Pop the Soda Shop

This review is in reference to the online portion of the store.
The website says nothing about the store being closed. You can place an order and pay for the order and then just wait.
And wait.
E-​mails and phone calls aren’t responded to, looking on here, now I realize because the store is obviously closed. If the store has been closed since at least Feb. 2011, I think August, 2011 might be well past due to put this on the site and stop allowing orders to fester.

I first strolled into this place while it was still located on Scottsdale Rd many years ago. I heard they carried a lot of novelty type drinks & went looking to try Nelly’s «Pimp Juice». While they did not carry it, I began asking about their energy drinks. They tried to sell me some «Sex Soda». Well. Being the conservative I am, was scepticle of this Sex Soda idea but they seemedto stand behind the fact this is by far better than any energy drink sold in other stores.
Sure enough, years later, I still make my special trips to this store for the Sex Soda & end up walking out with other random drinks or candies for myself or for gifts.

I have been to this little slice of Soda Pop heaven on two occasions now… just recently this past Saturday 8÷14÷10. Now trust me if you want to revisit you childhood days of going to the local mom and pop store in your hood and searching for that ice cold favorite drink of yours… then you have to visit this locale. They have every soda pop you can imagine both domestic and international. The also have various kinds of bottled water, tonics, sports drinks, energy drinks, and other specialty drinks.
The also have something that will definitely be a blast from the past for most of you that visit that shop… penny, nickel, and dime candies… that’s right just like when you were kids. Brace yourself now… they have moon pies… chicklets…fireballs…blowpops…tootsie pops… wax lips… junior mints… sugar daddy’s…boston baked beans… liquid wax bottles… and many many more.
Now the first time i went they didn’t have any Faygo pop except root beer in the can… i was very disappointed but the gentleman took my name and number and promised to call me when he got more flavors in. He called me on Saturday 8÷14÷2010 and that is why i am writing this review today… because he was a man of his word. I arrived at the shop and they had even more soda pop choices than the first time i went… and they even had more candy options as well.
I am a huge fan of Faygo Crème soda because Faygo is the «official pop» LOL for the state of Michigan. so needless to say i grew up drinking alot of Faygo soda when i was a kid. So i ended buying 4 bottles of Crème Soda, one grape, and one Rocking Rye… which is a cola Crème Soda i bought for my wife. Faygo also comes in orange and Red pop… which is cherry… but i didn’t get those this time.
Now be advised this place is not cheap… i spent a little over 8 bucks for my 6 pack of soda… which comes in Faygo’s original 12oz long neck bottles. While the soda can be a little expensive per bottle. you get a little discount for buying in bulk… and it is totally worth it to have a little slice of joy from your childhood days.
So if your ever longing for that cold soda that you use to long for on a hot summer day when you were a kid… and maybe a sweet treat to go along with it… well you can stop looking… just head over to «Pop the Soda Shop» in Scottsdale. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry my Friends!!!

My husband and I visited The Soda Shop on 7÷24÷10 and it was a blast from the past I got 4 types; a grape Pop Shoppe soda from my childhood, Nesbitt’s California Honey Lemonade I could get these in Chicago as recent as 2005, and two new ones for me a DRY soda (marketed towards grown ups) and Reinhart’s hand drawn Root Beer. This store front beats ordering off the internet any day so go give them your business people. If they don’t have something you want let them know and they will call you once it is instock.

What an adorable little idea. I was afraid they would go out of business when BevMo started getting big in Arizona but I’m glad to see it’s still doing well.
It used to be a must hit stop for me when I was a teen. Now that I’m a little older my tummy and teeth can’t handle all that stuff but I still have fond memories of it. Does anyone else remember when it was a TINY little nook? Their new location is much nicer.

Craving for a soda not in can, but in a bottle, you must come here. They have all sorts of different soda, root beer, cream soda, retro soda, and even international soda. Prices were not the best, but they do offer various selection. Excellent place to stuff a gift basket!

I love this little hidden gem. I love everything about it. I love the dirty floors and the slightly disorganized shelves, the bottle opener at check out so you don’t have to wait a second longer to drink your bottle of soda and the little penny candies available to purchase.
No it’s not a 5 star establishment but it is a 5 star experience! Pops brings such a sense of nostalgia. I kept finding sodas that I used to drink growing up in small town Idaho.
Pop’s has every soda you could possibly desire. The variety is intense and the flavors unique. Everything comes in a glass bottle and for some reason soda taste better in glass.
Pop’s can do no wrong in my eyes, I am in l-​o-​v-​e.

