Sioux City Cream Soda

There are a lot of things I had to give up when I moved to DC:  hearing the words bag, and pop; Lefse, hunting, driving everywhere, Michelob Golden Draft Light, and watching the Twins on local TV among many other things. But once in a while here in DC I randomly come across a great fly over country product that I thought I had to give up. I was at the Brookville Super Market in Cleveland Park last week when I came across the best Cream Soda ever brewed:

Needless to say, I bought a four pack and enjoyed it all week long.

I used walk two blocks to Agassiz Food and Gas and grab a bottle of Sioux City Cream Soda on my way to another gas station a couple of blocks further away. Here’s an image of Agassiz Food and Gas. I believe the building used to be yellow. The only reason I would ever step into this station was to get my Cream Soda, mostly because if you stood inside for more than 35 seconds the attendants would start yelling at you about loitering. Seriously. I was probably about 8, so I’m not sure how much trouble I really could have gotten into at that point, but nevertheless I made it a point to limit my time at this store:

Agassiz Food and Gas always had the 59 cent Cream Soda, but didn’t have comic books, specifically the Spiderman Series that I was seeking.  But the other gas station didn’t have the Sioux City products, so I inevitably ended up going to both stores. The other gas station appears to be a strange looking office building now:

It was cool to find Sioux City Cream Soda out here in DC. It really reminds me of Fargo, when I really don’t associate too many things with the city. Anybody else have similar product discovery stories? I know Andrew came across Jones Soda in Ireland, which seems to be a similar experience.