William Franklin is thinking of how to grow Route 66s presence in East Tulsa.

People are always surprised that were here, Franklin said, They say, you need to go to Seattle, or somewhere else like that, you know, but we love Tulsa, so were staying here.

Franklin is the owner of Tulsa's Decopolis concepts.

His newest, Tulsarama, recently opened near 11th and Hudson.

Theres more potential - I think - just because theres some room to grow, because theres some big plots of land and stuff over there, so we could really make something super spectacular, Franklin said.

Franklin is hoping more people will feel inclined to open a shop around the area.

Were kind of by ourselves, so I know its gonna be tough. We're gonna keep the other location going and were just gonna keep plugging away here,

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