Ye Olde Poppe Shoppe… hear ye, hear ye… ah, never mind.
Pop the Soda Shop is fuckin’ awesome. You pay per bottle of soda so unfortunately it’s not the cheapest thing in the world, but considering the excellent quality of the sodas that you can get and their rich, amazing flavor, it’s well worth it. You’ll drink one and belch yourself into a soda coma for a bit.
I’m with Tim on this. Dublin Dr Pepper is awesome. I even had to read about it on Wikipedia:
«The Dublin plant is the nation’s oldest Dr Pepper bottler.»
«thus, the only way to purchase Dublin Dr Pepper is by coming to the Dublin area, ordering it online, or finding a store outside the area which sells „bootleg“ Dublin Dr Pepper (product purchased in the area then taken outside the area; the plant in Dublin doesn’t keep a record of who might sell it across Texas and beyond).»
If Dublin Dr Pepper sounds good to you, this is the place to get it, as well as a variety of Sorpanos-​themed Italian sodas, a gazillion different kinds of ginger beer, real cola, goddamn, it’s the best place in town.

Oh holy crap, The Pop Shop is so friggin’ awesome. They have so many different types of soda here. Today I picked up a Chai cola, some amaretto soda, limoncello flavored soda, a bunch of ginger beer and root beer, a few classic grape sodas, and a maple crème soda. So delicious! Then I went home and played Mario Galaxy 2 on the Wii. I felt like Tom Hanks in Big.
They have Dublin Dr. Pepper, which is so, so good. It’s kind of sad that so many soda companies just release cheap, yucky versions of their products for general consumers and you have to go to some out-​of-​the-​way place to get the version that actually tastes good. If you go to The Pop Shop and get a Coke in a glass bottle with real cane sugar you’ll realize that Coke actually tastes really, really good. The Dublin Dr. Pepper is so delicious that you can actually tell why Dr. Pepper caught on in the first place.
They’re closed on Sundays, though.

They have root beer in pony kegs! This place is nuts! I bought 4 different flavors of cream soda. WOW! It was the most different varieties of sodas that I have ever seen in one place. Too much things for my mind to process. Must go back to take in all the things going on.

After my coworkers and I claiming a million times we were going to go to the interesting place behind Fiesta Burrito, it took a friend being in the area and proclaiming its glory for me to head over after work one day for a quick impromptu meetup.
It was well worth it.
Talk about a million different types of sodas for almost every desire humanly possible. Most of them are not cold and in a few aisles across the store. A select few are cold in the coolers in the back and ready to drink on the spot. I headed straight to the back and decided on one of the ginger beers, which ended up being a great choice. It was just a little over a dollar, and I was asked if I wanted a straw as I paid for it. Um yes, I heart all accessories… even beverage ones such as straws.
They have some seats outside in case you want to sit and enjoy some Scottsdale people watching. The staff is very friendly and helpful also.
Warning that there is a $ 5 purchase limit to use a credit/​debit card.
I will definitely be back. My only real wish is that the inside was more inviting. I didn’t feel persuaded to browse the aisles and instead went straight for the cold selection.

I can’t recommend this place highly enough. It’s small, smells a little musty and has a bare concrete floor, and none of that matters. It is the Mecca of soda shops.
They have row upon row of sodas, organized (loosely) by flavor. There’s a row of colas, a row of root beers, a row of fruit flavors. There’s a giant glass-​fronted refrigerator in the back, where a wide variety of their products are available to purchase already chilled.
Want Mexican Coca Cola (the kind actually made with sugar)? They have it. Want four different kinds of diet ginger ale? They have it. Want enough energy drinks to keep you awake through finals week without drinking the same thing twice? Yes.
Other than soda, they have ice cream, candy, tea and flavored syrups.
Go there! Taste the yummy!

Hop on over to Pop the Soda Shop. Pop the Soda Shop will be your one stop shop for all the soda you can quaff.
The staff knows their stuff at Pop the Soda Shop. If there’s a pop the soda shop don’t got they’ll know where it can be got.
Feel like some Capt. Eli’s Root Beer? In stock. Fukola Cola? Already chilled. Olde Brooklyn Birch Beer? Yep. Maine Root Sarsaparilla? Would you like to open it now? Buderim Aussie Style Ginger Brew? Of course. Taylor’s Tonic’s Cola Azteca? Yum. Pink Love Potion # 69? Don’t drink it too fast…
Manhattan Special Espresso Soda? You betcha. Fentimans Mandarin and Seville Orange Jigger? I’ve heard it’s refreshing. How about a White Rock Organic Red Peach? Sounds good. Zuberfizz Vanilla Cream Soda? Got that too. Feeling herbal? Try the Kombucha Wonder Drink. The Unknown Dread is an interesting energy drink…
As you can see, they have some variety.

