Old Doc’s Soda Shop, at the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant in Dublin Texas, is the home of a great old fashioned soda fountain. Although this soda shop is not particularly old, the fact that it’s contained within the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world makes it a good stand in for [...]
Beth Marie’s is a charming ice cream and soda shop on the Square in Denton Texas. This shop has so many of the features of an old time soda shop: authentic old building with presses tin ceilings, checkered floor, quaint soda shop tables, and an impressive counter complete with stools.
Highland Park Texas got its name because it sat on high land overlooking Dallas, and because of a plan to reserve 20% of the developed land for parks. Wilbur David Cook, who was one of the the planners of Beverly Hills, California, laid out the plans for development of the area. incorporated in 1913 [...]