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for me (with toasted marshmallow and almond syrup), and when she set that glass on the counter, and I took that first long sip through the straw—well, I’m not too proud to say I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. It was light, perfectly sweet, impossibly refreshing, and it tasted like a memory made new again. Suddenly, I was five or six years old, sitting on that stool in Metter surrounded by Lanier loved ones.

Since opening last January, The Jerks have served up over 26,000 milkshakes, 10,000 floats, 10,145 handcrafted sodas, and more deviled eggs than I can shake a stick at (yes, they also offer delicious deviled eggs and other lunch items). Cartersville is so lucky to have an old-timey soda fountain shop again, and y’all, I wish that every town had one.

Again, I haven’t been to a soda fountain since I was a little girl, but the experience was just as I remembered it. I cannot wait to go back. Maybe this weekend!