I'm not going to climb up on my high horse about drinking soda but I don't drink soda often; maybe once a year. However, if you are a soda drinker (and really even if you aren't), this place is fun. It is pretty interesting to see all the different sodas that they carry and I even bought a pineapple orange flavored soda called Kitty Piddle (mainly just because of the name).
We took my daughter here the other day and after browsing the gigantic selection of sodas, we had lunch. We ordered hamburgers (I had a grilled cheese), fried okra, onion rings and french fries. The food was fried so obviously it was good but my grilled cheese was just decent. Everyone else said the hamburgers were great. So overall, I would never come to pops just to eat lunch or grab a soda but it is definitely a fun place to go for people who have never been. I would recommend going when it is dark so you can see the huge soda bottle lit up, which is probably my favorite part. The worst part about Pops is ALL THE PEOPLE...so beware.
Food took about an hour to get to my table. Literally... but I was entertained (had a camera in my hand and the sunset was projecting awesome bottle shades), it was late, I was hungry and my road-mate was geocaching around so I had time to spare... so I waited. Â This was our second stop here and both were merely accidental. The first time we were intrigued about the building and stopped to check it out and spent some serious money (more than $2 a piece) on 6 drinks but only because we though it was funny to pick and choose -and in order to "experience it" you pay about double the price of a regular bottle of pop anywhere else, but hey...people pay more than $80 a day to go to Disneyland to spend some serious time sitting in the sun and waiting in line, so what can I say-
Our next stop was also by chance and since we were hungry we decided to give food a chance. The food was ok, I didn't get the Buffalo burger because it is half a pound and I don't think humans should consume that amount of food in one sitting so I got a simple cheeseburger. Nothing to brag about. Vegetarian options were limited (not surprised) but what can I say, I was living were raw, vegan and vegetarian options are a staple part of menus, so is taking time to adjust.
Anyways, if you drive by it, stop and have some fun. And if you have time then order a meal. They need some serious training for employees at this place.
Ludus accidentalis
Four of us came here on the Fourth of July because it was on our way to our destination. It was soooo busy. It was a 45 minute wait to eat, but I'm not discounting it for that. It was busy, people were eating.
We just didn't have the time to wait, so we bought some of their pop! It's on the expensive side but it's a 'splurge' thing, I imagine. Not somewhere people go to stock up. They have cardboard six pack carriers you can use to create your own six pack. They sure do have some interesting flavors!
Maybe I'll go back sometime to try the food and update my review!
Also, they Keep It Local! Flat 10% off (purchases at least. I'm not sure about dining in).
It's so-so. The food and service is terrible. Â The building is neat, reminds me of a memorial, nice patio area. The soda selection is pretty good but waaay too expensive $2.19 a bottle! I can get MexiCoke from Walgreens for less than that.
If you live in the area and have NOTHING to do, go. Or if you are on your Route 66 bucket list drive, stop. Other wise skip it.
When someone comments on how spacious the gas pumps are...that should tell you there isn't much to this place. Â It's a glorified gas station.
The giant soda bottle is cool, but it stands as more of a sign than an attraction. The architecture of the building itself its interesting and so are the soda bottles that line the glass shelves along the walls...but that's it. There isn't anything to do. You get a soda, and maybe some food and then leave. But, I wouldn't recommend the food. It was incredibly disgusting. After one bite of the toast alone I was put off of the whole meal.
The selection of soda isn't very impressive, with the claim of over 500, I was pretty disappointed. It's not just that there weren't that many but most of what was there was unappealing, and I've seen many of the soda flavors at specialty grocery chains. I think there were 4 coolers filled with sodas and then on the sides were normal sodas, beer, and juices. I was more interested in the bottles than the flavors. But be careful what you choose to drink because I did find quite a few that were expired and when brought to staff attention, they didn't seem to care. Anyway, so I found a cool russian bottle, and my friend picked up a mango one...the cashier opened the bottles for us, but before we could ask the bottle caps, she threw them away. We tasted the sodas and didn't take more than a couple sips, the flavors were just bland.
