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After my boyfriend showed me this video last week on Chow.com, I questioned just how far I was willing to drive for an unbeatable selection of old-school sodas.   Turns out, 25 miles didn’t deter us and we had a great time racing through the aisles filled with double brewed colas, spicy ginger ales and exotic flavors like rose blossom, cucumber and banana.  After dropping over $60 on soda and candy, we swore to drink them occasionally and give them away as fun gifts, but I highly doubt both statements.

61 comments

1 monicais { 11.23.09 at 1:22 am }

I love this place too!!!! Such a sugary delight! love your blog!
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2 Jen Tarte { 11.23.09 at 1:27 am }

That sounds like such a great place to check out! My bf would love that.

3 Valerie { 11.23.09 at 1:51 am }

i love the chow vids on youtube most of them are super short and i always pick up a tip/trick or two.

4 Sarah-Lou { 11.23.09 at 2:35 am }

Love this post – I had the feeling I was in the shop with you, and it was great!

5 Marie { 11.23.09 at 3:20 am }

Great colors in the pictures… The soda bottles look beautiful and the cany looked good enough to eat. How fun, thanks for sharing with us!!

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6 kirsty { 11.23.09 at 4:16 am }

looks great i want to go there x

7 Jessica { 11.23.09 at 4:39 am }

Wow! What a fun store! What was the most bizarre flavor you picked up?

8 Kelly @ Dare to be Domestic { 11.23.09 at 6:32 am }

I would have been in heaven! I love soda too much but I would be hard pressed to pass up any of this stuff for sake of a diet! Love the pictures!

9 Jacqueline { 11.23.09 at 6:40 am }

pop rocks! this store looks amazing.

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10 Pretty Little World { 11.23.09 at 6:43 am }

This store looks like so much fun, and your photos are fantastic!! 25 miles would not deter me from getting to this place either!

11 Anna { 11.23.09 at 7:06 am }

From living and traveling throughout Africa, I can say that here, you only ever see old school glass bottles and candies from the 90’s!

12 Sally { 11.23.09 at 7:31 am }

How incredibly fun! My husband is considering buying a machine to make his OWN soda, so I know he’d appreciate this shop.

13 Sarah { 11.23.09 at 7:35 am }

What a fun store and weekend adventure! I love all the candy options!

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14 Alice D. Millionaire { 11.23.09 at 7:56 am }

you can always go back for more…

15 Maria { 11.23.09 at 8:03 am }

Galcos was my favorite place to go during college! It was just down the street, so I probably tried every soda in the store. It’s great to see it featured on your blog- what a good memory. :)

16 PS~Erin { 11.23.09 at 8:28 am }

Oh, they are so pretty! I totally found myself smiling at all the photos! Love your last statement too… Would definitely make fun gifts though.

17 Maddy { 11.23.09 at 8:35 am }

How fun!! I wished we had something similar in Jersey !

18 Raquel { 11.23.09 at 8:45 am }

Lovely store! I looking for some similar in Boston area :D
xoxo

19 Lauren { 11.23.09 at 9:00 am }

What a cool store! Love those pics. :)

20 The Lil Bee { 11.23.09 at 9:06 am }

Are you kidding me with these photos?! I am so supremely jealous!!

21 Chaucee { 11.23.09 at 9:11 am }

Give them away?! Ah I would keep them all and save the bottles to reuse.

22 Taylor { 11.23.09 at 9:22 am }

WOW, where is this? So adorable! I love it! Looks like you had a great time.

23 Snapshot Fashion { 11.23.09 at 9:34 am }

this store looks like SO MUCH FUN! my sweet tooth is jealous…

24 Francesca { 11.23.09 at 9:59 am }

umm..try spending ur summers as a child in Waco, Texas where the only cool thing is the Dr Pepper Museum and Dr Pepper floats, its like heaven on earth. MAKE US A GOOD FLOAT RECIPE WITH YOUR NEW SODAS!!!

xoxo,
F

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25 Cafe Fashionista { 11.23.09 at 10:31 am }

Ohmigosh this is the cutest shop ever! I want to go! :)

26 naomi megan. { 11.23.09 at 10:31 am }

oh my gosh! don’t show my husband this post! he just might die of jealousy!

and your shirt is very lovely, emily. i love it.

xo

27 mart and lu { 11.23.09 at 10:36 am }

oh so fun! you know what this reminds me of? the gummy soda licious pops that we used to get in snack packs…

i think they have discontinued them but wouldn’t that be just so lovely?

and i have to agree with naomi…your shirt is just so lovely!

28 Amanda { 11.23.09 at 10:55 am }

Where did you get the Faygo? That’s from Detroit, my hometown! My favorite is Red Pop. So good!

