Ace Jackalope visits historic Tulsa restaurant

Ace Jackalope has had impeccable timing lately. First, the blogger encounters the Coleman Theatre Beautiful sign in Miami, Okla., shortly after it was refurbished and relighted.

Now, he’s cruising Tulsa and finds an electrician doing maintenance on the historic neon sign of El Rancho Grande restaurant on 1629 E. 11th St., on Route 66. Ace reports the restaurant’s owner will do painting touch-ups and nothing more on the sign — he doesn’t want to alter its character.

I also recall from an article in the Tulsa World a couple years ago that El Rancho Grande is the oldest surviving business on the 11th Street alignment of Route 66, dating to 1953.

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