A Trip to Galco’s
SUGAR HIGH
In Highland Park, hipsters, unhipsters, gangsters, and families all adore Galco’s, a beverage emporium carrying over 400 different brands of soda pop, beer, water, and drink. The spacious store, which has been family-owned for over 100 years and was once a neighborhood grocery, feels like a carbonated museum where old favorites can be appreciated in their vintage labels, alongside a selection of blast-from-the-past candies. Many of the drinks are from indie bottlers and feature artistic labels and designs (but beware of the lead paints). There’s a deli, with sandwiches and party platters, in the back and a small indoor area with plastic patio furniture to eat at. Party throwers can be seen pushing around their carts and filling them with a colorful selection of unique brews. Diabetics beware.
There is no produce here, only 100% CANDY!
It’s a little odd at first when you realize there is no food on the shelves, only bottles.
This was a delicious vanilla cream soda ($1.39), lightly carbonated, sweet and surpisingly very smooth. It even helped my upset stomach.
Get on their mailing list to see what new indie beverages will be arriving…
Galco’s
5702 York Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323) 255-7115
www.sodapopstop.com
As much as I appreciated Galco’s, I prefer to get my weird beverages from Asian markets. Stay tuned for my Aloe Vera juice taste test.
I think you need to top off that aloe vera juice taste test with the real thing - Vietnamese style.
Comment by Wandering Chopsticks — September 9, 2007 @ 8:14 am
WC - so true, so true. Thx for wandering by!
Comment by UnHip LA — September 9, 2007 @ 8:22 am
oooh, sounds like a cool place.
Comment by MK — September 10, 2007 @ 5:10 am