![]() ![]() He since has recovered enough to joke about it. Sundays.įlynn had the added complication of undergoing a quadruple bypass heart surgery just as the store was first opening. Rocket Fizz in Estero is open from 10 a.m. Rocket Fizz previously had locations at Gulf Coast Town Center and on Naples Boulevard in North Naples, both of which since have closed. There are almost 90 locations across the country, and more are being planned. That was our motivation, to do something super different and super fun.”Īt about 2,400 square feet, the store is about a quarter of the size larger than most other Rocket Fizz locations, Flynn said. Owners Bob and Cindy Peters have set a date of Dec. Ankeny Blvd., has announced it will be closing its doors in December. “It’s just a fun, happy place, where sometimes hospitals are not. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop, located at 1550 N. “We decided to take the plunge and get into the candy business,” Flynn said. Some friends owned a Rocket Fizz franchise in Colorado and got the Flynns interested. “We really wanted to try something that was fun and really different than the hospital business.” “My wife and I had been in a health care finance career for 30-something years,” Flynn said. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop, a new store specializing in candy, craft sodas and retro-style signs, opened in Miromar Outlets in Estero in unit 128. Fill (the bags) as much as you can, as much as you want,” Monoki said.Patrick Flynn left behind a career in health care billing to try something new, exciting and – in this case – sweet. Everything goes to the top, so you don’t have to close it. A small bag is $7.99 and a large is $9.99. Bags can be filled by customers of their favorite taffy flavors and bulk “penny” candies. The store also has 60 flavors of taffy such as eggnog, mimosa, passion fruit and pink grapefruit. “We also have a promotion that if you buy single sodas, we punch your card each time you come in, and then after eight sodas your ninth one is free.” “If you buy a four-pack or if you buy a six-pack, you get a discount,” Monoki said. If you want multiples of a certain type, please specify the quantity of each in the Special Instructions. Regular specials are available for mix-and-match soda purchases. “I can’t possibly get everything into the cooler,” she said. Some bottles of soda are chilled in refrigerated cases, while many others are on store shelves. “And then I have Faygo, which is a Michigan brand, so all the people from Michigan see that and they are like ‘Oh, my God.’ ” Each store is independently owned and operated by local. “There are people who come from Kentucky, for example, who know Ale-8-One because that’s where it’s made,” Monoki said. Rocket Fizz is one the largest and fastest growing candy and soda shop franchises in America. You’ll find Marilyn Monroe’s wild cherry soda, Farrah Fawcett cream soda, Gene Autry root beer, Fidel Castro’s Havana Banana soda, The Three Stooges’ Wise Guy root beer, Wink Martindale’s Orange-Passion Fruit-Guava Soda, and even John Lemonade with a groaner of a tagline: “Imagine all the thirsty people.”Ĭustomers enjoy reliving their childhoods with many national and regional name brands of soda, too. Well-known faces grace many bottles, such as ones featuring the classic rock group Kiss with its Destroyer Kola or Jimi Hendrix and his Hey Joe root beer and Purple Haze grape soda. “And we have bacon with maple, as well, and bacon with chocolate.” “One of the most bizarre ones we carry right now is the bacon soda,” she said. ![]() Rocket Fizz even has its own line of bizarre sodas, such as Grass Soda - “mowed and bottled in the USA.” Then there are sodas with flavors such as apple pie, birthday cake, Buffalo wings, carrot cake, cotton candy, maple syrup, sweet corn, and peanut butter and jelly. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop, in Miromar Outlets, 10801 Corkscrew Road, Suite 128, Estero, is open 10 a.m. The mustard soda smells like mustard but tastes like orangeade, she said.
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