And then the whole nostalgia and intrigue of the place is ruined by all the common convenience store aisles and items.
I wouldn't suggest anyone make a special trip out here, but if you are already at the lake nearby, then I guess get some gas and grab a soda to say that you've been.
Food was great, a little slow getting it, but given the sheer volume they were dealing with, I don't fault the kitchen. Had good waitress and was seated almost immediately. Convenient bike parking. Crowded store, but that just means business is good, so not going to complain about that. Hubby said the milkshake was the best!
Review Source:You definitely shouldn't make a trip here just for the food. It was ok but nothing spectacular. I got an onion burger and I thought they charged way too much for such a small and mediocre burger. Then to my surprise, I found out that Tuesdays were half price burger day so it only cost $2.60! I also got an order of fries and portions were pretty big. It was really busy that day so it took about 30 minutes to get our food. Our waitress was a sweet girl and she provided excellent service. Â
I wasn't interested in tasting any of the sodas because a lot of them sounded too weird for me. However, I grabbed some bottles for my friends because they made great gag gifts. One of the butterscotch sodas was called "rocket piss!"
I really like the architecture of the restaurant. They keep the building and outside areas extremely clean. You must stop at Pops if you're traveling on Route 66 or even if you live nearby!
So the fact that two large school buses worth of teenagers and preteens unloaded just as we pulled in might have negatively influenced my impression of Pops,* but to me, the whole thing seemed just okay. Â Sure, the wide variety of soda is impressive, and the large lit bottle is certainly a wonder of incongruity with the rural land around it. Â The question becomes: Is that variety of soda and a large bottle out front worth a visit? Â To me, the answer is no, but if it were doing the Route 66 thing, I'd certainly pick Pops to be the place I filled up.
And be warned: Â When I say a wide variety of soda, I mean something similar to the every-flavor beans of Hogwarts lore; some of them are excellent, and some of them only require one swallow before you understand why they never went the mass-market route.
Can't speak to the food at the diner itself; it may well be the best roadside food this side of Kansas and I simply missed out.
* You can trust me on this; I was a teenager for seven years.
We had seen this place mentioned on a show about Route 66 so it was one of our planned stops along the way as we traveled Route 66 CA to IL. Â Wow, the variety of flavors was amazing. Â We really enjoyed the way the store is set up. Â For the most part folks were friendly, they just weren't as outgoing as we thought they would have been here. Â Little pricy but we enjoyed picking out an assortment of flavors to take down the road with us as our journey continues.
Review Source:My boyfriend and I went here one day, after months of curiosity, and hearing good things. Â Personally? Â I was severely disappointed. Â The first thing I noticed, was that the place was really, really small on the inside. Â I don't know what they're doing with all that interior space, but the area where the majority of the pop (hello? the namesake item?) is stored, is RIDICULOUSLY SMALL. Â You have to elbow through people just to browse the selection, and good luck getting the door open to get the sodas you want.
As for the food, the smell walking up made me realize that I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Â It smelled STRONGLY of "nasty greasy burger joint". Â You know, that smell that's been on a relatively strong decline since the 80's or so, because they've consistently become more rigorous about sanitation? Â Yeah, THAT smell. Â Like a skeezy food truck, or a diner in the bad part of town. Â For a place that has as upscale an exterior as Pops does, you should be able to expect it not to smell of cheap and/or rotting hamburger and a fryer that probably should have had it's oil changed last week. Â For the price they charge for soda, which is what everyone is buying, they could damned well afford a real grill.
Which brings me to the soda itself: Â Yes, we purchased a six pack. Â It cost us $15 dollars, and not a single soda we selected was remotely worth the purchase. Â Especially not "Jeff's Chocolate Soda", which tastes like sour milk more than anything. Â The rest were merely unremarkable. Â There are plenty of $5-8 cases of gourmet sodas which you can find at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Akins, the larger Buy 4 Less locations, or any other variety of stores where sodas and an interesting food selection are carried, and I generally find much better soda that way. Â Consider this: Â "Different" doesn't mean "Good", and I would wager there's a lot of real sh** in that pop case, and very very little of remarkable quality.
