopulation problem that Tulsa does.
Animal Aid is different from other Tulsa-area rescues in that they only accept unowned animals that are injured or sick and need medical care, Rigney explained. They are foster-based and do not have a facility where they can house animals, so between medical care and boarding, expenses add up quickly for the rescue.
“Our primary goal is to help those in the greatest need, which are the sick or injured strays, the homeless animals that don’t have anywhere to go,” Rigney said.
Rigney started fostering for Animal Aid in October 2017 before he became the adoption coordinator in 2019.
“Fostering is really one of the best ways to help,” Rigney explained. Animal Aid provides all food, crates and kitty litter to fosters.
Just like George’s Pub, Animal Aid has its own expansion on the horizon and will soon be moving its popular thrift store to a new location at 6811 E. 21st St. The new property sits on an acre of land and will allow the group to have a place to show dogs and hold adoption events.
Those interested in fostering or adopting through Animal Aid should reach out via @animalaidtulsa on Facebook.
