The story
An oil magnate built this Route 66 landmark featuring a 66-foot LED-lit soda bottle and over 700 varieties of pop.
Everything that was here
- 2007–present · still open
POPSRestaurant
An oil magnate built this Route 66 landmark featuring a 66-foot LED-lit soda bottle and over 700 varieties of pop.
See the map in 2008 →
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Nearby history
Springlake Amusement Park
1900 Springlake Dr · 19.8 km away
Roy Staton's amusement park, ballroom and Big Dipper closed in 1981 and its leftovers were buried on site. Only the amph
Jamil's Steakhouse
4910 N Lincoln Blvd · 20.6 km away
A Lebanese steakhouse in an early-1930s house that was once a dance hall and speakeasy, with glass salvaged from the Hot
Johnnie's Charcoal Broiler
2652 W Britton Rd · 22.0 km away
Johnnie Haynes left the Split-T in 1971 and opened a charcoal burger drive-in at Britton and Military that became a loca
Chicken in the Rough (first restaurant)
2429 N Lincoln Blvd · 22.7 km away
The Osbornes opened a nine-stool drive-in on Route 66 in 1936. It grew to seat 1,100 before the state capitol complex to
VZD's Restaurant & Bar
4200 N Western Ave · 22.9 km away
A Western Avenue music bar that Chad Bleakley ran for 24 years. The Tax Commission shut it in 2014 and it closed for goo
Dolores Restaurant
33 NE 23rd St · 23.4 km away
Ralph and Amanda Stephens named this drive-in for their daughter in 1930. Duncan Hines recommended it in 1941, and it cl
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