All in all, I have no idea how this place has a four star rating. Â I won't be driving all the way to Arcadia to go here again. Â I can see how it could be a popular rest stop, and I completely understand it's attraction to bikers, who might be travelling Route 66 already. Â If you're doing that, and you pass by, you might stop to see what it's all about. Â Just don't expect to be as impressed as all of these other reviews. Â I don't know why ANYONE would go out of their way for this.
I'm definitely curious about the lake park very nearby, though. Â We'll have to go up there when it's a touch greener. Â All the trees out there are still mostly dead.
I'd probably rate two stars, but given that everyone else seems to have taken the liberty of over-rating, I will under-rate with my own goddamn liberty, thanks.
Love taking a road trip out here with my son on the scooter. Flavor after flavor of soda. It's intimidating and takes my son at least 15 minutes to pick the bottle he'll nurse for the next hour we'll spend waiting for a table. Â
Put your name in at the hostess table, head to the big back yard and play with your kiddos until your name is called. Â
The food is just okay. The bison burger is probably your best bet if it's quality you're looking for. Onion rings are fine. The fries are decent if you ask them to cover them with cheese and dip them in ranch, like a good Oklahoman should.
End it all with the root beer bread pudding and this is a really fun experience. Your kids will have you back here sooner than later.
Meh. Someone argued that it is not fair to judge Pops on anything besides their 'pop,' but I disagree. If a business offers a service, they should expect to be rated on that service. In this case, Pops runs a diner along with their convenience store and gas station.
I really enjoyed the drive up to this place which was recommended to us by a friend. The moderne white pop bottle is very cool as well as the glass pyramid design. I like little unexpected surprises which this was to us so I was prepared to be tickled.
However, it was odd that they mention an extensive pop menu only to explain that it is no longer available. I think their original drink menu idea is smart because I don't want to comb through all of the bottles in their drink section. I think a list makes much more sense. Did they discontinue this because it interfered with the wait staff's efficiency? This would seem like a sad reason to stop this.
The first oddity coincided with the next which is that they stop serving breakfast at 10:30 in the morning. Maybe we lazy Californian-soon-to-be-Massachusettsians get up a whole lot later than industrious Oklahomans, but it was pretty lame that when we asked at 10:40, they told us they wouldn't serve breakfast. Is this also because it is seen as an inconvenience to the cook staff to have two menus?
I ordered a BELT which is a BLT with egg salad. I liked that it had a little twist. Plus, it was as close as I could get to the breakfast I missed out on. My husband had a burger, but it was also silly that we had to pay extra for a) fries and b) lettuce and tomato? These kind of surcharges inevitably lead your customers to feel a little cheated. Why not just include the lettuce and tomato in the price? That's ridiculous. The crinkle cut fries were also exceedingly bland.
We ended up getting a few sodas, but I honestly think we would have bought more if we hadn't already been a little put out about the service and the strange rules. A drink menu definitely would have tempted me to partake of more flavors as well.
Cute stop, but almost ruined by the details.
I'll be honest the food is just ok. But that isn't the real experience... it's all the soda! Love the use of soda bottles as decoration on the very modern glass shelf/walls. The coolers at the side of Pop's are filled with a variety of "off the wall" types of sodas. There's even a gross named section... Alas, I was not brave enough to try any of them. ;)
I would suggest to hit up Pop's via motorcycle... by car is subpar.
This review is simply on the gas station/convenient store portion of Pops. Â
I went out to Arcadia to take photos of the fantastic architecture for my photo class. I saw images on Google of that fabulous  statue of a soda bottle w/ straw. I knew this was what I would do for one of my few portfolio subjects. I wasn't disappointed. This establishment is a fantastic dispay of thoughtful architecture. I'm not an architecture expert, I just really like the building.
