Pops (restaurant)

Pops
The cantilever roof extending over the forecourt.
Restaurant information
Slogan	Food, Fuel, Fizz
Established	August 6, 2007
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°WCoordinates: 35°39′31″N 97°20′06″W / 35.658608°N 97.335134°W
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
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]

External links

• Official POPS Website

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.