Your Soda Doesn't Pop
June 1, 2016 9:18 AM Subscribe
I love Galco's. The article gives short shrift to their sandwiches and their beer/candy/mead/wine collection. Also, the prices tend to be a bit dear, but that's the specialty aspect of it.
Home page:
https://www.sodapopstop.com/home.cfm
They don't show any Nesbitt Lime, but they do have Honey Lemonade, orange, peach and strawberry, so who knows!
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Home page:
https://www.sodapopstop.com/home.cfm
They don't show any Nesbitt Lime, but they do have Honey Lemonade, orange, peach and strawberry, so who knows!
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
From Google Maps, I see there is a conveniently located dentistry practice just on the other side of the block. Smart business decision.
posted by Existential Dread at 9:25 AM on June 1, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by Existential Dread at 9:25 AM on June 1, 2016 [8 favorites]
Open a New York location please.
posted by jonmc at 9:30 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by jonmc at 9:30 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
That sounds fantastic! I've never been to LA, and I don't really expect to be there anytime soon, but if I am, I'll definitely check this out.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 9:32 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 9:32 AM on June 1, 2016
Galco's is amazing. The sandwiches are really good as well. I did a FPP on them a few years ago.
posted by Bookhouse at 9:33 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Bookhouse at 9:33 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
The last time I went to Galco's I told my partner "OK, seriously, this is three times in the past week, I can't come back here until June" and she said "That's in ten days" and I said "BABY STEPS"
I am very thankful for Galco's. I miss many many things about New York but I no longer have to miss Cel-Ray.
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:34 AM on June 1, 2016 [10 favorites]
I am very thankful for Galco's. I miss many many things about New York but I no longer have to miss Cel-Ray.
posted by davidjmcgee at 9:34 AM on June 1, 2016 [10 favorites]
"Craft soda" has kind of become my thing. Places like this are cool, but it's becoming more common. Rocket Fizz is a pretty prominent chain, Boylan's is available in most supermarkets, and other brands are available in places like Trader Joe's and World Market.
My top five-plus cherry-flavored sodas:
1. Sprecher Cherry Cola (Milwaukee).
2. Fitz's Black Cherry (Saint Louis).
3. Saranac Black Cherry Cream (Utica, New York).
4. Boylan's Black Cherry (Paterson, New Jersey).
5. Johnny Ryan Cherry (Niagara Falls).
6. Cheerwine (Salisbury, North Carolina).
7. Dr. Brown's Black Cherry (New York).
8. Americana Cherry Soda (Mulkiteo, Washington).
Discuss.
posted by kevinbelt at 9:39 AM on June 1, 2016 [10 favorites]
My top five-plus cherry-flavored sodas:
1. Sprecher Cherry Cola (Milwaukee).
2. Fitz's Black Cherry (Saint Louis).
3. Saranac Black Cherry Cream (Utica, New York).
4. Boylan's Black Cherry (Paterson, New Jersey).
5. Johnny Ryan Cherry (Niagara Falls).
6. Cheerwine (Salisbury, North Carolina).
7. Dr. Brown's Black Cherry (New York).
8. Americana Cherry Soda (Mulkiteo, Washington).
Discuss.
posted by kevinbelt at 9:39 AM on June 1, 2016 [10 favorites]
I want to go there! I'm not a huge soft drink person--soda was considered a treat when I was a kid, a mentality that has carried over to my adulthood--but so many of these sound delightful.
posted by Kitteh at 9:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 9:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
*walks off to drink a plain old can of Vernors*
posted by RolandOfEld at 9:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by RolandOfEld at 9:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [6 favorites]
who do i contact to get Jarritos to paint the grapefruit bottles a different color bc the mexican place i order from keeps mixing up lime and grapefruit and fuck grapefruit
posted by griphus at 9:43 AM on June 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by griphus at 9:43 AM on June 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
Just gimme a two cents plain.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:44 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:44 AM on June 1, 2016
Augh.
