Abe's Drugs, Saturday Morning
Sure, you could get yourself a coffee and a plate of eggs just about anywhere in this town, but Mike E always took his at the drugstore counter. It was a strange thing to see a gal as a soda jerk, but Bobbie was the best in the biz. She wasn't a looker, and she didn't have a winning personality, but man oh man it was a pleasure to watch her work. It was an art the way she made a soda, she could man the grill without getting a single grease spatter on her apron, and she'd help with your groceries, too -- the gal was a machine.
Then again, so was Abe. Mike was pretty damn sure the man never slept. Maybe it came from being foreign -- always having to work twice as hard to be treated half as well. Maybe it came from being half nuts. Mike didn't judge. The place was a haven -- a little corner of the city untouched by the madness outside. A place where a man could relax a little. In this bleak existence, this endless series of days passing one after another into the cold depths of the past, could anyone ask for more?
Today's soda fountain flavors: Cream Soda, Root Beer, Cola, Cherry, Lime, Strawberry, Blueberry, Grape, Spearmint, Red
Then again, so was Abe. Mike was pretty damn sure the man never slept. Maybe it came from being foreign -- always having to work twice as hard to be treated half as well. Maybe it came from being half nuts. Mike didn't judge. The place was a haven -- a little corner of the city untouched by the madness outside. A place where a man could relax a little. In this bleak existence, this endless series of days passing one after another into the cold depths of the past, could anyone ask for more?
Today's soda fountain flavors: Cream Soda, Root Beer, Cola, Cherry, Lime, Strawberry, Blueberry, Grape, Spearmint, Red