The Soda Gallery

This place is so much fun! They literally have every single kind of soda you can think of. I LOVE the display in the front. I see everyone stop to take a look (very good marketing idea). I think kids would really like it since they love soda, but they wouldn’t understand the old school stuff and all the brands — they’d just be amazed at all the different brands and types of soda.

I used to love this place. But the last time I went in, it was nearly empty. Bottles of soda were placed here and there on the shelves with large gaps between them, where there were once fully stocked shelves. Needless to say, the selection was lacking. And as for the candy – your average variety – none of your hard to find or old-​timey favourites.
I hope they’re just in a slump, because this place used to be one of my favourite stops in Bishop Arts. :(

What a creative shop! I came across this place on Unilocal and added it to my bookmarks to stop by when I was in the neighborhood. They have TONS of sodas to choose from and it was quite fun looking through them. The selection of root beer was huge and I found on that was delicious.
The one thing they definitely need is a tasting bar so that you can try out different sodas. This would be a wonderful interactive addition to their shop.

What a great find! This place has such a wide variety of sodas… from Diet Coke in a bottle to Boing Mango… the sodas are amazing!
Cool spot in Bishop Arts. stop by!

This place is one of a kind and as it’s name implies it’s a gallery of soda. There’s soda from all over the world. All kinds of flavored soda and even old school soda in the glass bottle. I remember seeing a communist soda from China– harharhar vellly funny.
You go in, browse through all the sodas which are sold individually or in packs, purchase it at the counter and they’ll open the glass bottles with their really cool bottle opener. If you look competent enough, you can even try to do it yourself! I have yet to master the technique, but hey somethings just aren’t meant for me.
There are a few tables and chairs for you to lounge in while you hangout with your soda. It’s good as an appetizer for when you’re waiting for a table at a nearby restaurant or dessert afterwards.

Cute place to stop by for bottled sodas. Soda Gallery takes me back to the old school days in which I used to sneak bottle sodas behind my parents back. They have a wide range of brands and flavors, but most ample in the root beer selection.
They also provide customers the option to mix and match their own 6 packs.
If you ever have to use the restroom, the bathroom walls are adorned with soda labels, the owner supposedly plastered them himself.
The seating areas are limited, so if you go with a large group, then you will have to sacrifice a seat or two.

Such a cool little addition to the Bishop Arts area! It’s a tiny little store just filled with different types of soda. They even have Coke made with cane sugar here. Yummo!
I was in the mood for root beer and the guy who worked here was very patient and awesome in making recommendations. I tried the Abita root beer and really enjoyed it!!! My friend tried a cream soda that tasted very unique as well. I only wish this place were BIGGER. (It must be the Texan in me that thinks nothing is big enough!) Walk around, browse the selection, and enjoy!

Not as much selection as I would have liked. Worse was the service — I did not feel welcome and I was not greeted. I wanted to love this place but I doubt I go back anytime soon. Yikes.

This is a fantastic and truly unique place. I’ve been a customer for three years now, and I absolutely love coming in here. They always have something new, and the variety is huge, from your classic Coke and Pepsi products, to more obscure sodas from the US and Latin America.
The atmosphere is killer… great music, color is everywhere, and you really do feel like you’ve stepped into another time period. There are games and comfy couches if you want to sip in-​store. Be sure to not throw the bottles in the trash! There is a place where you can place them to be recycled. :) The bathroom is too cool… there is a wall there covered in nothing but soda labels! Go check this place out — it is quite an experience!

This is a very cool place, literally and figuratively. Sure, the selection may not be as varied as the Soda Pop Shop in LA, but it’s nice for a little neighborhood shop. Unfortunately, they were out of the two products that I was interested in (Faygo Redpop and Cheerwine), but they do have a big selection of other beverages and nostalgic candies. A nice little seating area is in front with a Chinese checkers board.
In addition to consumables, there are some great collectibles for sale, and finally, make sure you check out the bathroom — the walls have some fantastic pictures of nostalgic soda labels of years gone past.

I’ve got my sprite, I’ve got my orange crush!
What a great place to hang out! This is one of those businesses that defines the Bishop Arts District. This eclectic place that regularly host music/​art events is a must visit every time I come down to the OC. Not only can you find all those hard to find sodas from all around the world, but it also doubles as a comic book store.
Grab a Dublin Dr Pepper take a seat on the sofas or outside in their small patio area and enjoy!

I am now a huge fan of the soda gallery. I am a big fan of all kinds of bottled sodas so this is basically my mecca. They have hundreds of different varieties. On the right side of the gallery are room-​temp sodas to take home and on the left side are cold ready-​to-​drink sodas.
The owner was extremely friendly and suggested several different kinds. We went with a sour cherry and rather potent ginger ale. Both were delicious. I can’t wait to go back and try more.
Remember, if you’re walking around Bishop arts to bring back your bottle for recycling!

This place is neat-​o! They don’t have some of the finds like Galco’s in California, (hello, Nehi peach) and they don’t have beer. Still. It’s a neat place.
I grabbed one of their six pack carries to mix and match and picked out a Dublin Dr. Pepper, a root beer drink, a cream soda drink, Leninade (complete with the communist hammer and sickle), a ginger ale drink, and an Orange Crush. That came out to about $ 13, which may be a little pricey, but I feel worth it. There’s something about drinking sodas out of glass bottles that reminds me of my childhood. TSG also has some hard to find candy. Remember candy cigarettes. Heck yeah. There’s also a lot of old memorabilia that was either for decoration, or it might have been for sale. I can’t remember. Just go. Even if you don’t remember some of the rare finds its fun to try drinks you can’t find any place else.