There are several gas pumps that are spaced wonderfully and conveniently. It's an ease to pull in and out of this area. There is also a bunch of parking to the east of the building. I loved the soda bottles carefully displayed in the windows and how the sunlight caught the colors. I went in and was blown away by their soda selection. They have boxes to create your own 6 pack. It's an expensive 6-pack at just over $2 per bottle the total was just over $14 for the 6-pack. Â I chose 6 different cream sodas, as this is my favorite flavor, for me to bring home and compare. When I checked out I was informed (after asking) that they had over 600 varieties of soda this week. That's pretty impressive! I'm excited to go back for a bison burger when my kiddo gets home from his summer travels.
Going to a place like Pops for anything other than its namesake is silly. Complaining about a place like Pops after you get anything other than its namesake makes you a bit of a jerk. I was trying to be delicate about this, but that didn't turn out well... Sure, they have food, but that's not the main reason you go (I hope not).
I used to drive here (from UCO) with friends every few weeks just for fun. Browsing through the selection of drinks is in itself an enjoyable experience. I didn't even know what Sarsaparilla was until I went to Pops. The drinks range from fizzy and delicate, to downright decadent and dangerous. I got one that was basically a root beer float in bottle form; it nearly caused blindness because of how rich and sweet it was.*
If you want to make your experience particularly interesting, go with friends and each of you try to pick a drink for someone other than yourself. Then grab the most awful looking thing you can find. For example, buy the bacon-flavored, buffalo wing-flavored, and PB&J-flavored sodas. Combine them. Give them to a friend and tell them it's Strawberry or something. Let some brief hilarity ensue.
The drinks are kind of pricey, but that's to be expected for what's essentially a tourist trap in the middle of nowhere. If you have time, it's an interesting place to stop at after a random drive through Edmond/Arcadia.
*Exaggeration. Pops does not cause blindness.
You'd think a somewhat new, touristy place would get jaded on service, portions, or product....
Yeah, it's tourist pricey, but, you CAN get a special and soda pop for about $15.00-$20.00.
The BISON BURGER special, is what makes Weekends on Route 66 special.
This place has so many soda pop flavors, there is a separate drink menu...2-sided! That's 600 flavors, give or take. Everything from retro-flavors like NEHI, to modern Japanese trend-setters.
There is a retail section with plenty of Route 66 souvenirs, an ATM, and POPS' items.
The GIANT hobble-skirt shaped bottle, with a straw, has already worked its way into a must "ROUTE 66 photo opportunity,"
The food, primarily drive-in oriented, is nicely executed. The limited menu allows quick kitchen turn-around times, and sometimes a wait for tables might be one of the longer parts of your stay. [once you check-in, head for the coolers and get your soda on!]
WHO HAS CHURCH KEY ?!?!?!?!
We arrived at the coordinates on a Thursday at precisely 8:47pm. Â I was immediately drawn to the tall, lighted, tantalizing beverage outside the parking lot and even though I'm a big guy, this drink was way too big for me and I decided to try my luck inside.
I reached out my left hand to clench the store's cold steel door handle like the "hatch" on Lost. Â As I yanked open the door, my taste buds in the back of my jaw puckered as if I were sucking on lemonhead candies. Â I could tell by the look on my daughter's face, she was certainly prepared to absorb the colorful sweetness that lies ahead.
As we made our way to the back near the glass walls packed with liquid love, I couldn't help notice the multitude of anxious people wandering around looking for their orgasm in a bottle. Â Most of them were bleary-eyed nomads recklessly wandering through the large variety of wacky and unheard-of effervescent beverages. Â What a bunch of idiots, I thought.
