El Rancho Grande restaurant on Route 66 in Tulsa had been working for the past few months in restoring its vintage neon sign. On Wednesday night, Modern Tulsa hosted a celebration as the refurbished sign was turned on.
Here a video of the lighting by the Oklahoma Modern blog:
El Rancho Grande has been in the same location since 1953. Here’s a photo of the sign I shot about a week and a half ago in the daytime, so you can see the detail better:
Here’s a photo of the sign before the restoration. It never looked horrible, but it certainly looks a lot better now.
I have little doubt the sign’s restoration was spurred by this one.
UPDATE: The Tulsa World has a story about the sign’s restoration.
I first visited El Rancho Grande in the ’60’s with my Jr. High Spanish class.
I always loved driving down 11th St. and seeing it there.
Great to hear it’s STILL there, and I’ll pay another visit to them soon.
Congratulations on the restoration of your cool and beautiful sign !