Comments on: Video about world's greatest soda pop store http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 12:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hiland http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627204 hiland Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627204 Soda Pop Stop lives up to the hype. Dropped $100+ last time i was there. Ouch. Soda Pop Stop lives up to the hype. Dropped $100+ last time i was there. Ouch.

]]> By: devophill http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627207 devophill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627207 And he didn't even talk about the beer! Man, I love that place. And he didn’t even talk about the beer! Man, I love that place.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627468 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627468 My favorite place to get a soda pop is Willensky's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilensky%27s Sitting down at the counter with a 'Special' or two, drinking a hand-mixed soda and syrup (they'll combine syrups for you - cola/orange, anyone?) and reading one of their free 'take'em or leave'em' used paperback books. Closed weekends, evenings, and during the construction holiday. Civilized people. My favorite place to get a soda pop is Willensky’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilensky%27s

Sitting down at the counter with a ‘Special’ or two, drinking a hand-mixed soda and syrup (they’ll combine syrups for you – cola/orange, anyone?) and reading one of their free ‘take’em or leave’em’ used paperback books.

Closed weekends, evenings, and during the construction holiday. Civilized people.

]]> By: xaxa http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627476 xaxa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627476 They sell <a href="http://www.fentimans.com/">Fentiman's</a> at my workplace (also at Tesco and Sainsbury's). I don't like the cola, it's too acidic, although the others (ginger, lemon, orange etc) are excellent. And dandelion and burdock isn't just for adults! that was the first 'fizzy drink' I ever had. I don't know of any store like this near where I live (London), but I recognised a few of the bottles shown -- corner shops or the "ethnic" sections of supermarkets usually have something a little different, and I make a point of buying it when it's available. They sell Fentiman’s at my workplace (also at Tesco and Sainsbury’s). I don’t like the cola, it’s too acidic, although the others (ginger, lemon, orange etc) are excellent. And dandelion and burdock isn’t just for adults! that was the first ‘fizzy drink’ I ever had.

I don’t know of any store like this near where I live (London), but I recognised a few of the bottles shown — corner shops or the “ethnic” sections of supermarkets usually have something a little different, and I make a point of buying it when it’s available.

]]> By: eagleapex http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627221 eagleapex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627221 Oh man! stop making LA look so coooool! I'll get the wanderlust and leave Philly for Coop, Mr. Jalopy, and Galco's. I need to go do some Philly boosterism. Oh man! stop making LA look so coooool! I’ll get the wanderlust and leave Philly for Coop, Mr. Jalopy, and Galco’s.
I need to go do some Philly boosterism.

]]> By: kiddr01 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627478 kiddr01 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627478 that man is ace - can't crack enthusiasm like that. that man is ace – can’t crack enthusiasm like that.

]]> By: jonathan levy http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627226 jonathan levy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627226 Pure ebullience. I rarely drink sodas, but am thirsting for some now. Pure ebullience. I rarely drink sodas, but am thirsting for some now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627487 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627487 DIABEETUS DIABEETUS

]]> By: Oxymoxy http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627999 Oxymoxy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627999 This is down the street from my school! So weird, because this weekend some guys were talking about "this awesome soda store" and gave me some lenin-ade (a party in every bottle!) and cucumber soda. Awesome. This is down the street from my school! So weird, because this weekend some guys were talking about “this awesome soda store” and gave me some lenin-ade (a party in every bottle!) and cucumber soda. Awesome.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627772 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627772 I remember the Pop Shoppe-- where else could you get pineapple or grapefruit or coconut soda back then (before Goya sodas were in the supermarket in most of middle America)? I remember some families in my neighborhood had cases of soda in the garage, and we always looked forward to birthday parties over their house. I remember the Pop Shoppe– where else could you get pineapple or grapefruit or coconut soda back then (before Goya sodas were in the supermarket in most of middle America)? I remember some families in my neighborhood had cases of soda in the garage, and we always looked forward to birthday parties over their house.

]]> By: Chris Spurgeon http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627786 Chris Spurgeon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627786 I'm pretty sure they do have Nehi, at least Nehi Grape. I’m pretty sure they do have Nehi, at least Nehi Grape.