Suddenly, my wife left my arm and vanished into the sea of soda junkies. Â Meanwhile my daughter and I carefully honed in on the Sour Apple and Cream Soda sections, respectively. Â Lucky for me, Cream Soda and Root Beer were immediately adjacent to each other, so I didn't have to expend a whole lot of unnecessary legwork. Â With my back to the wall, I took turns drooling at the Cream Soda on my left and crying at the Root Beer to my right. Â I crossed my arms and let the other soda-induced zombies pass between me and my evening decision. Â My eyes meticulously scanned from right to left, bottom to top as if I were reading a Japanese spy novel. Â I looked at each label carefully, scanned the price, and sized up each bottle. Â I made a mental note of which ones I needed to come and back scrutinize more closely.
As I ended my scan of the root beers, I was distracted by the sarsaparillas and ginger beers ... out of my left ear, I heard my little cream soda friends s'cream out letting me know they'd be there when I return! Â A good 15 minutes passed by and I was ready to partake! Â I grabbed a six-pack carton and headed to the Black Cherry aisle, where along the way, I grabbed 2 imported Orange Creamsicles to balance things out. Â I then returned to my senses and I seized 4 Root Beers and 3 Cream Sodas ... crap - I needed a second six-packer! Â So, I grabbed one and the crisis was averted ... oh wait ... now I have 2 empty spaces! Â Needless to say, I now spent another 20 minutes blindly wandering about the store anxiously trying to fill my second sixer. Â Now, I know what those zombies were doing! Â I did make it out of the store intact and already had one bottle down my gullet before we got back to the car.
Initially found out about this place while searching unique places on a 'roadside america' website for a road trip I was about to take. Â I arrived near Arcadia in the dark, but before even stopping at my final destination, I just had to check out this iconic landmark at night! Â Well, worth the visit in the dark. Even the parking lot had a good "Happy Days" feel to it. Â Gas station outside of the store/restaurant serves up a steeper price per gallon than anywhere else nearby. Â Other than that, it's all nice and clean. Â Plenty of parking too! Â Bring the motorhome!
I didn't try any of the food here, so I can only comment on the soda selection.
Cheers!
This place is the coolest place to hang out and grab a soda! Â
Very clean and the service is very friendly.
You need to visit and check it out!
The food is delish! Â Deserts are even better! Â Try the Grape Nehi soda!
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So its a gas station, restaurant, and place to get an assortment of unique soda's all in one, Awesome!
Just a quick trip on rte 66 and you will see the 40ft tall Pop bottle off in the distance. Hopefully you drove at night so you could see if all light up.
It is a normal gas station, prices are a little more expensive than in the city, but its what you expect. The building is some kinda futuristic place and all that glass is a place to show off all the unique pop bottles they have. Its just a nice experience.
The diner is your normal diner food. They offer buffalo meat local to OK so that is cool. The root beer bread pudding is heavenly, i still dream of this thing. Otherwise the food is ok, not worth putting on the sunday go meeting clothes if you know what i mean.
The pop collection is outstanding. Items from Coke with pure sugar, Jolt, even sodadigusting drinks like kitty piddle. They have a huge variety to please every palate. And it is always changing, so stop by often.
Its not a place i'll hang out at often, but everything i mention it, a group seems to want to go with me.
For those who don't know, during the holidays they set up a HUGE sleigh with presents and decorations for you to get a family photo in. There is no professional photographer, its just you taking your own pictures, but the decorations are awesome, and the place is always packed, so show up early and ask a neighbor to take a photo for you.
Amazing place that is well worth driving just to see. Â Building is beautiful and thousands of sodas line the walls. Â You can pick up any type of exotic sodas you want and make a six pack to take with you. Â That is the good part.
The bad part is that the food is mediocre. Â Nothing memorable and definitely not worth the price. Â Just buy some sodas and leave.
Nothing announces that you're out of old Route 66 country and back in middle-America suburbia like this steel and glass homage to carbonated sugar syrup. Â Much cooler than the giant soda bottle is the dramatic ultra-modern architecture, especially that huge cantilevered roof jutting out of the face and the way the building walls extend to envelop the quiet garden in the back.
