Sebring Soda Ice Cream Works

Sebring Soda Ice Cream Works is located in the historic J.B. Brown building (1922) on the circle in downtown Sebring. Sebring is known as The City on the Circle . It was founded in 1912 by Ohio by pottery manufacturer George Sebring. He designed a circular plan as a focal point for the entire community based on the design of Heliopolis, an ancient Egyptian city. George Sebring believed that all roads should radiate from the center of the community. The J.B. Brown Building has a concave facade that follows the circle to maximum the space. It was built for Mr. Brown 's Hardware store and several other businesses. The second floor was the Circle Inn. Today you will find the Sebring Soda Ice Cream Works occupying the first floor corner. I was expecting your average touristy ice cream shop but the minute I walked in the door I knew I was in for a unique treat. Shelves and coolers were filled with every kind of old fashioned soda you could think of in glass bottles. They claim to have over 300 different kinds. I was pleased to find a favorite brand, Avery 's Soda. They have been making their soda out of a barn in Connecticut since 1904. I love their Totally Gross Soda Line which includes flavors like Kitty Piddle and Toxic Slime. They had the whole line including some I had never seen before. This year Avery 's made a limited edition flavor, Sebring Gator Grog, an orange, kiwi, and blue raspberry concoction made especially for the annual Soda Festival held every April in Sebring. They still had some bottles left which I was more than happy to buy. I also picked up a Shirley Temple flavor soda. Soda 's run $1.50 a bottle. If you would like to try a lot of flavors visiting the Soda Festival is an economical way to do it. You can buy a punch card for $20 that allows you to taste 40 sodas. During the festival there is also events, food, and music. In addition to the sodas, Sebring Soda Ice Cream Works also sells hot dogs, shakes, and ice cream. I tried their Working Cow brand espresso chip with hot fudge. It was delicious and a small sundae was only $3.50. As an added bonus they stay open late which I appreciated because by the time I came in on a Saturday afternoon many of the other businesses on the circle had already closed for the day. The young lady who helped me was just as sweet as the sodas they sell. A trip to Sebring would not be complete without a stop here.

Lazy employee, waiting to get ice cream and all she wanted to do was play on her phone. Shelves not stocked, tons of inventory sitting in the back couldn't be bothered to put it out. The bad part is we were the only two customers in the store.

Have some tasty ice cream while reminiscing on the olden days. Lots of sodas from many different places and flavors. “Old vibes” feels.

There was a hair in my daughters ice cream. They did replace it but it doesn’t change the memory

Recently my son came home w/ a Mountain Dew from the Sebring Soda Shop from Downtown Sebring, glass bottle and all. The first swallow was life! I can't remember the last time I had real soda. I highly recommend this shop.