Indian grocery to move store to Route 66 bowling alley in Oklahoma City

Bowling alley along historic Route 66 in Oklahoma City has been sold to Spices of India grocery.

 
BY ROBERT MEDLEY | Modified: June 4, 2010 at 10:50 am | Published: June 4, 2010   

After 51 years of bowling along historic Route 66, the balls will stop rolling and the pins will stop falling this summer.

Spices of India will open a grocery store in the building now housing the landmark 66 Bowl, marked by the neon sign of a giant pin and bowling ball at 3810 NW 39 Expressway.

photo - 66 Bowl owner Jim Haynes and his wife, Peggy, outside the bowling alley during its 50th anniversary last August. The landmark business is being sold to an Indian grocery store. Photo BY ROBERT MEDLEY, THE OKLAHOMAN Archive
66 Bowl owner Jim Haynes and his wife, Peggy, outside the bowling alley during its 50th anniversary last August. The landmark business is being sold to an Indian grocery store. Photo BY ROBERT MEDLEY, THE OKLAHOMAN Archive

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A sale contract that will close the bowling alley Sept. 3 was signed by both parties Wednesday, said Realtor Monty Stricker, whose firm, J.R. Fulton & Associates, negotiated the deal. View full article on Oklahoman.com

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