In Vancouver I was I living three blocks away from 2 places that sold tons of different sodas. It was amazing! Hasty Mart and then a newly opened Snack Land and they had more stuff than I could ever hope to buy.
Now I'm in Halifax and it seems like my options have been really cut down. There's still Dad's everywhere to be seen but finding stuff like sarsaparilla and jaritos might be really, really tough.
Between this and the donut thread a little while ago I feel like metafilter is taunting me with the culinary cost of my move.
posted by Neronomius at 9:49 AM on June 1, 2016
In Vancouver I was I living three blocks away from 2 places that sold tons of different sodas. It was amazing! Hasty Mart and then a newly opened Snack Land and they had more stuff than I could ever hope to buy.
Now I'm in Halifax and it seems like my options have been really cut down. There's still Dad's everywhere to be seen but finding stuff like sarsaparilla and jaritos might be really, really tough.
Between this and the donut thread a little while ago I feel like metafilter is taunting me with the culinary cost of my move.
posted by Neronomius at 9:49 AM on June 1, 2016
Galco's is the best! Last time I was there, I made a special trip out there from West LA just to see it. The cucumber soda is awesome.
posted by holborne at 9:50 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by holborne at 9:50 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
They also didn't touch on it in the article - but Galco's in the last few years put in a "create your so station with a giant collection of flavored syrups, bottles and a soda machine that pours water at different levels of fizz, so you can really go to town
And yeah, they've naturally got a giant selection of seltzers.
I think they're well positioned to survive the now going gentrification of Highland Park.
Also, this place makes Rocket Fizz feel like candy coated weak tea. (Rocket Fizz is way slicker and has a broader candy selection, but it's missing the weird all out passion of Galcos)
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
And yeah, they've naturally got a giant selection of seltzers.
I think they're well positioned to survive the now going gentrification of Highland Park.
Also, this place makes Rocket Fizz feel like candy coated weak tea. (Rocket Fizz is way slicker and has a broader candy selection, but it's missing the weird all out passion of Galcos)
posted by drewbage1847 at 9:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
They sell Natrona Bottling products all the way out in LA? Their Jamaica's Finest Ginger Beer is my favorite. I didn't know that they had enough production to send their stuff outside of Western PA, their factory is barely larger than my garage.
posted by octothorpe at 9:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by octothorpe at 9:51 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I wonder what this guy thinks about California's repeated attempts to pass a tax on soda.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 9:59 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 9:59 AM on June 1, 2016
Sanbitter or gtfo.
No, seriously, ordering it from Amz is ridiculous, comes in a padded box the size of a washing machine
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 10:01 AM on June 1, 2016
No, seriously, ordering it from Amz is ridiculous, comes in a padded box the size of a washing machine
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 10:01 AM on June 1, 2016
Previously (2009) and previously (2010).
As I said in the 2009 previously, the kicker for me when I went to Galco's was seeing the owner drive off in a DeLorean.
posted by plastic_animals at 10:03 AM on June 1, 2016
As I said in the 2009 previously, the kicker for me when I went to Galco's was seeing the owner drive off in a DeLorean.
posted by plastic_animals at 10:03 AM on June 1, 2016
"*walks off to drink a plain old can of Vernors*"
Whoa, whoa, whoa! There's nothing "plain old" about Vernors! Schwepps and Canada Dry taste like water in comparison.
I thankfully live in an area where Vernors is generally easy to get , but large, sad swaths of the country have no idea what it is. It may not be "craft soda," but it's close.
posted by jonathanhughes at 10:06 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Whoa, whoa, whoa! There's nothing "plain old" about Vernors! Schwepps and Canada Dry taste like water in comparison.
I thankfully live in an area where Vernors is generally easy to get , but large, sad swaths of the country have no idea what it is. It may not be "craft soda," but it's close.
posted by jonathanhughes at 10:06 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Oooh they have Bawls! I want to go.
Boylan's Black Cherry
Oh hot damn yes. So delicious.
