Galco's Soda Pop Stop

(Credit: Los Angeles Times/Ken Hively)

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The name alone is indication that this "stop" could just as well be in Kansas (really, does anyone say "soda pop" around these parts?). Cult fans know the storied history of Galco's. It opened first as an Italian market in Downtown L.A. back in 1897, then settled in its current location as a deli in 1955. The deli's still there in the back and offers a competent menu of sandwiches and the like. But the true one-of-a-kind experience is in the shelves upon shelves, bottles upon bottles of obscure, truly trivia-worthy "pops"—so old-time that most are made of honest-to-goodness sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup. Even Coca-Cola comes in a bottle here. And as long as you're going into sugar shock, mosey on over to the candy counter and stock up on classics like Clark bars and Jujubes; the Hershey bars come in old-fashioned packaging to appeal to your retro side.

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