Despite being just a few miles from the end of the route, the Fair Oaks Pharmacy in South Pasadena, CA, is like walking into a time capsule. This 1910 establishment is the only operational compounding pharmacy on Route 66,combining a working pharmacy with a soda fountain bar.
Join Route 66 Podcast host Anthony Arno as he talks with Brenden Shaniani, partner in the Fair Oaks Soda Fountain about life in a working pharmacy that tried to distant itself from the Walgreens and Rite-Aid type pharmacies.
Highlights from the show include:
- Fair Oaks Pharmacy as a time capsule
- Original 1915 proprietor,Gertrude Ozmun
- An unusual wedding proposal that Ozmun could not resist by a hopeful US Senator
- Various iterations of Fair Oaks Pharmacy
- Connection between a soda fountain and a pharmacy
- Soda fountain lingo
- Previous owner, Michael Miller, talks about his 1500 mile trek to Missourito relocate an authentic Route 66 soda fountain shop
- Parents purchase of Fair Oaks after immigrating from Iran
- Running a pharmacy as a family business
- A walk through the pharmacy gift shop and the most popular items
- Fair Oaks Pharmacy in pop culture
- Most popular visitors to Fair Oaks Pharmacy
- Proudest moments at the pharmacy
- Celebrating 110th anniversary of Fair Oaks Pharmacy
- Other area attractions in South Pasadena
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