]]> By: mikerbaker http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627794 mikerbaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627794 I love this store. I get a case of Jamaica's Finest Ginger Beer: HOT HOT HOT. But the Dublin Dr. Pepper and the Bubble-Up are heart-breakingly awesome. I'm 47 - I drink one of these and I'm a barefoot kid on a summer day again. I love this store. I get a case of Jamaica’s Finest Ginger Beer: HOT HOT HOT. But the Dublin Dr. Pepper and the Bubble-Up are heart-breakingly awesome. I’m 47 – I drink one of these and I’m a barefoot kid on a summer day again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627544 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627544 You have to love his honesty. Diet??? "Drink less!" Wow, now that's refreshing. You have to love his honesty. Diet??? “Drink less!” Wow, now that’s refreshing.

]]> By: thechicgeek http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627556 thechicgeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627556 After watching the video last night, I plunked down $60 for a 12 pack of Mr. Q Cumber soda. Expensive, sure. But I bet it's going to be worth it. @eaglepex Philly has good things going for it. They're just harder to find. There's always the cheesesteaks, of course. After watching the video last night, I plunked down $60 for a 12 pack of Mr. Q Cumber soda. Expensive, sure. But I bet it’s going to be worth it.

@eaglepex Philly has good things going for it. They’re just harder to find. There’s always the cheesesteaks, of course.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627303 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627303 They don't have Nehi. They do have Moxie . . . the original cough syrup and turpentine flavor! They don’t have Nehi.

They do have Moxie . . . the original cough syrup and turpentine flavor!

]]> By: weatherman http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627571 weatherman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627571 If there was ever a poster boy for the phrase "if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life" it's that guy. The film was really well done too - totally caught the enthusiasm this man has for soda. Just watching it made me happy. If there was ever a poster boy for the phrase “if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life” it’s that guy. The film was really well done too – totally caught the enthusiasm this man has for soda. Just watching it made me happy.

]]> By: Ernunnos http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-628083 Ernunnos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-628083 Never mind the soda, I love that economical HD cameras and YouTube make this kind of journalism possible. I'm sure there are lots of similar stories out there, just waiting to be found. And now I'll have a chance to see many of them that I probably wouldn't have had before. Never mind the soda, I love that economical HD cameras and YouTube make this kind of journalism possible. I’m sure there are lots of similar stories out there, just waiting to be found. And now I’ll have a chance to see many of them that I probably wouldn’t have had before.

]]> By: Billistic http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627325 Billistic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627325 A friend of mine flew to LA for work reasons and checked this place out, he came back with a couple of bottles for us all to try. Fentimans. I had the Shandy. It's probably one of the most beautiful things I've ever ingested. It's brewed, so it's like drinking a beer but the beer flavor replaced with this beautiful sweetness. If you live in LA get over there now. A friend of mine flew to LA for work reasons and checked this place out, he came back with a couple of bottles for us all to try.

Fentimans. I had the Shandy. It’s probably one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever ingested.

It’s brewed, so it’s like drinking a beer but the beer flavor replaced with this beautiful sweetness. If you live in LA get over there now.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627592 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627592 Wowzers! After watching this, I had to visit the website and buy stuff. Sadly, I had to pay UPS as much again as I bought to ship it cross-country. Sometimes I wish I lived near LA. It's like awesome is manufactured in LA and San Francisco. Instead I'm stuck with Grody Ol' Baltimore and Filthadelphia :( If it weren't for the taxes and the bankrupt state and the high real estate prices, I'd move! Wowzers! After watching this, I had to visit the website and buy stuff. Sadly, I had to pay UPS as much again as I bought to ship it cross-country. Sometimes I wish I lived near LA. It’s like awesome is manufactured in LA and San Francisco. Instead I’m stuck with Grody Ol’ Baltimore and Filthadelphia :(

If it weren’t for the taxes and the bankrupt state and the high real estate prices, I’d move!

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627859 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627859 Brings new meaning to the phrase <i>a bubbly personality</i>! Brings new meaning to the phrase a bubbly personality!

]]> By: NJ http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627374 NJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627374 I started playing this video and scrolled down and watched the video of the mantis eating while listening to Mr. Nese talkin' 'bout bottled wonderfulness. I started playing this video and scrolled down and
watched the video of the mantis eating while listening
to Mr. Nese talkin’ ’bout bottled wonderfulness.

