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Sunday, February 10, 2008
Soda Fountain in San Antonio
I love old soda fountains. They are historic treasures, and provide a
snapshot of the way things used to be.
See our new special feature on
the Star
Drug Store in Galveston.
On a recent business trip to San
Antonio, we decided to stop in at the Olmos
Soda Fountain, which still makes malts and shakes the old fashioned
way. From checking their one page website for hours (7:00am - 5:00pm),
we thought we had plenty of time when we walked in on a Saturday at 4:32
and sat at a booth. To our surprise, we were told that they had shut
down the kitchen for the day. It appeared like they were getting it
ready for the evening, when it turns into a bar. So to at least salvage
our out-of-the-way visit to get there from across town, we decided to
order some shakes. No luck. We were 2 minutes too late. Forget what the
website said. Apparently, the restaurant has forgotten the first rule of
service, which is the customer is always right. That's unfortunate,
because it needs all the positive publicity it can get.
