Flathead Living Summer 2010 : Page 40
Kalispell’s Fountain of Home–style Fare By nancy reece jones In an age where soft-serve passes for ice cream, an authentic soda fountain—one where you get the metal mixing container with your milkshake—is a disappearing phenomenon. In fact, chances are you’ll get a blank stare if you ask most youngsters what a “soda fountain” is. 40 FLATHEAD LIVING | SUMMER 2010 Not in Kalispell, however. Kalispell is the home of Norm’s News, one of the last half-dozen original soda fountains in Montana. Norm’s News is more than a soda fountain; it’s also a newsstand and a popular eatery. It’s renowned for its scrumptious burgers (see sidebar) and tasty, all-American food. Sw eet-toothed visitors drool over the vast selection of more than 700 kinds of candy, and newshounds appreciate the 1,000 magazines and newspapers in racks that line the south wall. And everyone loves the appealing, down-home atmosphere—the sense of stepping back into a simpler, more neighborly time. www. f latheadl i v ing.com
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