When I was a little girl we used to go to this soda place. I don’t know what it was called. I don’t know where it was either but it was a schlep. Anyway, they would give you a wooden case and you’d fill it with a mix/​match variety of whatever you wanted. And they had whatever you wanted. I couldn’t have imagined a kind of pop (yes, that’s what we called it in Cleveland) that they didn’t have. We’d always take home a couple of crates. I still wax nostalgic about that place from time to time.
Little did I know that there was a place right here in the valley that brought my 19? era (thought I’d tell you, didn’t you) soda shop into the 21^st century. Pop the Soda Shop has every flavor imaginable and some I never imagined.
I happily purchased one of my hard-​to-​get favorites, Doc Brown’s Diet Black Cherry, and at a much better price than I’ve paid elsewhere. Abby got Root Beer imported from a local Boston purveyor and Emma got her favorite, Mexican Coke, where they use real sugar. If you’re over thirty and haven’t had it, it’s like Coke used to taste before the corn lobby got involved. I’m not sure what Jim got, some sort of Pelligrino Orange soda. He also got a bottle of water shaped like a flask which he’s very happy with because he can slide it into the cargo pocket of his shorts.
Pops prices are reasonable, their selection is incredible and the place is just plain fun. The nostalgia was free.
Oh, and the wooden crate was replaced by a cardboard Faygo sixpack holder.

I have been here several times now so it’s time I write a review.
I LOVE this place!!! Seriously! Ok, I know soda is bad for me weather is full on cane sugar or diet stuff, it’s all bad. We all have are vices right? At least I limit myself to one per day. I try to keep the addiction in check. And I love variety. I could easily get stuck in a rut with Pepsi, Coke, and Dr. Pepper but at Pop The Soda Shop that is impossible!
There are rows and rows of soda. If you can imagine it, they probably have it. It’s amazing! They even carry some types of water and energy drinks. My favorite is the Root Beer isle. They must have 50 types of root beer! I love trying different types of root beer and this is the place to go if you love the beer of root.
They have Dr. Pepper in little bottles! YUM! And Stewart’s Key Lime soda which is the BOMB! If you have not tried it, you must! I also happen to be a fan of Cheer Wine and they’ve got plenty of that too. Of course they have the «real» coke in glass bottles too. An ice cold coke in a bottle is the best!
If you just can’t wait to try something they have just about everything cold in the cases in the back. And if ya go on a hot day, that is a must.
The staff are knowledgeable and very helpful. I have bought cases and they have happily put them in my care for me.
I would rather give my hard earned dollars to a locally owend and operated store than a big box store when I have a choice. So go and stock up on your soda here! It’s worth the trip wherever you are.

Everything here is wonderful!
The staff knows there stuff!
The price is perfect for what you get!
Go here!

An authentic landmark just down the road from the vapid consumerism taking place at the Fashion Square. The selection is superb, my only complaint being their slow inventory renewal process. I typically come in for my stalwarts– Dublin Dr. Pepper and Dr. Tima Root Beer– but I always leave with a few new bottles to sample.
A great spot that even Ms. Pussy Katz, of Flakes fame, would approve of.

I FINALLY made it into this place and totally stoked! I gave up drinking soda a long time ago, and will have one every once in a great while but after walking through the POP doors, I’m in trouble. They seriously have everything in this place, my personal fave being the Boyland Vintage Soda Pop Crème Soda! I seriously turned into a giddy kid when I got in there. I stopped in with a couple girlfriends during a lunch break, and will have to definitely go back and grab some more Soda Pop. They have really great novelty bottles too that make for creative gifts, as I purchased one today for a buddy of mine.
Last but not least they have a good lil selection of novelty candy. Wax Stache’s, wax lips, pop rocks along side with a handful more of those vintage candy memories. Make the effort to stop by and check it out.
Worth the file and the price, (which I have to add is cheap), for good cane sugar soda, not that crappy fructose schtuff. They do have diet alternatives for you health conscious individuals as well :)

This place brings me happiness…
I have been planning a retro cocktail party in a suite at the Valley Ho for my husbands B-​day. The hotel offers a «retro soda and candy» basket they place in the room upon arrival. I found out for $ 30 it only comes with 3 sodas. (Yikes!) So I did some research and found this wonderful place. Now I have enough to serve my entire guest list for the same price.
These are busy, hectic and stressful times — so it’s nice to feel like you’re going back in time to a more simple, fun way of life. Today my husband and I met at Pop The Soda Shop after a long day at work and had a little «mini» date, picking out a variety of soda’s and having a toast outside to our stolen moment of happiness together.
My favorite is the Buderim Ginger Beer, but Craig loves the orange cream. You can’t go wrong. There’s something there for everyones palette.

If you like soda or pop or soda pop or whatever you prefer to call it, now would be a good time to come to my house. We have 31 bottles… or we did, I’ve seen my husband with a different drink several times today.
Half the fun is the shopping, the other half the drinking of course. Don’t believe they have every soda imaginable, however. No Sun Drop (I’m not sure they ever stock it anymore) and no Dublin Dr. Pepper for now. But, we did manage to find plenty else to try. I won’t name everything we bought – partly because you probably don’t care and partly because you need to be surprised when you visit!
And with that, I believe I am a little parched. I think I hear a Sprecher cool & spicy ginger ale calling.