How did a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawn so many names and variations? An expert in American dialects explains.

The Highland Park Soda Fountain in Dallas, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012, shut down in 2018. The Central Drug Store in Bessemer City, North Carolina, open 94 years, closed in 2021.

Would you consider soda a medicinal beverage? Selling drinks purported to have health benefits has been around far longer than you might imagine.

The Highland Park Soda Fountain in Dallas, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012, shut down in 2018. The Central Drug Store in Bessemer City, North Carolina, open 94 years, closed in 2021.

As soda fountain manufacturing and efficiency improved, ... Mom-and-pop drug stores eventually couldn’t keep up with tightening government regulations or competition from mall food courts, ...

Brandon Shahniani serves up cold treats from the 100-year-old soda fountain at the Fair Oaks Pharmacy in South Pasadena, CA, on Tuesday, July 24, 2024.

Whether you call it soda or pop, there's no denying that something about fountain drinks makes them taste different from what ...

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However, as far as fountain Surge is concerned, apparently, Burger King is your only option. It isn’t the first time Burger King has tempted fast food customers with the soda.

Customers dine at Griffith & Feil Drug in Kenova, W. Va. The pharmacy opened in 1892 with a soda fountain counter that was taken out in 1957 but reopened in 2004.