The George Tune auto shop complex at 2446 E. 11th St. (aka Route 66) in Tulsa, which includes a 1928 cottage-style service station building, was recently purchased by a Tulsa physician who plans to convert it into a coffee shop.
The new owner is Dr. Morad El-Raheb, a general-practice physician who was born in Egypt but has lived in Tulsa for about 25 years.
He said in a telephone interview Saturday that he was planning on converting the property into a coffee shop, but didn’t have a time frame on when it would open.
El-Raheb said he purchased the property about a month ago. He also owns a building next door.
The George Tune property had been listed for sale for months by Kevin W. Anderson & Associates, a Realtor. Tulsa County property records indicate the station was built in 1928. I’m not sure what brand of gasoline the cottage station served, although Phillips 66 built many stations in that style during that era.
I noticed concrete workers laboring around the cottage-style station Saturday morning. They said they were renovating the main concrete apron around the tiny building, and later would rebuild the parking lot.