If bottled soda and cute suburban teenagers are your thing, than this is definitely your Mecca.
Pops was an amazing site to see. Exterior it looks like a normal semi-futuristic gas station with gas pumps outside for diners to grab gas on the way to their destination. When you walk inside, they've decorated it where 1/3 of the room still looks like a gas station where you can fill up on snacks, cookies, candy and the oh so amazing drink walls. The walls around you are lined with every drink bottle known to man. It was pretty amazing because they had drinks of every flavor, drinks that bring you back to your child hood, drinks you never knew even existed and drinks from different countries. If you're a huge soda/pop/flavored soda fan you'lll be in heaven at pops on route 66.
Each of the sodas ranged around $1 to $2.50 and they were lined in large cooler fridges by color which made it easy to find. The place was packed with people looking to feast on their extensive menu of comfort foods. After reading reviews on mediocre food, I'd like to say that my experience was totally different, we ordered several dishes and all of them were pretty good. Chicken fried steak sandwich?! Sounds amazing huh because it was delicious! Don't leave without trying their fried okra, it was devine, so much that we had to put in a second order because everyone enjoyed it so much. The prices were really affordable which made the meal all that much more enjoyable. Definitely a place to check out if you're in the area!
Driving up to Pops on Route 66, leaves an impression hard to miss or forget. The architectural exaggeration of a typical 66 soda bar makes this a destination worth driving out of your way a bit.
I didn't try any food, but had to get a 6 pack of different soda bottles to try later. There were many, many to choose from. I love how they used the variety of soda for window displays, as the light filters through the different colors. This gives the space a unique feel, and an almost overwhelming quality of different sodas available.
I recommend trying this place out, as a great destination pit-stop to fill up your car, your stomach, and try something new!
I was recently in Oklahoma City, and ended up at this place. Â It looks more like an airplane museum from far away. Â However, when we got close, it clearly was land of pop. Â There was SO much soda there! Â
It literally took me about 10 minutes to decide which ones to get. Â I wish they had a little tiny sampler platter of sodas or something. Â I decided on a black cherry soda, and it was delicious.
We also had food - the onion rings were sooooo yummy. Â Cheesy fries were good too. Â The salad was weak, but I should have known better than to order a salad at a place like this. Â
I was mesmerized by all the soda though - SO MANY COLORS! Â IT WAS SO INTENSE! Â WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!
The Story:
I went out of my way after a day of research at OU to drive on Route 66 to check out Pops after reading about it online.
The Food:
I don't know where the "mediocre food" reviews are coming from, but I had the Pop's Burger with everything on it (Bacon, Bleu Cheese, Grilled Onions, Jalapeños, Sautéed Mushrooms, Green Chiles, Provolone, Jack Cheese, & American Cheese) and man was that a good burger.  It was a monster of a burger that I had trouble taking down.  The ingredients were overflowing and the cheeses were melted to an ooey-gooey perfection.  This has to be one of the best burgers I've had in a while--definitely not THE best, but it's up there.  I had a side of fries which were really good too, you could see the salt crystals on there, not ground table salt but it looked more like crushed sea salt.  It was a nice touch, I didn't even need ketchup for the fries.
The Drinks:
Seriously, with 500 flavors what the heck can you say? Â There's something for everyone here. Â I went to the back and spent a good 5-10 minutes browsing the selection before deciding on some Huckleberry soda, which was great! Â I had a root beer float with their "no sugar added" vanilla ice cream. Â Oh my goodness was that delicious! Â That is what a root beer float should taste like!
The Ambiance:
Outside you get a weird feeling of futurism and modern day pop culture rolled into one. Â I love the architecture of the place. Â Inside the diner area is very 50s and quite welcoming. Â The convenience store side was very modern. Â The glass displays with all of the sodas on the sills are a nice touch.
