Saint Pizza wrote:When I was a kid, I had the opportunity to live in Germany for a couple of years. My parents took us to several Oktoberfests, where I always had an orange Fanta drink.
I was happy to see Fanta on the shelves in the U.S. starting a few years ago, but it didn't taste the same.
I thought it was just me, though, until my BIL who travels a lot affirmed that it is not the same.
So does anyone know if/where Fanta is imported in Chicago?
MKHesq wrote:The cost may be prohibitive but if you really need your authentic German Fanta...
http://www.eurofoodmart.net/ProductDeta ... B&CartID=9
Dave148 wrote:How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany
The soda was made from apple fibers and a cheese by-product.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/f ... ilto_share
It was chocolately. A painted ad for it was on the exterior of a building in the 2800 W. block of Belmont Ave. (across the avenue from what is now Kuma's Corner - the address itself is now upscale condos)Brushman4 wrote: Does anybody remember Nedlog drinks? They were a non-carbonated fruit-flavored drink sold mostly at small hot dog stands and corner stores in the 50's, 60's, and 70's.
It was staggering distance from the abode here. I definitely ate there a few times. It did survive to the days when WXRT | WSBC built the {now vacant} edifice across Belmont Ave. I guess the deejays there did not eat enough hot dogs.Brushman4 wrote: I remember going to Nick's Hot Dog's on Belmont just east of LaVergne as a 5 year old with my parents. Nick's at that time was in a little trailer by the sidewalk in front of his house which was on the back portion of the lot.
He served Slotkowski weiners with hand cut fries piled high on top of the dog for the royal sum of 25¢ each, 12-oz. Nedlogs were, I believe, 11¢ per bottle. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html
Oh how I long for those good old days!
That trailer seemed to be on the brink of reopening before the COVID-19 pandemic barraged in. It still exists on the northeast corner of Belmont and Kilbourn. There is a new neon-ish sign sitting on the ground there to its north.Brushman4 wrote:His brother Jimmy had a trailer right by the corner of Belmont and Kilbourn, a short ways from the the old Powerhouse Candy bar factory.
pudgym29 wrote:It was chocolately.Brushman4 wrote: Does anybody remember Nedlog drinks? They were a non-carbonated fruit-flavored drink sold mostly at small hot dog stands and corner stores in the 50's, 60's, and 70's.
ronnie_suburban wrote:pudgym29 wrote:It was chocolately.Brushman4 wrote: Does anybody remember Nedlog drinks? They were a non-carbonated fruit-flavored drink sold mostly at small hot dog stands and corner stores in the 50's, 60's, and 70's.
No, it was orange but they had other flavors, mostly fruit, too . . .
Vintage Nedlog Advertisement
They were served from machines that looked like this . . .
Self-Agitating Beverage Dispenser
The company was, for many years, located in Wheeling, IL and got its name from its owners, the Golden family. Yes, golden spelled backwards is Nedlog.
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