He told me that this was not exactly your average ice cream shop ... “We’re getting the real soda fountains in soon,” John told me. “They’re going to be beautiful [pointing to an ...

The first soda fountain patent was granted to Samuel Fahnestock ... "There was a time when every town had an old-fashioned ice cream parlor with wispy metal chairs around glass-topped tables ...

drink machines at fast food restaurants mix the soda and flavored syrup on the spot as it comes out of the fountain, instead ...