Detroit's Faygo

[East Detroit]

Hey, it was done for Velvet Peanut Butter...

So, now calling all Faygo fans...

Anyone know where to get the 3 liter bottles? How about the glass bottle 6 packs?

Also, whats your favorite place to get crazy flavors? There are about 50 of them, but usually I just see the top 5... My latest search is for Black Raspberry and Creme Soda [[not Vanilla)...

[M CD M]

I rarely see the 3 liters, but have seen them at biglots before.
The 6 pack glass I haven't seen at all this year.
Most of the places I go to seem to not have rock n rye in the last few months.
Top five for me would be

Rock N Rye
Red Pop
Rootbeer
Ice tea
Grape

[msamslex]

3 liters can be found at Dollar Tree, usually orange, red pop, and root beer I believe.

[Gannon]

The six packs in bottles were available last time I was in Pure Detroit in the Guardian building...and their location up in the Fisher too, I'm sure.


I am a fan of SUGAR-sweetened Faygo...and an enemy of High Fructose Corn Syrup poisoned Faygo...so if we could perhaps make a distinction I will be happy!


They are NOT the same stuff, not by any measure even into imagination.

Cheers

[Zacha341]

Wow, talk about a memory maker! I've lost my taste for ultra sweet pop like Faygo but my favorites were:

Pineapple [[something, not sure of actual name) it was really refreshing!
Red Pop [[Ahh that wonderful food coloring number # Specter 31fX-2)
Rock and Rye [[what a unique flavor)

I used to like a nearly frozen red pop with fried fish on a hot summer day. Absolutely decadent!! ROTFL!

Recall the red tongue you'd get after drinking that stuff. LOL!

I rarely see the 3 liters, but have seen them at biglots before.
The 6 pack glass I haven't seen at all this year.
Most of the places I go to seem to not have rock n rye in the last few months.
Top five for me would be

Rock N Rye
Red Pop
Rootbeer
Ice tea
Grape

[Meddle]

Rock-n-Rye floats were great.

My primary was Creme Soda though. Haven't found that in eons.



What was the other brand where you could mix 'n match individual bottles to make a case? They were located in what seemed to be vacant store fronts. No decor at all, hardly even any lights. Cases were stacked everywhere, all kinds of weird flavors. You picked up the wooden case when you went in and brought back the case and the empty bottles on your next trip.

[Hermod]

Rock-n-Rye floats were great.

My primary was Creme Soda though. Haven't found that in eons.



What was the other brand where you could mix 'n match individual bottles to make a case? They were located in what seemed to be vacant store fronts. No decor at all, hardly even any lights. Cases were stacked everywhere, all kinds of weird flavors. You picked up the wooden case when you went in and brought back the case and the empty bottles on your next trip.

Lolli-Pop with their Doctor Lolli Dr Pepper rip=off.

Last Doctor Lolli store I saw was in Virginia in the mid-seventies.

Supposedly pure cane sugar.

[faygoa1history]

Town club had many flavors with some weird names.... The Pepsi flavor was called pop a go go

[Ed Golick]

Any flavor Faygo is fine with me, but I don't care for the Obama Punch.

[Jimaz]

I should again mention the admirable passion of John Nese. Faygo is mentioned.

Obsessives: Soda Pop - CHOW.com

To order soda: Galcos Soda Pop Stop

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).

[dfunkycity]

I should again mention the admirable passion of John Nese. Faygo is mentioned.

Obsessives: Soda Pop - CHOW.com

I've seen that Galcos place on the food network a few times.

Cool stuff

[gnome]

Meddle, I think you're thinking about Town Club Pop. The kind of place where you wouldn't be surprised to find liver and onions flavor. On the sugar vs corn sweetner thing, I wish I could tell the difference because I like the high-minded idea of cane sugar over some test-tube concoction but I'm afraid my tastebuds betray my moral rectitude, for I can't tell the difference.

[DetroitPlanner]

Meddle, I think you're thinking about Town Club Pop. The kind of place where you wouldn't be surprised to find liver and onions flavor.

Another chain was in the area too called the Whistle Stop Pop Shop. It was very similar to the Towne Club stores.

[Meddle]

Yeah, Town Club, that's it.

[FlyingJ]

Jimaz, while Galco's is great[[the robbery scenes from "Reservoir Dogs" was shot across the street, and Obama's alma mater is a brisk walk up the hill) I should point out BevMo! carries Faygo & all the oddball pop brands too;
http://www.bevmo.com/Misc/StoreLocator.aspx?area=stores

[Gannon]

Gnome, you must be numb.

It is not only the richness of the taste, but the 'texture' of the fluid. HFCS stuff is thin and harsh and the taste is limited.

I'd go double-blind on this to prove it.

Did MANY a non-blind taste test with strangers at the deli when we started carrying the Mexican Coke product...and every single time they were converted to the REAL product, not the chemically modified one! So, yeah, you scientific folks will say my enthusiasm skewed the results, and I cannot argue against that premise. But ONLY if you allow that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle fucks up ALL experiments anyways, not to mention that weird double-slit test that proved a MAJOR fundamental behavior change in electrons when they are observed.


Cheers

[Sarah]

Is the real sugar Faygo only available in the glass bottles?

[Gannon]

Absolutely yes.

[DetroitZack]

I <3 Creme Soda

[Jimaz]

Wasn't it spelled Towne Club?

[Ravine]

Towne Club, yes.

[Sarah]

Where was Towne Club? I remember going there with my grandparents. Was it on Greenfield?

[faygoa1history]

8 mile and Middlebelt
https://www.facebook.com/pages/faygo...30783477033083

[Gannon]

They were all over towne.

Ahem.

[Downriviera]

I've been picking up six packs of glass bottles/real sugar Faygo at Merchants Fine Wine in west Dearborn. I prefer root beer and orange.