There's this awesome little taqueria in Kensington Market that makes the best tacos al pastor I've ever had (given the thumbs up from a Mexican dishwasher I used to work with, said it they were just like his grandmother's). Couple of those and some pineapple Jarritos and I am a happy fat man.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 10:07 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Boylan's Black Cherry
Oh hot damn yes. So delicious.
There's this awesome little taqueria in Kensington Market that makes the best tacos al pastor I've ever had (given the thumbs up from a Mexican dishwasher I used to work with, said it they were just like his grandmother's). Couple of those and some pineapple Jarritos and I am a happy fat man.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 10:07 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Johnny Ryan Cherry
I'm not putting my mouth on that.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:12 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm not putting my mouth on that.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:12 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
who do i contact to get Jarritos to paint the grapefruit bottles a different color bc the mexican place i order from keeps mixing up lime and grapefruit and fuck grapefruit
you can just give the grapefruit ones to me instead, thanks
posted by burgerrr at 10:14 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
you can just give the grapefruit ones to me instead, thanks
posted by burgerrr at 10:14 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
I thankfully live in an area where Vernors is generally easy to get , but large, sad swaths of the country have no idea what it is. It may not be "craft soda," but it's close.
I know, so says my wife's family anyway. And yea, it's odd to find it here in Georgia (at a Kroger no less), so we stocked up.
posted by RolandOfEld at 10:15 AM on June 1, 2016
I know, so says my wife's family anyway. And yea, it's odd to find it here in Georgia (at a Kroger no less), so we stocked up.
posted by RolandOfEld at 10:15 AM on June 1, 2016
[Walks into store]
"I'll have a Coke"
"NO COKE! PEPSI?"
posted by schmod at 10:16 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
"I'll have a Coke"
"NO COKE! PEPSI?"
posted by schmod at 10:16 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
The (much smaller) speciality soda store within walking distance from my apartment closed almost 2 years ago and I still feel guilty when I walk past it because I didn't go there often enough.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:16 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:16 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
"NO COKE! PEPSI?"
Spealking of, if you're in Chicago, we'll be there tonight (like we are every first Wednesday).
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:19 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Spealking of, if you're in Chicago, we'll be there tonight (like we are every first Wednesday).
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:19 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Reminded me of this place in Brielle, N.J.
Their prices used tobe more than just competetive.
posted by notreally at 10:21 AM on June 1, 2016
Their prices used tobe more than just competetive.
posted by notreally at 10:21 AM on June 1, 2016
Aww, Galco's is great and I'm glad they're still going strong! I made a pilgrimage soon after learning about them from Huell Howser when he first visited them in 2000. Link goes to a 2008 follow-up that includes footage from his original 2000 visit*.
I hadn't dared to hope, but Galco's had Moxie, which may or may not have literally brought tears to this transplanted New Englander's eyes. They also had Nehi, which for me was like seeing a mythical creature for the first time.
*(Huell Howser's visits to little local neighborhood places like Galco's were one of the only things that put Los Angeles' overwhelmingly huge, sun-baked sprawl into any kind of human scale for me, and I miss him even though I moved back to the northeast more than a decade ago.)
posted by usonian at 10:29 AM on June 1, 2016
I hadn't dared to hope, but Galco's had Moxie, which may or may not have literally brought tears to this transplanted New Englander's eyes. They also had Nehi, which for me was like seeing a mythical creature for the first time.
*(Huell Howser's visits to little local neighborhood places like Galco's were one of the only things that put Los Angeles' overwhelmingly huge, sun-baked sprawl into any kind of human scale for me, and I miss him even though I moved back to the northeast more than a decade ago.)
posted by usonian at 10:29 AM on June 1, 2016
I miss many many things about New York but I no longer have to miss Cel-Ray.
