• Eliston Place Soda Shop - Nashville

    Friday 30th March 2007 - 1:17:02 PM
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    Sign

    This soda shop is not a place made to look like an old soda shop. It is an old soda shop, vintage 1934. I have been here before, but never got pictures of the awesome interior until this trip.

    Juke box

    A wurlitzer juke box has a box at every booth. And they work. The music is a weird mix from about 1978. Disco Duck and country you never heard of.

    Juke box detail

    Wurlitzer

    Stools

    Doors

    These doors have seen a lot of use!

    Kelloggs

    Froot Loops…

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  • Kay’s Ice Cream - Maryville, TN

    Saturday 25th November 2006 - 9:42:40 AM
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    I had seen on Les Jones’ blog that Kay’s in Maryville had closed. On our way to the mountain cabin on Thanksgiving, we drove by to take a look.

    Kay's front

    Notice the letters on the front door.

    Kay's side

    Kay's Sign

    Looks like mint chocolate chip to me. I have searched far and wide for an image of the large Kay’s sign with the ice cream cone and the boy on the ladder with the extra long tongue licking it to no avail. The last one I knew of was on Chapman Highway and it dissappeared around the turn of the century.

    Letters

    It brought out some fans. Here on the door is a long letter telling about this family’s long history with Kay’s. I ate there a few times myself over the years.

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