# What are some chain places that serve cherry soda with actual cherries in it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [October 20, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827 "2023-10-20T05:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/1 "2023-10-20T05:33:19Z")
Restaurant or Fast Food. I think Sonic is the only fast food place I can think of that serves cherry soda with cherries in it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/2 "2023-10-20T05:39:51Z")
Dairy Queen will add them. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/3 "2023-10-20T17:05:18Z")
Does it need to be a particular menu item? Because I doubt we’ll find a national chain that would devote the space. But I’d also hope a place that had cherries at all might stir some into a drink (or side of ranch) with a polite request at a reasonable time. Besides places with bar cherries (Olive Garden, Chilis, TGI-bees, etc), pancake restaurants with fruit like IHOP & Denny’s. And there are some high-end chains that I’d expect an effortless accommodation like Fogo or Gibson’s. Is Hard Rock Casino a restaurant chain? ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/4 "2023-10-21T22:40:11Z")
Johnny Rockets ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/5 "2023-10-22T01:07:39Z")
Braum’s Genghis Grill. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/6 "2023-10-22T01:15:38Z")
When I ordered Coke with grenadine at Applebee’s, they’d always put a cherry in it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/7 "2023-10-22T01:18:20Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Coke with grenadine at Applebee’s, they’d always put a cherry in it. > **[Roy Rogers Drink - Simply Made Recipes](https://www.simplymaderecipes.com/roy-rogers-drink/)** > > A Roy Rogers Drink is a simple, kid-friendly mocktail made with cola and grenadine topped with maraschino cherries. You can also turn this childhood favorite into an adult beverage with the addition of bourbon.  ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/8 "2023-10-22T02:21:14Z")
Tough guys drink wild cherry phosphate. It’s made from syrup of cherry tree bark, which contains a teeny amount of cyanide, plus acid phosphate, an additive that gives it extra bite. An old soda fountain perennial that fell out of fashion. Too bad. Look it up and you’ll want to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/9 "2023-10-22T18:44:52Z")
That reminds me of when I was a little girl and my parents would let me have a Shirley Temple if we ate out at a “fancy” restaurant. The only difference between the two drinks was that Roy was made with cola and Shirley used lemon-lime soda. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/10 "2025-02-06T15:07:15Z")
That’s not cherry cola. Grenadine is pomegranate flavoring. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/11 "2025-02-06T17:41:36Z")
Grenadine, sprite or 7-up, one or two cherries, a lime slice. =Cherry Limeade. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/12 "2025-02-06T20:00:46Z")
I always considered the cherry to be a separate thing. A cherry Coke has a bit of cherry flavoring. Putting a cherry in either doesn’t add any flavor or adds a very wrong flavor. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-chain-places-that-serve-cherry-soda-with-actual-cherries-in-it/991827/13 "2025-02-06T20:31:19Z")
I’ve never heard of putting a cherry into cherry cola. I put Maraschino cherries into lemonade and Hopalong Cassidys (what my dad ordered for me instead of “Shirley Temples”), but nothing else. I would die for an authentic cherry phosphate! Bridgeman’s in MPS/StP had them as late as the '80s (when I moved away), but they’re gone now. So is Bean and Baker in Toronto, a victim of the COVID pandemic. 😢 Cherry and Lime phosphates are two of my cherished childhood memories!