Pops (restaurant)

Pops

The cantilever roof extending over the forecourt.
Restaurant information
Slogan Food, Fuel, Fizz
Established August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06)
Current owner(s) Aubrey McClendon
Food type American
Dress code Casual
Street address 660 W. Route 66
City Arcadia
County Oklahoma City
State Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°39′31″N 97°20′06″W / 35.658608°N 97.335134°W / 35.658608; -97.335134Coordinates: 35°39′31″N 97°20′06″W / 35.658608°N 97.335134°W / 35.658608; -97.335134
Other locations Nichols Hills, Oklahoma[1]
Website pops66.com
Pops "Giant Soda Bottle"

Pops roadside sign
Type Roadside attraction
Location Arcadia, Oklahoma
Height 66 feet (20 m)
Built 2007 (2007)
Architect Rand Elliott
Website route66.com/38.0.html

Pops restaurant in Arcadia, Oklahoma is a modern roadside attraction on Route 66. Using a theme of soda pop, it is marked by a giant neon sign in the shape of a soda pop bottle. The glass walls of the restaurant are decorated with shelves of soda pop bottles, arranged by beverage color. These bottles are for sale as-is, or may be purchased cold from the huge refrigerator at the western end.

Opened in 2007, the restaurant's structure incorporates a cantilevered truss extending 100 feet over the gas pumps and parking area in the forecourt.

The roadside sign is 66 feet tall and weighs 4 tons. The height is a reference to the historic highway beside which it is situated. Although apparently constructed from neon tubes, it is actually lit by LEDs, which provide a spectacular light show each night.

The establishment was owned by the late Oklahoman oil and gas magnate Aubrey McClendon and has won several architectural awards.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Backus, Stephanie (9 February 2015). "POPS and Provision Kitchen opening in Nichols Hills". KOKO 5 Oklahoma. Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gas Station has World's Largest Pop Bottle". Roadside America. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Elliot and Associates Architects/Portfolio/Pops". Retrieved 6 June 2012.
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