So… much…pop…how can one even begin to choose?
I’m from Chicago, and I wish we had something like this in the Windy City. While walking around the Bishop Arts District, we stumbled into this mecca of pop (or soda, if you prefer) based solely on the fact that there are hundreds of bottles of pop lined up to wet your whistle.
One wall is lined with warm soda while another is lined with cold and ready to drink pop. You can buy bottles individually, or you can make your own six pack for about $ 14…which is totally worth it. Some brands are pretty staple… Jones, Dr. Pepper, etc. while others seemed to have crossed endless oceans to get into this little store. I was overwhelmed by all the choices and could barely decide on what to get. I settled on Route 66 root beer and Apple Beer. My boyfriend picked something called Rat Bastard.
There is Dr. Pepper and Coke memorabilia in cases as well as Andy Warhol-​ish «pop» art (pun intended) lining a few of the walls that I believe you can purchase.
The owner (or perhaps just an employee) was really friendly and talked us up while we checked out. He offered to open our nice cold drinks for us since several are not twist off.
It was a nice addition to our sunny afternoon and I highly recommend checking it out.

This place was pretty cute! It was my first venture down to the Bishop Arts District and this was my first stop. Good call on my part because I browsed here and then had a drink to sip while I walked the area and the other little shops.
I tried out a mango soda from Hawaii. I guess all of the soda’s are a flat 2.50 (after tax), but I’m not 100% on that. This is ok for the more exotic finds, but something like Boylan’s cream soda, that I bought 4 for 5.99, it seems a bit pricey. So choose wisely and live a little. :D

This place is awesome! Every time I visit home, I head over to the Bishop Arts District and the Soda Gallery in particular to pick-​up some awesome sweet drinks. It’s the only place in town I’ve been able to find that stocks any sort of assortment of small, indie, soda makers. You can find a couple of Central Market or Whole Foods, but nothing like the variety available here.
The best root beer in the world by far (in my opinion) is Abita Root Beer, and The Soda Gallery is as best I can tell the only place in Dallas that carries it.
People say they’re expensive. They kinda are, I mean, sure, $ 2.50 is high for a bottle of soda. But c’mon, they gots to pay the bills, and I’m willing to pay a slight premium if it means they’re there for me when I come to town. And seeing as they’re the only game in town, I guess they can charge whatever they like.

Whats a girl to do with 5 hyperactive kids and a dog who are hot and sweaty bunched together in a 700 sq foot apartment? Get them the hell out of there as quickly as possible.
The Soda Gallery was a great solution. I let each kiddo run wild in the store and pick out an ice cold soda while picking another six pack for home. I’m so glad there were toys in every corner because the kids didn’t even notice the ‘adult’ pictures of burlesque girls or cartoons in provocative poses. We occupied the two round tables outside, popped our caps and drank to our hearts content. Ah quiet at last. There’s a nice shady tree next to the tables and Eno’s right across the street had a live band performing so the atmosphere was perfect for a lazy summer afternoon.
Here’s my feedback for the different sodas I got to sip:
Fukola — tasted like RC
Chocolate cream soda (beneath that it said Get Creamed!) — it was like drinking fuzzy chocolate milk, this would probably taste better if it was on the verge of being frozen
Filberts Strawberry — more sweet than strawberryish
Love Potion 69 — the label was hilarious but it tasted like pickles!
Cool mountain razzberry — surprisingly this was my favorite. It had the perfect mix of fruit and fizz.
Jolt Red eye — similar to big red
California Honey Lemonade — if this had more lemon flavor in it I would have drowned myself in its deliciousness but it was too sweet for my taste
Overall the damage to my pocket was about $ 27 for 12 bottles and 5 happy kiddos.

After watching the movie, Up, I think my friend was having soda pop cravings since in the movie there was a badge that was made with a grape soda pop top.
I told her of this place and we ventured over here. We were mesmerized by the wide variety of sodas and we consumed a soda while browsing other sodas and the rest of the Gallery.
Besides the sodas, I thought the photographs of chicks wearing pasties was awesome. My friend, however, thought otherwise. Maybe she was jealous? Hahaha.
There were also a bunch of comic books and action figures available for sale, but I didn’t think any of the comic books since there wasn’t an extensive collection of them.
I kinda wished to stay inside a bit and play some of the games while resting on the couches, it was h. o. t. outside.
$ 2.50 for an old school soda, not too bad.

What a cute little place! 5 stars because there’s nothing else like it that I know of anywhere in the DFW area! Soda, candies like Pop Rocks, collectible figurines, AND comics – valuable ones apparently at that!
There were so many sodas to choose from, as well as a popcorn machine, and despite the small size of the shop, even a guy playing the guitar in the corner!
I’d say the only downside is I’d love to be able to try some of these before I buy them but I guess that’s not really possible. It would be cool if they had at least certain flavors available for sampling on any given day. Maybe an old timey soda fountain with rotating varieties?
In any case, they had tons and tons of kinds of soda, and even though I don’t drink much soda, I was tempted by lots of things. I ended up trying a ginger ale that my guy got, and getting a Jeff’s Chocolate Soda for myself. GOOOOOOD LAWD, it was good. Like really really good. It had egg cream in it, and tasted exactly like you’d think a creamy chocolate soda should.
I think this place would be awesome to pick up some unusual sodas for a party, or just to try a new flavor every time you hit up the BAD – it will definitely be my new tradition!

The soda selection is great with all kinds of wacky brands available for purchase. This place would get more props from me if it wasn’t so expensive. The choose-​your-​own mixed six-​pack runs $ 12.78, which we didn’t know until we reached the register.
I’d probably like this place more if I drank soda, however I bought some Dublin Dr. Pepper in the bottle for my sis, which is made with cane sugar (instead of high-​fructose corn syrup).