No one has to miss Cel-Ray. Haven't the Jews suffered enough?
posted by leotrotsky at 10:31 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
No one has to miss Cel-Ray. Haven't the Jews suffered enough?
posted by leotrotsky at 10:31 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I had butterscotch soda that I bought from a store in New Orleans. It was really good.
posted by jonmc at 10:32 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by jonmc at 10:32 AM on June 1, 2016
I have yet to be convinced Cel-Ray isn't the most elaborate prank ever pulled, but I also believe that about eating celery in general
posted by griphus at 10:37 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 10:37 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
The crazy thing is that Cel-Ray would totally work if it weren't sweetened. A fizzy celery water? Sure! It'd cut the richness of the pastrami on rye much more effectively, and wouldn't taste like evil.
You don't sweeten celery! It's not rhubarb!
posted by leotrotsky at 10:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
You don't sweeten celery! It's not rhubarb!
posted by leotrotsky at 10:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [4 favorites]
Say, friend - you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?
posted by maxsparber at 10:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 10:40 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I have yet to be convinced Cel-Ray isn't the most elaborate prank ever pulled, but I also believe that about eating celery in general
It breaks my heart to hear you badmouth the Jewish champagne.
posted by maxsparber at 10:42 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
It breaks my heart to hear you badmouth the Jewish champagne.
posted by maxsparber at 10:42 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
jonathanhughes: ""*walks off to drink a plain old can of Vernors*"
Whoa, whoa, whoa! There's nothing "plain old" about Vernors! Schwepps and Canada Dry taste like water in comparison.
I thankfully live in an area where Vernors is generally easy to get , but large, sad swaths of the country have no idea what it is. It may not be "craft soda," but it's close."
Thanks for reminding me that I have a 2 liter bottle of Vernors in the kitchen.
posted by Splunge at 10:43 AM on June 1, 2016
Whoa, whoa, whoa! There's nothing "plain old" about Vernors! Schwepps and Canada Dry taste like water in comparison.
I thankfully live in an area where Vernors is generally easy to get , but large, sad swaths of the country have no idea what it is. It may not be "craft soda," but it's close."
Thanks for reminding me that I have a 2 liter bottle of Vernors in the kitchen.
posted by Splunge at 10:43 AM on June 1, 2016
A friend left off his job being a doodad for Palantir (the spook + database + consulting company in Palo Alto) to work as a clerk for Rocket Fizz. He said it was the most ethical thing he's ever done, apparently.
posted by hleehowon at 10:48 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by hleehowon at 10:48 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
So are we poised for artisanal sodas to go after the market that isn't into artisanal beers?
posted by emjaybee at 11:02 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by emjaybee at 11:02 AM on June 1, 2016
All I ever want is Abita root beer with Zapps.
posted by AlexiaSky at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by AlexiaSky at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
No love for Faygo? Metafilter you disappoint me!
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
emjaybee: Already happening. Abita has a draft root beer that is incredible. (They serve it at Shake Shack!)
posted by SansPoint at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by SansPoint at 11:03 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
A while back I was bedridden for a few weeks post-surgery and my best pal ordered a case of random crazy drinks from here as a pick-me-up. Pricey (we're on the other side of the country, for one), but dangit if it wasn't super fun for this to show up on the doorstep unexpected. And then to pop one open every coupla days and savor and opine and play snazzy-pop-connoisseur! Fuck an Edible Arrangement, this is where it's at.
posted by Ennis Tennyone at 11:11 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Ennis Tennyone at 11:11 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
We had these growing up in Michigan. We called them Faygos.
posted by mrgrimm at 11:12 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by mrgrimm at 11:12 AM on June 1, 2016
No love for Faygo? Metafilter you disappoint me!
Honestly, the ICP connection has kinda soured Faygo for me.
posted by Etrigan at 11:13 AM on June 1, 2016
Honestly, the ICP connection has kinda soured Faygo for me.
posted by Etrigan at 11:13 AM on June 1, 2016
Hey, my tiny hometown of Manchester, CT has a store that just sells soda! They only sell one brand, though--Hosmer's, Eastern Connecticut's favorite choice in indie soda since 1912. They have like 35 flavors, including celery, sarsaparilla and, yes, moxie.