The Service:
The waiters and waitresses were all quite friendly and very attentive. Â I was sitting at the soda bar, not in a booth so I had a lot more cross traffic. Â Regardless, I was happy with the service.
The Verdict:
This place is a must see if you're in the area. Â Even if you don't stop to eat, it's worth a peek for the sheer number of unique sodas they carry. Â And seriously, get the root beer float.
We were driving along Route 66 and  were kind of bummed because it had gotten dark and we were worried that we were missing things.  Then, like a beacon in the night, we saw a huge, neon, color changing soda bottle.  It was so awesome that we had to stop and take a picture.
We discovered that the store that was by it had every kind of soda. Â They had all kinds of colors and every flavor. Â They even had some soda in original formulas (i.e. original formula Dr. Pepper made with real sugar). Â
The place was hopping busy (unlike most other route 66 things that we saw). Â Everyone seemed to be having a great time, too. Â Who knew that soda could be so fun?
We bought several bottles of soda, including some maple, butterscotch, blood orange, and original Dr. Pepper.
I cannot review the restaurant part as we did not eat there. Â The store was the best, though.
As we were leaving, we were already talking about how long it would take to get back here if we were to road trip with Pops as our destination. Â This place was so much fun. Â I'm sure we will be back.
My family and I decided to give Pops a try after quite some time saying we would go. Â We've seen a couple of features on TV so thought it would be a neat local trip. Â This combination gas station and diner has a pretty cool atmosphere with all the different sodas across the walls and throwback sort of feel so i give it high marks for that.
If you're planning on dining in I would plan on having to wait around 30 minutes unless you can manage to get lucky.  We had the Onion burger, the cheeseburger, and the grilled cheese sandwiches and fries along with raspberry, blueberry, and blackberry sodas.  We thought the flavored sodas and the fries were good, the grilled cheese  very good, and the burgers very average.  We won't be going back specifically for the food.
The reason we WILL go back is for the hundreds of varieties sodas. Â It's truly amazing the wide selection available so we all want to try a lot of different ones. Â I say we'll go back for more because there is no way we could afford to buy everything we wanted to try in one stop because each bottle costs $2.19 and the souvenirs are not cheap. Â We've elected to get a six pack at a time. Â Bottom line: Pops is a neat place to visit for the atmosphere, architecture, and incredible selection of bottled soda but the food is nothing to write home about.
Yum! Over 500 varieties of cold soda, complete with make-your-own 6-pack cardboard holders. We left with a butterscotch root beer, peach soda, bubblegum soda, "mystery mix" Jones soda, birch beer, Moxie (not sure what that one is yet), and a couple others. Inside is bright and fun.
We went in with low expectations and intended to do a "drive by" and were very pleasantly surprised. How fun!
Retirement plan: I'd love to run something like this someday.
This place is okay, not what I expected but cool. Â Gas is slightly more expensive than you would find directly off of the freeway. Â We came here to eat but the diner was closed when we arrived at 11AM so that was a bummer. Â The sodas are $2.19 a piece, which is not that much a deal. Â My son, who is 7, liked it but I was not that impressed. Â
Now if I could only find a place like this but with a beer selection!!
The food is worth two stars but the attraction is definitely worth five stars! Â The place is just way too cool! Â The selection of soda is unbelievable! Â The cantilevered architecture and huge neon pop bottle is awesome! Â The way the selection of soda pop is displayed is really clever.
The menu looks great but too bad the food isn't any better. Â It shouldn't be that hard to do good burgers and fries. Â My son and I ordered burgers and fries and they weren't even hot when served.
The journey to Arcadia is definitely still well worth the trip.
You know what I love? Oklahoma. What is it exactly about the Plains that puts you at ease? The sun? The wind? A big lit-up soda bottle against a flat landscape and a colorful dusky sky?
