Subject:

Soft Drinks

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Survey Finds Busch Stadium Food, Drink Prices Above MLB Average

    A couple of weeks ago, Gut Check tried the new "St. Louis Dog" from the Food Network's hot dog cart at Busch Stadium. The hot dog wasn't as awful as its toppings (barbecue sauce, Provel and crumbled Red Hot Riplets) might lead you to believe, but the real outrage was the price: $11. This year's edi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Extreme Coca-Cola Habit Contributes to Woman's Death

    Back when Gut Check had the metabolism of a teenage boy (because, at the time, we were in fact a teenage boy), we'd think nothing of slamming back a six-pack of ice-cold Coca-Cola over the course of a lazy afternoon. Of course, we'd also think nothing about slamming back a bacon double cheeseburger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    #51: Root Beer Float at Dr. Jazz

    Julia GabbertRoot beer float at Dr. Jazz​ Dr. Jazz Soda Fountain and Grille (29 N. Gore; 314-961-5299) is a homey little restaurant in charming Webster Groves. Dr. Jazz serves up your typical club sandwiches, burgers and lots of comfort food like chili fries and onion rings. The best part, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Bailey's Range Now Open for Lunch

    Mabel Suen​Last week, Dave Bailey's newest venture, Bailey's Range, debuted with its soft opening in downtown St. Louis. On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the restaurant began offering lunchtime hours as well. Gut Check caught up with Bailey for a glimpse into the brand new burger-and-shake eatery's offe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Bobby Flay's Spicy Mango Six Other Diet Pepsis No One Wants

    Thanks, Bobby Flay. The Spicy Mango Diet Pepsi and Pineapple Chipotle Diet Pepsi you commissioned for your "Tacos & Tequila" event last weekend most certainly increased the Patron consumption. At least PepsiCo had the good sense to not put these flavors on the mass market. They already have enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Drive and Carl's Drive In

    After the first scene of Drive, you'll be left thinking three things: this is not going to be your standard car flick; does Ryan Gosling have any lines?; Urban Outfitters is going to start selling a lot of driving gloves. Those scattered thoughts aside, the first scene will have you on the edge of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    A Root Beer Floater at Chill

    Ian Froeb"Root Beer Float" frozen yogurt at Chill​The RFT likes Chill (7610 Wydown Road, Clayton; 314-932-5010). Honest we do. We named it "Best Frozen Yogurt" last year, and we take our Best of St. Louis issue almost as seriously as we do our unsolicited parenting advice.But, man oh man, the "Roo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    The New Coca-Cola Freestyle Machine Is Peachy Keen

    Ian FroebCoca-Cola's new Freestyle soda fountain at the Ferguson Wingstop​On Monday, Gut Check told you about the slick new devices from Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Pepsi's "social" vending machine is still just a prototype, but Coca-Cola's Freestyle soda fountain is now available in St. Louis at the Win ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Diet Pepsi Empowers with Women's Inspiration Network

    sodahead.com​ Diet Pepsi's taken some flak over the introduction of their new skinny can, intended to appeal to women concerned with the slimness and attractiveness of their diet beverage cans. The market of women who feel bad about themselves because of their soda cans is huge, we tell you. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Coke, Pepsi Introduce Futuristic New Soda Fountains and Vending Machines

    ​Perhaps realizing that the "battle" between the world's two most iconic soft drinks (sorry, Dr Pepper) is simply a matter of whether you prefer the achingly sweet flavor of one or the other, both Coke and Pepsi are looking past the beverage to the beverage-delivery system as a new way to differen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Top 3 Pet Peeves of a U. City Sandwich Maker

    Photo by Nicholas PhillipsI sure could get you a to-go bag, but they're RIGHT in front of you!​In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously -- but honestly.Gut Check Code Name:  Hot BunsPosition: Deli sandwich makerPet Peeve #1Hot Buns: "I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    This American Life Reveals Coca-Cola Recipe

    ​This weekend's edition of This American Life focused on the closely held secret recipe of Coca-Cola. (At least, as I understand it, this was the episode that aired this past weekend. Please correct me if I'm wrong! I didn't hear it myself.) You can download a podcast of that episode at the This A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Study: Missouri Has 3rd Deadliest Eating Habits in U.S.

    Image via​Missouri has the third-deadliest eating habits in the nation, according to a study by 24/7 Wall St. and reported by Yahoo! Finance.The study considered several factors: "...income, access to healthy food sources, the ability to pay for healthy food, the concentration of fast food outlet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Beautiful, Confident Women Drink Diet Pepsi

    Image via​It's Fashion Week in New York City, and Diet Pepsi is marking the occasion by reveling in gender stereotypes.Yes, PepsiCo has unveiled a new Skinny Can to celebrate, quoting the press release announcing the can, "beautiful, confident women."Let's listen to PepsiCo chief marketing officer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Dr Pepper Test Markets Manly Diet Soda

    Across the state, Dr Pepper's trying to appeal to men who enjoy diet soda but hate how drinking it makes them look oh so very girly. The Kansas City Star reports that the company's test marketing their new product, Dr Pepper 10 to the beef-loving cowboys in Kansas City. The newspaper says, "Accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Hansen's Creamy Root Beer Natural Cane Soda, Winslow's Home

    bridgeandtunnelclub.com​Before researching this column, Drink of the Week knew one thing about root beer: It is made from sassafras. We knew that because many years ago, on a hike in the woods with Grandpa, he pointed out a sassafras tree. He snapped off a small branch, split it with his pocke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    So If I Can See Through My Soda, It Won't Make Me Fat?