posted by zeusianfog at 11:16 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by zeusianfog at 11:16 AM on June 1, 2016
We had an hour to kill between a wedding in Eagle Rock and the reception in Highland Park so chillin' in Galco's drinkin' pop and winding up some rubber band balsa planes in our finery was the obvious answer. Also, if I ride to the ride (rather than drive to the ride) they're usually on the route. It's a good stop for that mountain-top refreshment.
posted by carsonb at 11:16 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by carsonb at 11:16 AM on June 1, 2016
So angry that I didn't make this post. Talk about missed opportunity.
posted by Fizz at 11:17 AM on June 1, 2016 [13 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 11:17 AM on June 1, 2016 [13 favorites]
Several years ago, while attending a conference in Oklahoma, I viisted Pops 66 Soda Ranch...same idea, and a lot of fun.
posted by Miko at 11:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Miko at 11:24 AM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Having only heard about Cel-Ray on the internet I looked for it for a while, but kept running into restaurants and bars that had it on the menu, but were out of stock. I was so excited when I found it! It was tasty.
I had a house made tarragon soda at a restaurant a few months ago and it was phenomenal. I'd love to see a similar flavor bottled somewhere accessible to me.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:31 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I had a house made tarragon soda at a restaurant a few months ago and it was phenomenal. I'd love to see a similar flavor bottled somewhere accessible to me.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:31 AM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
We had these growing up in Minnesota - they were called the Pop Shop.
posted by Squeak Attack at 11:42 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by Squeak Attack at 11:42 AM on June 1, 2016
You haven't lived until you've tried Lester's Fixins. The ranch dressing flavor is probably the worst. The sweet corn (sweetened with cane sugar, ironically) is probably the best. Least-worst, anyway.
posted by jedicus at 11:58 AM on June 1, 2016
posted by jedicus at 11:58 AM on June 1, 2016
My top five-plus cherry-flavored sodas:
1. ... 8.
Discuss.
Your list is missing it's proper number 1: The Pop Shoppe, Black Cherry (Ontario, Canada), preferably in the stubby bottle.
posted by Laura in Canada at 12:10 PM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
1. ... 8.
Discuss.
Your list is missing it's proper number 1: The Pop Shoppe, Black Cherry (Ontario, Canada), preferably in the stubby bottle.
posted by Laura in Canada at 12:10 PM on June 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Pop Shoppe is missing, mostly because I haven't had it enough to fairly evaluate it yet. I had some when I was in Ontario last summer, and I found a single bottle at World Market once, but I don't think Rocket Fizz carries it, so it's harder for me to obtain. It was good, though, for sure.
posted by kevinbelt at 12:13 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by kevinbelt at 12:13 PM on June 1, 2016
Speaking of soda, New York Seltzer is back.
posted by jedicus at 12:17 PM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by jedicus at 12:17 PM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
I live a town where when I asked for kosher coke, people looked at me like I was insane, but fortunately, there's a big enough Hispanic population that our teeny little grocer has Mexican coke and every flavor of jallisco. I drink a soda maybe once a month, but damn I love me some Mexican sodas.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 12:44 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 12:44 PM on June 1, 2016
I cut soda out of my diet completely for a few years, but reintroduced it as an occasional treat via a SodaStream. The syrup flavors they sell themselves are mostly meh but then I discovered Pittsburgh Soda Pop and would totally recommend them.
posted by Pryde at 1:08 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by Pryde at 1:08 PM on June 1, 2016
I was delighted to discover, at a food truck here in Portland, Mountain Dew made with cane sugar. I always liked Mt. Dew better than Coke and it was even better than Mexican coke which is saying a lot.
posted by bendy at 3:21 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by bendy at 3:21 PM on June 1, 2016
You don't sweeten celery!
Ah, but maybe you would like it as a mildly sweetening agent?
From David Moo, owner and proprietor of quarter bar in Brooklyn (which I do still have to constantly miss about New York), comes:
The Sea Shandy
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
3 oz cel-ray
fill with a crisp, refreshing Pilsner
in a pint glass with a salted rim
HAPPY SUMMER.
It's not rhubarb!
