Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, The - New Bern Things To Do

  • Address: 256 Middle Street, New Bern, NC 28560-2142
  • Phone: +1 252 636 5898
  • Website:www.pepsistore.com
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Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, The
256 Middle Street
New Bern, NC 28560-2142

Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, The Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • This soda fountain and Pepsi gift shop is located at the same site where the first Pepsi drink was invented. more on TripAdvisor
  • This spot was once a pharmacy where Caleb Bradham invented \"Brad's Drink\" which he later patented as Pepsi-Cola. A recreated soda fountain is on site and visitors can purchase ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The antique storefront that contains this place once functioned as Caleb Bradham's Pharmacy, the site where the entrepreneur invented the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1898, 13 years after the development of the original formula for Coca-Cola. Today the site functions as a hybrid store/museum, dispen... more on Frommers
  • In honor of the soda's 100th anniversary, the local bottling company opened the Birthplace of Pepsi Cola in the same corner store where teacher-turned-pharmacist Caleb Bradham brewed his first batch of "Brad's Drink." He later renamed it Pepsi-Cola, began marketing the syrup to other soda fountai... more on Fodor's

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2.0
Is this what they are proud of?

Okay I went into New Bern thinking that the pepsi store was going to have some cool things in it, but really its a small store that has gifts and soda that you can buy anywhere. I mean where is the video of the history of pepsi. I just thought it could of been ... bushdog14, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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1.0
Not cute

This is more like a very small and unintresting gift shop...and I like gift shops! The "soda fountian" is just a bar that sells pepsi on tap in regular paper pepsi cups..like when you go to the movies or a fast food place! Thats it..nothing else. UGH. At least get frosted glasses...or glasses..or... vq13, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

3.0
Pride of the Carolinas?

Now, I realize that Pepsi is not nearly as successful as Coca-Cola but...is this the best presentation Pepsi can come up with for their birthplace?! I love Pepsi and this hasn't changed my opinion of the drink...I'm just surprised that someone in marketing hasn't dressed the place up a bit. The s... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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