Sunday, February 12

Pick a pop at Pop Soda's


First walking into Pop Soda’s, I felt like I was in a dream sequence.


It’s an eclectic mix of the old and new: 7,000-square-feet of pre-loved vintage furniture, abstract art and sunken woolly couches.  Upon entry, you’ll find yourself walking into a brick room painted over in orange, white and red.  They call it The Coffeehouse.  There are booths, tables and a few couches in the seating area best known as the quieter side of the restaurant.


The diving brick wall connects the two main rooms with little peek-through windows.  These openings peer into what they call The Shoeless Gallery, but socks and slippers are permitted.  There are dining tables, couches and a tall bookshelf with reading material and board games.  The walls are adorned with adorable depictions of the solar system, a massive white tree and a pop soda top.

From http://www.popsodascoffeehouse.com/

There’s also a stage at the front of The Shoeless Gallery where local performers set up during the day for family-friendly events, and at night to belt their hearts out.

From http://www.popsodascoffeehouse.com/

This building sure has personality, to say the least.

I was a little confused when walking in, but the staff member at the front was both friendly and accommodating.  We picked up a menu, decided on two small dishes for the night and made our orders back at the front till.  Instead of table numbers, they have cards with different exotic animals.  We had the Koala.


We started off with two root beer floats; because ordering pop is a given if you’re going to Pop Soda’s!  We got two cool bottles of Dad’s Root Beer and two glass mugs filled with ice-creamy goodness.  All of their sodas are reasonably priced at $2.25, their floats at $3.50.

Our food order came out in less than 15 minutes.  From their menu of salads, soups, paninis, flat breads, nachos and pastas, we opted for Kiki’s bruschetta (spicy white cheese with garlic and onion, $7.00) and Baba’s perogies (served with sour cream and your choice of hickory bacon or kielbasa, $11.95).


Their appetizer bruschetta platter was massive.  I had six huge morsels of toasted bread covered in ricotta, cheddar cheese, red onion and hot sauce.  They were tasty and filling, but here’s a warning – they can get quite spicy after a few bites.

The perogies were sprinkled with herbs, onions, garlic and large pieces of kielbasa sausage on a bed of lettuce leaves.  They were gooey, tasty and the flavours all blended together quite nicely, but careful of the huge pieces of garlic on your plate.


If you’re feeling adventurous, they have something called The Devil’s Ball Challenge.  If you finish this 21” Panini loaded with corned beef, bacon, sausage, meatballs, spicy eggplant, three cheeses, lettuce, hot sauce, tomatoes and potato salad in 45 minutes, you get to have it for free!  If you opt this route, let them know the day before so they can get their ingredients in line and their video tape rolling.

I loved my experience at Pop Soda’s - if not for the food, for the atmosphere.  There’s something so homey and welcoming about being able to take your shoes off, curl up on the couch and read a book or two.

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19 comments:

  1. This place looks like one of those furniture stores in los angeles rather than a restaurant. I checked out the reviews in this place and the food and the place itself makes it the best hang out place in that area.

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  2. I'd love to try spending friday night(after work) on that place. The ambience looks relaxing. By the way, are there any furniture online Australia that I can find to mimic the place on my patio?

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  3. Pop soda's classic furniture designs will surely complement the new construction of my home. Therefore, I need to start looking for antique stores that offer similar designs.

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  4. I think it is better if they purchase some outdoor furniture in Perth to add up to their decorations. They make great and sturdy furniture.

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  5. This looks like a great place. I wonder how it would be like if they put up a mini-garden using synthetic grass at least outside for addition gimmick in the place.

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  6. The place reminds me of my future husband. We met three years ago at a restaurant that looks like Pop Soda's. I love the design and the performers. I really enjoyed that day and tomorrow, we'll be marrying each other at the long island catering halls.

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  7. You can browse on some of los angeles furniture stores to see more of these pretty chairs and tables of these restos here.

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  8. We're planning to put up a resto just like this near around our place. Our remodeling contractors worked on it already and we're just waiting for a great result.

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  9. I'm looking for a good place for restos like this and my liverpool estate agents advised me to put up a different kind of resto to make it more unique t the public.

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  10. Restaurants like this one should offer an outside dining with a shade from a patios in perth. That could be enjoyable.

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  11. I want to see the photos of their kitchen cabinets. Did you take any picture of it? I really love their place because of the interior design.

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  12. On the third picture, it looks very familiar to me. It seems like it was made by a famous painter in bunbury.

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  13. One way to make that restaurant more attractive is that they should install a glass kitchen splashbacks. I have seen one restaurant with that kitchen design.

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  14. I thought it was going to be some boring old post, but it really compensated for my time. I will post a link to this page on my blog. I am sure my visitors will locate that extremely useful

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  15. Maintaining the cleanliness of that restaurant especially on the dishes being used in their everyday operation can be a big deal if they will not have a good partner when it comes to cleaning.

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  16. Good cozy environment. A setting that is similar to a home is definitely something that you can stay and relax for hours. In some cases, good ambiance is what a customer wants, the choice for food and beverage is just secondary.

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  17. What I like in this place aside from the food that tastes great is the efficiency. I don't know how they do it but food is served in a short amount of time but its quality is still great. The service is definitely top notch.

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  18. Being in this place would surely bring back our childhood memories. The theme is set just like all of those TV programs where a group of friends would hang out after their adventures.

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