Don't be silly -- you don't sweeten rhubarb!
posted by davidjmcgee at 3:22 PM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Ah, but maybe you would like it as a mildly sweetening agent?
From David Moo, owner and proprietor of quarter bar in Brooklyn (which I do still have to constantly miss about New York), comes:
The Sea Shandy
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
3 oz cel-ray
fill with a crisp, refreshing Pilsner
in a pint glass with a salted rim
HAPPY SUMMER.
It's not rhubarb!
Don't be silly -- you don't sweeten rhubarb!
posted by davidjmcgee at 3:22 PM on June 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Glad to see Dry Soda Co's Juniper Berry on the left-hand shelves in the photo--that stuff is awesome. Mix with a little tonic and some lime for a non-alcoholic G&T substitute, and it's also delicious by itself.
posted by karayel at 4:14 PM on June 1, 2016
posted by karayel at 4:14 PM on June 1, 2016
davidjmcgee, I have Cel-Ray, Brooklym Pilsner, and limes in my fridge from a picnic last weekend. I am gonna try that right this minute.
I had a house made tarragon soda at a restaurant a few months ago and it was phenomenal. I'd love to see a similar flavor bottled somewhere accessible to me.
Tarragon soda is super common in Russia and former Soviet states under the name tarkhun (тархун). If you have a Russian grocery store near you they may well have it. It's a super-bright radioactive green color that's almost impossible to miss.
posted by Itaxpica at 5:35 PM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I had a house made tarragon soda at a restaurant a few months ago and it was phenomenal. I'd love to see a similar flavor bottled somewhere accessible to me.
Tarragon soda is super common in Russia and former Soviet states under the name tarkhun (тархун). If you have a Russian grocery store near you they may well have it. It's a super-bright radioactive green color that's almost impossible to miss.
posted by Itaxpica at 5:35 PM on June 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Living in the 'burbs of Oklahoma City, Pops (mentioned earlier) is one of my go-to places. Being a displaced Michigander, it allows me to get some Vernors when I am feeling homesick, along with lots of interesting and quirky pops. Now in Edmond (my suburb of Oklahoma City), another place with a heavy emphasis on pop is going to open, a franchise of Rocket Fizz.
Also, I have seen craft Root Beers / Sarsparillas / Birch Beers from microbrewers and at brewpubs, and can confirm that Abita's Root Beer, which I had for the first time last week, is really good.
posted by dhens at 11:02 PM on June 1, 2016
Also, I have seen craft Root Beers / Sarsparillas / Birch Beers from microbrewers and at brewpubs, and can confirm that Abita's Root Beer, which I had for the first time last week, is really good.
posted by dhens at 11:02 PM on June 1, 2016
I was really excited to find a giant soda and candy shop in San Luis Obispo, but I see that Rocket Fizz is a national chain. I'm pretty sure the tiny Plaza Deli in Santa Barbara is a local gem, carrying many names listed in this thread, at least when I was there last, which has been some years now
posted by filthy light thief at 4:03 AM on June 2, 2016
posted by filthy light thief at 4:03 AM on June 2, 2016
Minnesota has the Blue Sun Soda Shop, with about 1300 different varieties. It's one of the best ways to get completely wrecked on sugar. Plus it's run by carny folk (Renaissance Festival people), so there tend to be fun promotions and characters wandering the aisles.
posted by skullhead at 10:13 AM on June 2, 2016
posted by skullhead at 10:13 AM on June 2, 2016
octothorpe: "They sell Natrona Bottling products all the way out in LA? Their Jamaica's Finest Ginger Beer is my favorite. I didn't know that they had enough production to send their stuff outside of Western PA, their factory is barely larger than my garage."
I noticed that, too. Here's a Rick Sebak piece about Natrona Bottling from a few years back. I believe the old man has passed away now, but he seems like he was quite a character.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:33 PM on June 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
I noticed that, too. Here's a Rick Sebak piece about Natrona Bottling from a few years back. I believe the old man has passed away now, but he seems like he was quite a character.
posted by Chrysostom at 6:33 PM on June 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
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