Discovered: Another “Drug Store” Soda Fountain

By CHARLES FERRUZZA

As readers of Fat City know, I’ve been on a mission to find the last remaining drug stores that still have soda fountains. So far, I’ve had excellent chocolate malts and cheeseburgers at the Fox Drug Store in Raytown and ice cream sodas at the Corner Pharmacy in Leavenworth. I recently discovered the Georgetown Pharmacy, located in a nondescript building (blink and you’ll miss it – seriously!) at 5605 Merriam Drive. A co-worker of mine noticed it one day and encouraged me to check it out. I was in my car the very next day.

A visit to the “Old Time Soda Fountain & Espresso Shop” is certainly the only reason I’d ever want to visit the Georgetown Pharmacy, which bears absolutely no resemblance to any drug store I know of.