Obsessives: Soda Pop – CHOW.com


www.chow.com To order soda www.sodapopstop.com John Nese is the proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lovers destination. About 500 pops line the shelves, sourced lovingly by John from around the world. John has made it his mission to keep small soda-makers afloat and help them find their consumers. Galcos also acts as a distributor for restaurants and bars along the West Coast, spreading the gospel of soda made with cane sugar (no high-fructose corn syrup if John can avoid it).

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    1. guy in video- i love everything about you, your store and your philosophy… that’s right… I LOVE YOU!!!

    2. COME TO SWITZERLAND WE LOVE SODAS!

    3. lol omfg candy cigarettes!!! Haven’t seen those since I was like 10.

    4. Love this it made me remember my child hood growing up and collecting bottle to return to the store.Glass bottles that is,He is right the taste of soda made with sugar is all the difference .The bottle too.

    5. Love this it made me remember my child hood growing up and collecting blottle to return to the store.Glass bottles that is,He is right the taste of soda made with sugar is all the difference .The bottle too.

    6. If we had a free market, businesses like his would be the norm. It’s not a dream, but a promise minarchists intend to deliver on.

    7. He doesn’t have everything, he doesn’t have Julmust

    8. i just went to this place today its 20 minutes away from my house and the have all sorts of sodas, i bought 60 different sodas, this guy is also very nice and made some great reccomendations

    9. @Bubblywaters07 5702 York Boulevard,
      Los Angeles, California 90042
      Oo look at the description

    10. I have to agree on the cane sugar vs corn syrup. In Canada our pop (soda) is made with cane sugar and I’ve been told by several Americans that our Coca-Cola is the best they’ve tasted.

    11. please bring this place to DFW Texas!

    12. 30 people work for Coke and Pepsi.

    13. 30 people here obviously have parents that didn’t allow them to drink pop when they were children. Poor kids… =(

    14. just got back with a bucket load of sodas from this place, can’t wait to try them all :)

    15. this guys is so awesome

    16. Where is this Soda Pop Shop??? I love me some coke, and sprite. But I have never heard of even one of the sodas he showed!

    17. i offiially love this guyy!!!

    18. If this mans shop was in my neighborohood I would never be drunk….just hoped up on soda.

    19. You, my man, are one in a million. People like you make me wish I never gave up soda. Keep on rocking, the world deserves better than Coke and pepsi!

    20. wow!

    21. This is great! I wish he was around my corner in Groningen!

    22. This guy is a genius! I would love to see a Root Beer Cola, I always mix my Root Beer with Coke every time I get the chance to.

    23. I would love to be in the bathroom then come out to notice i was locked out and they closed and then i pass out 300 bottles of sodas later!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    24. I love this store!

    25. thank-you, sir. you are the antichrist of the modern day sellout. and i appreciate you for that.

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