Now, they own a Pink mobile business together called Soda Jerk. I lived in Montana for eight years and like dirty sodas are huge in the north so it was just to me like it came naturally.

The 500 block of Main Street has a new soda jerk shop. Partners John Volpé and Don Warfe opened the shop in developer Roger Trettel’s building (formerly Perk’s). The business is located just ...

too -- but mainly for the soda jerks. The staff working the soda fountains were originally called soda jerks because of the jerking motion they made pulling the soda fountain handle back and forth.

No mere soda-jerk was he -- that defaming term had not yet been coined. He was, rather, a fellow of infinite skill, able to produce a milkshake with a few deft moves with large containers and a ...

These are far removed from the days of soda jerks in striped vests who prepared egg creams and banana splits. Modern soda shops are more like trendy fast-food joints. You can walk in or go to a ...