Nopardons mention phosphate as a soda drink. Having encountered mention of it in my reading, I decided to finally look it up.
Found this link describing many of the delectable soda fountain offerings of days gone by:
Big List of Old Fashioned Soda Fountain Drink Recipes - CLASSIC SODA FOUNTAIN DRINKS
Includes the phosphate chocolate soda, egg creams, malteds, ice cream sodas, ice cream floats, rickeys and more.
There is someone who’s a regular on this thread who remembers phosphates; I can’t recall who it was now.
Yes, phosphates are an old fashioned drink; however, in some places, they were still being made in several different places in the 1950s and early '60s, on the Eastcoast.
I don't think that you can still get them nor the counter made cherry/lemon/vanilla cokes.
OTOH...I think that you can still get a "black cow" ( my grandmother's favorite soda fountain drink ) today.
Neat....like watching an old movie on the late show.
Cool, Cov!
I got in trouble on that thread for mixing up Malted Milks with Milk Shakes, lol.