Rocket Fizz

About

Pickle soda is the bottle people dare each other to buy, and it sits a few shelves from blue cream soda, fruit punch and a long wall of other glass-bottled flavors. This is the Estes Park outpost of a national soda and candy franchise, on East Elkhorn next to Hands Down Best In Town Therapeutic Massage, and the house taffy (blueberry, watermelon, tangerine, grape cotton candy) shares space with old-school brands like Nik-L-Nip.

Saltwater taffy, mystery bags and root beer are what most people walk out with. Kids are the main audience, and in summer the taffy bins get crowded. It is a quick stop, and nothing on the shelves is local, which is fine. Sometimes a pickle soda is the whole point.