I am not sure, but I drove out to Pops this evening to check out its mecca-ness of soda, and it all just felt right. I actually drove past all of it initially (not because I didn't see it  - believe me, you can't miss it), as I wanted to drive a while on 66 while it was still light out. I purposely drove with the intent of getting lost and trying to get a better view of the lay of the land, but let me tell you, you can't get lost here. Everything is on a grid. Just make three right turns from wherever you were, and you'll end up right back where you started.
Anyway, Pops. As other reviewers have written, the food is pretty bad. I might even say that some of it looked downright abysmal. I had a chili burger, and it was pretty wretched. But THEN I had the Root Beer Bread Pudding, on which I almost made myself grossly sick (in a good way).
After having dinner I perused the soda cases and tried to pick out the weirdest stuff I could find. I am at present enjoying(?) a spruce beer, which is somewhat like ginger beer, except it tastes like evergreen. I also picked up some Hawaiian lilikoi (passionfruit) soda, molasses root beer, ginger peach soda, cola nut soda, and rhubarb soda. All of the refrigerated sodas are $1.99 each, but there is a sale aisle where I found a few for 99 cents.
While this place is definitely a bit of a novelty and doesn't appear to have a lot of history behind it, they really do carry some interesting sodas and few that I had previously seen.
On a final note, I'm not sure I ever remember being in a store where the shoppers were so happy. How can you not be happy when you are looking at thousands of glass bottles of soda in Oklahoma? It's not possible.
Oh, and my waitress was sweet as pie.
A big ass soda bottle lit up in the middle of old Route 66? Â I'm there!!
Part gas station, part soda shop, part carbonated paradise. Â Pops is a refreshing change from your average roadside attraction. Â Spacious and walled in glass on two sides, you can't help but stare in awe at its coolness.
We moseyed up to the counter for some liquid nourishment. Â V was told she could pick up any bottle in the refrigerated units and enjoy it at her seat. Â I needed dessert and opted for a peanut butter + fudge malted. Â
Yummers! Â The place was bustling with folks ordering off their regular menu of diner fare. Â We just wanted to pay our respects and maybe get a little souvenir shopping in. Â Their clothing line is affordable in price and with a great selection of styles/sizes. Â Picked up a long sleeve tee with fun logos.
Highly recommend this place if you are in the mood for a retro/Food Network sort of experience. Â With about 500 types of pop to choose from, there's something for pretty much everyone.
500 sodas from which to choose, good burgers, and great modern/uplifting design/ambience. Â This place is definitely a good begining or end to a nostalgic drive along Route 66 between OKC and Tulsa. Â Children, especially, will love the place.
The only negative was that Pops was full of bugs on the day I visited - a large (pretty!) blue dragonfly landed on my burger (yes, I ate indoors). But hopefully by the time you read this review, Aubrey will have discovered Yelp and have gotten rid of the bugs.
A very unique place on Route 66 that opened within the past 5 years or so. Â This place will definitely grab your attention as you travel down the road, with it's enormous neon soda bottle out front and large overhang over the gas pumps. Â Inside, it's like a convenient store/restaurant, with over 500 different sodas available. Â I found the idea to be unique, and well worth the 90 mile motorcycle ride we took to get down there. Â
Like Amanda said, the food is good, nothing unique. Â Tasty burgers and fries with lots of drink options.
I can't believe there aren't any reviews for this place!
Yes, it's pretty far out in the boondocks but it's a lovely drive and you can't miss out on the giant neon soda bottle. Plus, they have the most extensive selection of soda I've ever seen. You can buy bottles individually to drink while you're there or you can select a six-pack of your favorite flavors to take with you.
Pops also offers food- not anything remarkable but solid diner-type fare- and flavor options for your soda (hazelnut coke is not a good idea). Outside seating in the back comes complete with misters so you don't get too wilted from the Oklahoma heat. If you're on a road trip or just need a fill-up, they have gas pumps available as well. Quite a crowd in the evenings and some of the employees aren't the most on the ball but it's a laid back sort of place- just try to enjoy your soda and be forgiving.
Really a fun spot to visit and well worth an hour or two on a summer evening.
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