The Red Unicorn [tag: red unicorn] - a rather upscale tavern and inn where City clerks and other upper-middleclass types (and slumming nobles) are often to be found enjoying a meal and a flask of unwatered ale. Proprietor: Almhe Nikadik. Clientèle: primarily Gilikinese with some Munchkinlanders
Emerald Isle [tag: emerald isle] - the shopping destination for Gilikinese nobles and ladies of taste, this is the main drag of upscale shops. Dresses, jewelry, shopping, Dixxi House porcelains, and all other manner of sparkly things can be found here along with small, tasteful cafes and tea spots. Clientèle: mostly Gilikinese with some affluent Munchkinlander 'refugees' thrown in
The Emerald City Opera House [tag: opera house] - the ostentatious, overdone, Ozian opera house.
Near South Gate (the South of the City)
Main Street [tag: main street] - a showy, good-looking run of shops and other nicities right near the southern gate to the city. This is where most of the middle class live and work; the materials and items might not be of the finest quality, but there's pride and consideration taken on every street. The road is usually filled with the multicolored horse carriages (a treat and luxury for those who hire them out for a jaunt) and the shops are reasonably priced though a little stiff for anyone with a blue collar job. Clientèle: primarily well-to-do Munchkinlanders and traders and other business people, many from the Vinkus.
The Dancing Bear [tag: dancing bear] - a simple, down to earth pub and eatery that caters to the middle to lower class clientèle who just want a quiet drink or a bowl of stew. The waiters are a little slow and the beer is a little watered, but it's not a bad place to spend the time and the atmosphere is inviting enough. Rowdiness is not tolerated but the occasional wedding celebration does take place there. Proprietor: Glockin Prowdkin Clientele: middle class and business types of all stripes.
The Eastern City
Munchkin Mousehole / The Home Guard Barracks [tag: munchkin mousehole] - a relatively quiet area of the city where the Home Guard are housed. There's a field nearby where the homeless children play with the soldiers to take care of exercise for both. The area isn't particularly affluent, but it's nice enough.
Square of St. Glinda [tag: st. glinda square] - a fountain not far from a church of the same saint; there are tables and benches to enjoy the place and a few vendors with various seasonal treats year round to be found at the edges.
The Watered Elf [tag: watered elf] - a wholesomely disreputable pub; the women are cheesy, the beer is watered, but the snacks are good and greasy; not a bad place for a good time.
The Open-Air Market [tag: open-air market] - a simple open-air market that stands out for having a little of everything as opposed to most of the other markets.
The Western City
Dirt Boulevard [tag: dirt boulevard] - exactly as it sounds: a street of beggars and con men and thieves. It's not exactly an unpleasant place, but it's not really a pleasant place either. It gets cleaned out regularly by the Home Guard... sometimes with fire.
The Grey Goose [tag: grey goose] - a genuinely disreputable drinking house; you're as likely to walk out with your purse as not walk out though the owner tries to keep it clean of murders. The waitresses double as whores depending on how much coin you have and how drunk you look but there's no telling if you'll have pants to leave with. Also an inn; locals are left alone, but anyone coming to stay their first night in the City is likely to be robbed.
The Paper Lantern [tag: paper lantern] - a whorehouse; a rather nice one, as they go, though the rooms and the girls are on a scale to suit any client off the street in the City.
Spice Alley [tag: spice alley] - a mildly affluent area where the traders who travel through the Vinkus (most originaly from there) keep their homes and sell their earthier wares; it's said that the finest spices in Oz can be found there, but no chef of any consequence would admit to shopping there (even if all of them do).
The Tin Tub [tag: tin tub] - a local bathouse.
Mrs. Leatherly's Boarding House [tag: boarding house] - a smallish boarding house kept by an old widow; the food is good, the prices are affordable, and no questions are asked.
Other Tags
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south city streets
east city streets
west city streets
Outside the City
The Yellow Brick Road [tag: yellowbrick road] - the Yellowbrick Road goes out of the South Gate and the North Gate from the Emerald City. To the south, it leads to both Quadling Country and through Munchkinland; to the north, it leads straight to Shiz.
Shiz [tag: shiz] - the University town north of the Emerald City, complete with everything that university towns are rich in: shops, restaurants, drinking halls, the naughty and the nice.
The Cloister of St. Glinda [tag: cloister of st. glinda] - a mauntery that was once a military keep; it's known for being a waystation for the way to the west as well as where the Witch spent several years.