    Image via​Interesting story from Advertising Age: After several years of neglect, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple Group are preparing major marketing pushes for their lemon-lime soft drinks (Sprite, Sierra Mist and 7Up, respectively).OK, maybe not so interesting if you aren't a food-busin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Something Fishier This Way Comes

    ​Bad week for tuna lovers. On Sunday the New York Times Magazine ran a feature warning of the dwindling numbers of bluefin tuna, those big and tasty cash cows of the deep. Now the paper's Green blog brings word that saltwater fish are more apt than their freshwater cousins to cause mercury poi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Throwback of the House: 7-Up Goes to a Party Without a Clue

    Robin Wheeler​7-Up doesn't get invited to many parties. She's plain and boring. Unless she's tagging along with her pretty friend Seagram's 7, 7-Up spends most nights at home, washing her hair and talking to her cat.In 1961, the Seven-Up Company -- then based at 1300 Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Illinois Man Drops Suit Alleging He Found Mouse in Mountain Dew

    ​Ah, yes, Daily RFT readers. We know you've been waiting with bated breath to find out the outcome of the case of Ronald Ball vs. PepsiCo. Ball, as you'll recall, is the Granite City man who claims he found a mouse in the bottom of his can of Mountain Dew. Ball made the discovery, btw, after takin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    The Best of Gut Check: Hecho en Mexico

    While Gut Check is on vacation, enjoy highlights from the past two years. Every few years I fail miserably to overcome my adolescent's addiction to Coca-Cola. I make it a few weeks or months -- but then, usually without thinking about it, I'm dropping fifty cents into the office soda machine or snag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    No Hallucination, STL Addicted to Caffeine

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 15, 2008

    Gut Check: When the going gets tough, the $6 Gourmet gets going

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    The Dish: Boylan's Natural Cane Cola

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    Fizzled Out: Andrew Gladney, heir to the 7-Up fortune, is off to a federal penitentiary

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Savvis Co-Founder Andrew Gladney Gets 33 Months in Federal Pen

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 25, 2008

    Malcolm abandons Doritos mid-Quest

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    New at ~scape: "Backstreet BBQ"

    An outfit called HealthSaver -- a "health-care discount program" -- has released its second annual HealthSaver Caffeinated Cities Survey. The survey looked at caffeine consumption in twenty major metropolitan areas, including St. Louis.How do we rank? Well, we love our caffeine -- God knows, it's t ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    Bad Dudes

    8 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue

  • Dining

    March 19, 2008

    Springboard Ale

    LeGrand's Market
    4414 Donovan Avenue
    314-353-6128

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    7-Up vs. Coke, Part 1: From dot-com darling to disaster, the spectacular flameout of Andrew Gladney. Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all.

    LeGrand's Market
    4414 Donovan Avenue
    314-353-6128

  • Music

    October 24, 2007

    Lyrics Born

    8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue.

  • Music

    August 1, 2007

    Funny Ha Ha

    B-Sides finds out why Neil Hamburger isn't Yo La Tengo's favorite comic, then gets cinematic with Undertow Records' Monahans.

  • Calendar

    June 6, 2007

    Designated Drivers, Start Your Engines!

    B-Sides finds out why Neil Hamburger isn't Yo La Tengo's favorite comic, then gets cinematic with Undertow Records' Monahans.

  • Dining

    March 28, 2007

    Coca-Cola Blak Carbonated Fusion Beverage

    Approximate retail price $1.00
    (retrieved from a picnic site)

  • Dining

    March 7, 2007

    I.B.C. Root Beer

    Carl's Drive-In, 9033 Manchester Road, Rock Hill; 314-961-9652.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    The world can be cruel to the very, very sweaty.

    Plus: The great pop-vs.-soda debate and a chat with Missouri's Most Handsome.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Pop Go the Weasels

    Plus: The great pop-vs.-soda debate and a chat with Missouri's Most Handsome.

  • Dining

    January 31, 2007

    Vault

    99 cents
    Shell
    6211 Delmar Boulevard

  • Dining

    November 8, 2006

    Cheerwine

    Blues City Deli, 2438 McNair Avenue; 314-773-8225.

  • Dining

    August 23, 2006

    Mint Mentos & Diet Coke

    $0.77 AND $1.34 (respectively)
    World News
    4 South Central Avenue
    Clayton

  • Dining

    May 24, 2006

    How Sweet It Is

    Jennifer's is a thick slice of Midwestern paradise

  • Dining

    December 1, 2004

    Kamata Shoten lychee-flavored ramune soda

    Central Trading Company, 8150 Olive Boulevard, 314-993-4303

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Delicatessen

    Two Cents Plain

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Gaming Store

    The Gathering Ground

  • Dining

    May 28, 2003

    Captain & Captain

    Gateway Lounge, 4201 Prairie, 314-371-8855

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Orange Soda

    Vess Whistle Orange

  • Restaurants

    April 18, 2001

    Low-Fat Menu

    Crazy Bowls and Wraps

  • Dining

    January 24, 2001

    Meating Place

    Clancy's Butcher Shop and Catering purveys everything from top-notch gourmet meats to down-home barbecue

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Run

    Labor Day Classic

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