The former Kd's restaurant location in Lower Bricktown has been renamed the Legacy Grill. [Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman]

Just a week before Oklahoma was stunned by Kevin Durant's July Fourth announcement that he was leaving the Thunder to join the rival Golden State Warriors, he was meeting with restaurateur Hal Smith about opening a second “Kd's” southern eatery in his former college town of Austin, Texas.

For Smith, the sudden turn was more than a disappointment — it ended plans for the Austin restaurant and quickly triggered a relaunch with a new name and theme for the original Kd's in Lower Bricktown. That restaurant, Legacy Grill, opened Monday with an extensive display of photographs from the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

“It was a shock,” Smith said. “I had been thinking about having a restaurant such as this that we could all be proud of. It reflects what makes Oklahoma great and what it is today.”

The photos and memorabilia represent more than 200 distinguished Oklahomans, from astronauts and actors, to civil rights activists and civic leaders, to sports stars and singers. Smith said plans also include booklets for guests that will provide a paragraph of information about each Oklahoman displayed at the restaurant.