# Unusual fountain drinks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508 "2016-11-11T16:31:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508/41 "2016-12-07T02:45:48Z")

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> [@Balthisar](#):
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> Was this recent? I miss seeing Vernor’s as a fountain drink ubiquitously. I remember that it was a fountain drink at Subway as far back as 1989, when I used to self-serve it to myself quite regularly.

I’m pretty sure Halo Burger will be serving Vernor’s as long as both companies are still in business.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508/42 "2016-12-07T04:11:56Z")

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Green River I see here and there in the Chicago area. Not common, but I see it around. Does Big Red count? I’ve seen it in Kansas City, but it’s a regional soda, so I don’t know if it’s super common there and elsewhere (I think it’s a southern thing?). Loganberry I know from Buffalo, and I think the Ted’s outpost in Phoenix has it, too. I know they sell it, and I assume it’s on the fountain, but can’t remember.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508/43 "2016-12-07T16:48:17Z")

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Quite a few… trendy\* fast-casual places in Dallas, Austin and Houston have the Boylan, Maine Root or Dublin Bottling cane sugar sodas instead of the almost ubiquitous Coke/Pepsi options.

\*you know the type of place- ones where they’re actively trying to be cool and hip.

There’s a local burger joint chain(Twisted Root) that makes their own strange root beers on a periodic basis (weekly, I think).

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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-fountain-drinks/771508/44 "2016-12-08T06:06:02Z")

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> [@bump](#):
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> Quite a few… trendy\* fast-casual places in Dallas, Austin and Houston have the Boylan, Maine Root or Dublin Bottling cane sugar sodas instead of the almost ubiquitous Coke/Pepsi options.
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> \*you know the type of place- ones where they’re actively trying to be cool and hip.
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> There’s a local burger joint chain(Twisted Root) that makes their own strange root beers on a periodic basis (weekly, I think).

I’ve seen that in a lot of Seattle restaurants too. For that matter, for a few years Seahawks Stadium/CenturyLink only sold Jones Soda. They now sell Coca-Cola.

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