11802 Obsessives: Soda Pop Mon Aug 10 12:39:00 -0700 2009 http://www.chow.com/stories/11802 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:39:00 GMT John Nese is the Willy Wonka of carbonation John Nese is the Willy Wonka of carbonation. http://www.chow.com Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith 86 Obsessives 1
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Obsessives: Soda Pop

By Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin, and Blake Smith

John Nese is the proprietor of Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lover’s destination. About 500 pops line the shelves, sourced lovingly by John from around the world. John has made it his mission to keep small soda-makers afloat and help them find their consumers. Galco’s also acts as a distributor for restaurants and bars along the West Coast, spreading the gospel of soda made with cane sugar (no high-fructose corn syrup if John can avoid it).

This is a regular series called Obsessives, in which CHOW explores the worlds of singularly focused food-industry figures. These are the people with the dirty hands, answering detailed questions about the work they do. Images of kosher Coke courtesy of Flickr member joyosity and 14850 Dining.

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