They haven't fizzled out (pharmacies with soda fountains)

[rph3664]

This wire story appeared in my local newspaper today. You couldn't do this at CVS, that's for sure.

Long after heyday, soda fountain pharmacies still got fizz

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. Often located in pharmacies, they were a gathering spot during Prohibition when bars shut down. In...

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[mentos]

I went to an independent in Bar Harbor, Maine that had one. It was kinda gross though. Just a ton of syrup with carbonated water, it was like drinking a Jolly Rancher. I prefer the bottled blueberry soda that you buy in stores there.

 

[RXDOC1986]

This is a stupid joke my Dentist "friend." would come up with 30 years ago.
What is the main difference between an R.Ph. and a Pharm.D.?
- one knows how to make milk shakes

 

[WVUPharm2007]

This is a stupid joke my Dentist "friend." would come up with 30 years ago.
What is the main difference between an R.Ph. and a Pharm.D.?
- one knows how to make milk shakes

I would have taken the BSPharm route if milkshake training was included. And I were given the option.

 

[mentos]

This is a stupid joke my Dentist "friend." would come up with 30 years ago.
What is the main difference between an R.Ph. and a Pharm.D.?
- one knows how to make milk shakes

Isn't a PharmD also an Rph?

 

[CNJ_Anon]

Isn't a PharmD also an Rph?

It used to be a given that a PharmD was also an RPh. But with NAPLEX pass rates around 80%, there is now a sizable population of Doctors of Pharmacy who are not Registered Pharmacists. I'm increasingly wondering where they end up....

Is it too obvious to mention that many retail pharmacies still sell soda? It's just in bottles now.

 

[RXDOC1986]

Isn't a PharmD also an Rph?

Back in the stone age, there were two separate, distinct tracts. My school, at the time was the first All-Pharm.D. school, outside of California. The large state school, down the road, would graduate 120-150 R.Ph.s and only 5-6 Pharm.D.s.
Believe it or not, a huge separation.

 

[Pronounce Doxazosin]

A pharmacy and a restaurant in one building sounds like a logistic/inspection nightmare

 

[mentos]

Back in the stone age, there were two separate, distinct tracts. My school, at the time was the first All-Pharm.D. school, outside of California. The large state school, down the road, would graduate 120-150 R.Ph.s and only 5-6 Pharm.D.s.
Believe it or not, a huge separation.

But the PharmDs are also RPh when they get their license.

 

[RXDOC1986]

But the PharmDs are also RPh when they get their license.

It's the premise of a bad joke! What do you want from me?

 

[sunnyandseventytwo]

This one fizzled out: Watson’s Soda Fountain & Cafe in Old Towne Orange is closing

Hey, this one still exists: Welcome to Fair Oaks Pharmacy! | A South Pasadena Landmark Since 1915 I had my one and only lime rickey there. One was enough.

 

[RXDOC1986]

This is the hard hitting discourse, and controversy I am looking for when I come to this forum.
I just can't take much more of "should I go to Pharmacy school?" "I just love being buried under a mountain of debt"

My input: In Downtown Duluth, GA, there was a Rexall Drugstore attached to an old time diner. I went in the Drugstore, to say hi to the pharmacist (27-29 yrs ago) she turned out to be an ex-Eckerd Pharmacist, now owning the Drug Store and the Diner. They even had a milk shake counter. Me being young and naive, asked her how professional it was to have milk shakes and connected to the diner. She told me most her income was from the diner and not the pharmacy. Now the Pharmacy is gone, the diner is still killing it with the locals.

 

[mentos]

This is the hard hitting discourse, and controversy I am looking for when I come to this forum.
I just can't take much more of "should I go to Pharmacy school?" "I just love being buried under a mountain of debt"

My input: In Downtown Duluth, GA, there was a Rexall Drugstore attached to an old time diner. I went in the Drugstore, to say hi to the pharmacist (27-29 yrs ago) she turned out to be an ex-Eckerd Pharmacist, now owning the Drug Store and the Diner. They even had a milk shake counter. Me being young and naive, asked her how professional it was to have milk shakes and connected to the diner. She told me most her income was from the diner and not the pharmacy. Now the Pharmacy is gone, the diner is still killing it with the locals.

Good food and drinks will always be successful. Everyone loves to pay for food and milkshakes, even if they're expensive. No one wants to pay for meds, even if they're $1. Not customers, not insurance.

 

[Sparda29]

This place looks good. Grab a double cheeseburger while you're picking up your statin.