Mutts Hot Dogs building in Oklahoma City slated to be demolished

The storm-damaged and closed Mutts Hot Dogs building in Oklahoma City soon soon soon be demolished to make way for a shopping center.

OKCTalk reported the new owner of the building at 1400 NW 23rd St. (aka Route 66) filed plans to raze the 1960s building after buying it in September for $500,000.

The plan for the demolition and new construction will be considered by the city’s Urban Design Review Commission on March 25.

More about the building’s history:

Constructed in the 1960s for the short-lived Heap Big Beef restaurant chain, the distinctive A-Frame building was once a landmark on Route 66.
Most recently, it had been home to Mutts, which closed in May of last year after a storm sheared off a portion of the roof. It has been vacant since.

After the storm, Mutts owner Omar Molina said he wanted to stay at the site because of its distinctive look and Route 66 charm.

Molina launched a GoFundMe page for his employees, who were out of work when the restaurant closed because of the damage. But it raised only $2,800 of its $10,000 goal. His employees were veterans, young people aging out of foster care and women who escaped sex trafficking.

But Mutts apparently never reopened — either at its Route 66 site or anywhere else. It’s social media pages have been inactive since summer.

(Images of the Mutts building in Oklahoma City via Facebook)