62. Fair Oaks Pharmacy, Pasadena, CA

Despite being just a few miles from the end of the route, the Fair Oaks Pharmacy in South Pasadena, CA, is like walking into a time capsule.  This 1910 establishment is the only operational compounding pharmacy on Route 66,combining a working pharmacy with a soda fountain bar.

Join Route 66 Podcast host Anthony Arno as he talks with Brenden Shaniani, partner in the Fair Oaks Soda Fountain about life in a working pharmacy that tried to distant itself from the Walgreens and Rite-Aid type pharmacies.

Highlights from the show include:

• Fair Oaks Pharmacy as a time capsule
• Original 1915 proprietor,Gertrude Ozmun

• An unusual wedding proposal that Ozmun could not resist by a hopeful US Senator
• Various iterations of Fair Oaks Pharmacy
• Connection between a soda fountain and a pharmacy
• Soda fountain lingo
• Previous owner, Michael Miller, talks about his 1500 mile trek to Missourito relocate an authentic Route 66 soda fountain shop 
• Parents purchase of Fair Oaks after immigrating from Iran
• Running a pharmacy as a family business
• A walk through the pharmacy gift shop and the most popular items
• Fair Oaks Pharmacy in pop culture
• Most popular visitors to Fair Oaks Pharmacy
• Proudest moments at the pharmacy
• Celebrating 110th anniversary of Fair Oaks Pharmacy
• Other area attractions in South Pasadena

Thank you to Route 66 Podcast & Scholarship supporters, including

• Rob and Cheryl Cochran - Maryland
• Reed Coles - Nebraska
• Jim Crabtree – California
• Todd Farrell - Nebraska
• Rich Havlik – Minnesota
• Mary Nicholson – Pennsylvania
• Mark Wilson - Texas

And from the United Kingdom

• Charli Beeton

   

Route 66 Tours led by Route 66 Podcast host, Anthony Arno

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