Tulsa restaurant refurbishing neon sign

The recently repainted El Rancho Grande sign.
The recently repainted El Rancho Grande sign.

Tulsa roadie Brad Nickson dropped me an e-mail about El Rancho Grande, the longest-surviving restaurant on 11th Street, aka Route 66, in Tulsa. Nickson said the owner is giving a face-lift to its distinctive and vintage neon sign.

The neon is off and the re-painting is almost complete.  Owner (John) said it should have the neon back on and re-lit next week.  The are temporarily removing the arrow on the top.  It needs more work …

I guess that big bright glowing thing down the block spurred them to go ahead and do this!

The “glowing thing” Nickson is referring to is this.

(Photo courtesy of Brad Nickson)

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