{"id":230,"date":"2007-03-30T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/03\/30\/eliston-place-soda-shop-nashville\/"},"modified":"2007-03-30T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T17:17:02","slug":"eliston-place-soda-shop-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/03\/30\/eliston-place-soda-shop-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliston Place Soda Shop – Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sign\"<\/p>\n

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

\"Juke<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Juke box detail<\/a><\/p>\n

Wurlitzer<\/a><\/p>\n

Stools<\/a><\/p>\n

Doors<\/a><\/p>\n

These doors have seen a lot of use!<\/p>\n

\"Kelloggs\"<\/p>\n

Froot Loops…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This soda shop is not a place made to look like an old soda shop. It is an old soda shop, vintage 1934. 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