Next on the Route is Stroud, OK. The town of Stroud, is "Oklahoma's Winery and Grape Capital" and is the site of the famous Rock Café, ghost sign and Skyliner motel among others. To the east and west of town are the sections of the Historic 1926 roadbed and a dirt surfaced original Ozark Trail road. Rock Cafe...114 W. Main St., Stroud, OK. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places A landmark cafe which opened in 1939 and was rebuilt after a fire in 2008. Roy Rives opened it in 1939 to cater to those traveling along Route 66. It was later a Greyhound bus stop and after World War II it was open 24 hours-a-day. It is built with rubble sandstone in Giraffe-style (its color resembles the skin of a giraffe) with coarse mortar joints and a very large chimney. It was reopened in 2010 after the fire that gutted it in 2008 and still sells fries and burgers. John Lasseter and a research crew from Pixar Animation Studios visited the Rock Café in 2001 and upon meeting owner, Dawn Welch began developing the character Sally Carrera for the movie Cars with multiple visits from 2001 to 2005.