29 The Socialite { 11.23.09 at 11:21 am }

Oooh! How very fun! I must find this magical place! ;)

30 fat mum slim { 11.23.09 at 11:45 am }

I’m kinda thankful that we don’t have a store like that in Australia {that I know of!} as it could be incredibly dangerous.

And how lovely do you look when even just shopping. Do people stop to tell you so?

31 Lexie { 11.23.09 at 11:49 am }

my boyfriend and i are always trying out new sodas!

i must make a suggestion! if you like root beer, try the virgil’s brand! soooooo yum.

32 Jessica (Haute Teapot) { 11.23.09 at 11:50 am }

That sounds like so much fun. xo.

33 Keely { 11.23.09 at 12:47 pm }

Galco’s is right by my house, love it! I could spend so much time (and money) wandering the aisles. Great feature!

34 Rachel (heart of light) { 11.23.09 at 12:51 pm }

So fun! We drove 25 miles this weekend just to buy an old bike off Craigslist (obviously not my idea). This would have been way more fun.

35 TheBeautyFile { 11.23.09 at 1:11 pm }

This looks like a fantastic outing! Very Wonka-esque!

36 Lauren { 11.23.09 at 1:19 pm }

What a fun date!

37 Melanie { 11.23.09 at 1:23 pm }

My boyfriend and I love this store! My fave is the Mint Julep soda. If you don’t live in LA their website is:

sodapopstop.com

38 Sophie { 11.23.09 at 1:39 pm }

That’s kind of amazing!!! They would be cool gifts, hehe.

39 Piper { 11.23.09 at 2:14 pm }

Oh how fun! Makes me wish I lived closer. Thank you Melanie for the site address. =)

40 Melissa Blake { 11.23.09 at 2:18 pm }

I’m surprised you could stop at $60. I’m not sure I’d have that sort of willpower! xoxo

41 Dina's Days { 11.23.09 at 2:57 pm }

I grew up in the Mid East and we only drank soda out of bottles like those Pepsi ones. When I went back this summer, I tracked what’s left of them down in the city to take an empty one home!

Dina’s Days is giving away a beautiful clutch!
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42 janis { 11.23.09 at 4:11 pm }

i quite enjoy that there are coke bottles in pepsi cases :)

looks like a fun little day trip.

XOXO

43 Miri { 11.23.09 at 5:10 pm }

Candy buttons! And coke alllways tastes better in a glass bottle. If not, a can. Coke in plastic bottles tastes too fizzy!

44 Wonderfelle { 11.23.09 at 5:50 pm }

I showed the video to my boyfriend who seriously can’t leave a grocery store without looking for a “unique drink” and he immediately went to the website to have a bunch shipped to us! Any favorites?

45 Gabrielle Smith { 11.23.09 at 6:43 pm }

Oh, Fitz’s! How fabulous – we go to the bottling plant to eat whenever we go up to St. Louis! Their strawberry pop is out of this world!

46 fashiontherapist { 11.23.09 at 7:01 pm }

HOW FUN!!!!

47 EmilythePanda { 11.23.09 at 7:07 pm }

you make me want to do the same thing. the only place i can think of doing this at is in denver colorado.. and im illinois. BOO.

48 aja { 11.23.09 at 7:15 pm }

where is this store at???

49 Nicole Marie { 11.23.09 at 8:56 pm }

oh my gosh cutest place ever! enjoy every one of those sodas. i bet you can do something super cute with the empty bottles!

50 pinkypixie { 11.24.09 at 6:13 am }

I love the coke and pepsi from mexico it taste so much better than the one from here!! this store loooks awesome!!

51 French Lover { 11.24.09 at 6:46 am }

These pictures are amazing! I wish I could find a store like that in Paris..

52 *c from rock my world { 11.24.09 at 9:27 am }

no way! this is just around the corner from me, and my husband LOVES it!

53 Closet Cravings { 11.24.09 at 12:29 pm }

How fun! I’m so jealous. It is a really great gift idea. =)

54 All Women Stalker { 11.24.09 at 3:25 pm }

Your dress/top also has an old-school feel to it. :)

-meream

55 Chessa! { 11.24.09 at 5:26 pm }

lol…you guys are so cute. I think we’d make the same promises but find them difficult to keep!

56 Sara { 11.24.09 at 7:08 pm }

Amazing! How fun is that store. I love that places like this one still exist. Great blog!

57 tiffany { 11.24.09 at 8:05 pm }

fun! we love fun sodas like that too. i think it was worth the drive! :)

58 Dee { 11.24.09 at 9:21 pm }

SO cool!

59 Henriette { 11.25.09 at 1:15 pm }

Aww, that store looks so cute !
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60 Luxe. { 11.26.09 at 8:03 am }

I LOVE your watch!!.x

61 lauren { 11.28.09 at 2:52 pm }

awwww, Fitz’s! right here in St. louis!!

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