Malli Jarrett serves up an old-fashioned phosphate drink from the soda fountain at Griffith & Feil Drug in Kenova, W.Va. (AP Photo) KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) — The jukebox plays Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” ...
Most of us have fond childhood memories of getting a kiddie cup of cold soda and sipping it slowly, delighting at its sweet fizz. But ever since a shocking 2010 study of soda fountain beverages ...
The last one I visited and sampled the offerings was named Edgar’s and it occupied a little storefront on the main street of Elk Point, South Dakota. I was driving through on my way t o a high school ...
With a long history dating back to the early 19th century, soda fountains have long been stylishly appointed destinations that attracted all ages, whether it was for a refreshingly carbonated soda ...
Soda fountains may dispense more than Diet Coke and Dr. Pepper, according to new research to be published this month in the International Journal of Food Microbiology. In an analysis of 90 soda and ...
The jukebox plays Chubby Checker's “The Twist” as Malli Jarrett and Nathaniel Fornash take turns at the Griffith & Feil Drug food counter preparing old-fashioned, soda-fountain phosphate drinks.Soda ...
Soda fountains like this were hugely popular a century ago. Often located in pharmacies, they were a gathering spot during Prohibition when bars shut down. But over the past half century, their ...