]]> By: SeattlePete http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627634 SeattlePete Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627634 Original Moxie holds a special place in my heart. Growing up in New England, it was easy to find in most stores and was THE "tonic" I grew up drinking. The fact that it was so prevalent in New England, and in particular Maine (where they still have an annual Moxie Parade), never struck me as odd until later in life. Once I moved to Seattle and tried to find some I figured out that all of the New England Moxie was actually brewed and bottled in Atlanta. For a while it was possible to find Moxie out here - Real Soda was distributing it to certain local shops, but Moxie is a hard sell. You can still find the Cream Soda, but that's not the same. Bubble Up is excellent. Original Moxie holds a special place in my heart. Growing up in New England, it was easy to find in most stores and was THE “tonic” I grew up drinking. The fact that it was so prevalent in New England, and in particular Maine (where they still have an annual Moxie Parade), never struck me as odd until later in life. Once I moved to Seattle and tried to find some I figured out that all of the New England Moxie was actually brewed and bottled in Atlanta. For a while it was possible to find Moxie out here – Real Soda was distributing it to certain local shops, but Moxie is a hard sell. You can still find the Cream Soda, but that’s not the same.

Bubble Up is excellent.

]]> By: jpixl http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627386 jpixl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627386 I love Galco's! Mr. Nese guided me toward an incredible ginger beer, Jamaica's Finest. They had toned down the heat at one point and he got them to amp it back up under a new name, Jaimaica's Finest Hot! Hot! Hot! I live very close to the Burbank Rockt Fizz, but still think it's worth the drive down to Galco's. I love Galco’s! Mr. Nese guided me toward an incredible ginger beer, Jamaica’s Finest. They had toned down the heat at one point and he got them to amp it back up under a new name, Jaimaica’s Finest Hot! Hot! Hot! I live very close to the Burbank Rockt Fizz, but still think it’s worth the drive down to Galco’s.

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627394 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627394 John Nese is really a great guy; he'll show you all around and knows everything about soda. I live an hour away (on the weekend) now, but still visit every now and then. I always pick up some Cheerwine and some Moxie Original Elixir, as well as an assortment of other things. I don't know if they always have it, but I'm pretty sure I've seen Nehi there before. John Nese is really a great guy; he’ll show you all around and knows everything about soda. I live an hour away (on the weekend) now, but still visit every now and then. I always pick up some Cheerwine and some Moxie Original Elixir, as well as an assortment of other things. I don’t know if they always have it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Nehi there before.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627398 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627398 Funny, I was just there Sunday! I too am approx ~1 hour away... I loaded up on the Cucumber Soda, can't get enough. I always leave with a truck and a backseat loaded, well over $100. It is by far one of the most pleasant places to go, because it's so simple, and every aisle is overflowing with potential cravings met. Funny, I was just there Sunday! I too am approx ~1 hour away… I loaded up on the Cucumber Soda, can’t get enough. I always leave with a truck and a backseat loaded, well over $100. It is by far one of the most pleasant places to go, because it’s so simple, and every aisle is overflowing with potential cravings met.

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627400 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627400 If you're ever in Dallas, check out The Soda Gallery (used to be Ifs, Ands, and Butts). Same kind of place as Galco's. http://www.thesodagallery.com/ If you’re ever in Dallas, check out The Soda Gallery (used to be Ifs, Ands, and Butts). Same kind of place as Galco’s. http://www.thesodagallery.com/

]]> By: _kevitivity http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627404 _kevitivity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627404 I'm a huge fan of Galco's. It's the only place I can consistently find Afri-Cola. It's just a quick drive from here in Pasadena too. I’m a huge fan of Galco’s. It’s the only place I can consistently find Afri-Cola. It’s just a quick drive from here in Pasadena too.

]]> By: 80slover http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-981460 80slover Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-981460 I remember them. My family LOVED that place. I remember them. My family LOVED that place.

]]> By: spstewart http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-627414 spstewart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-627414 I'm glad to see that someone outside of Texas is able to enjoy the greatest soda in the world. For years there was some kind of stipulation placed on the plant in Dublin that prohibited them from selling their Dr. Pepper outside of that area. I live about an hours drive from Dublin, so when it started hitting the stores here I was thrilled (although the drive there was worth it). And after watching this video I want to visit Galco's. I’m glad to see that someone outside of Texas is able to enjoy the greatest soda in the world. For years there was some kind of stipulation placed on the plant in Dublin that prohibited them from selling their Dr. Pepper outside of that area.

I live about an hours drive from Dublin, so when it started hitting the stores here I was thrilled (although the drive there was worth it). And after watching this video I want to visit Galco’s.

]]> By: 80slover http://boingboing.net/2009/11/03/video-about-worlds-g.html#comment-981462 80slover Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-981462 I forgot...Ours was in Virginia, Mn. The cream soda was my fav. I forgot…Ours was in Virginia, Mn. The cream soda was my fav.

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