The
Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
at POPS
660 West State Highway 66
Arcadia, OK 73007
October 11, 2022
(phone: '405.927.7677 for hours)
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Pops Restaurant in Arcadia, Oklahoma opened in 2007
and 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.
The establishment was owned by the late Oklahoman oil
and gas magnate Aubrey McClendon and was designed by the noted architecture
firm Elliott + Associates Architects. Pops has won several architectural
awards.
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Below: The roadside sign (a
large soda bottle and straw) 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. Unfortunately,
the two RV Gypsies did not hang around here for nighttime. But they
did go inside the building. |
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Below: The
entry - Glass walls full of soda pops, photographed from the outside.
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Below: Inside, shelves were also decorated
with shelves of bottles, arranged by color, bottles were only for sale
from the refrigerator, not from these shelves. There was also a seating
area which the two RV Gypsies did not photograph. |
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Below: Karen Duquette photographed
a few of the hundreds of unusual sodas. |
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Below: Lee Duquette bought a "Barf" soda
as a joke for his son-in-law.
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Karen Duquette taking photos
in the washroom |
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Pops also featured a wide variety of candy
and sweets. |
The back yard at Pops |
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