KENOVA, W.Va. (AP) The jukebox plays Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” as Malli Jarrett and Nathaniel Fornash take turns at the Griffith & Feil Drug food counter preparing old-fashioned, soda-fountain phosphate drinks. Soda fountains like this were hugely popular a century ago. Often located in pharmacies, they were a gathering spot during Prohibition when bars […]
Soda fountains were once staples of US pharmacies in first half of the 20th century. Now almost 70 years since most started closing their doors, a small revival of the retro fountains has started.