1939 soda fountainElliston Place$$$$
Elliston Place Soda Shop
Malted shakes, meat-and-three plates and toasted coconut meringue pie at a soda fountain on Elliston Place since 1939.
#9 in Meat & three + Southern
What to get
- Meat-and-three plate: meatloaf or fried chicken with turnip greens, creamed corn, mac and cheese and a buttermilk biscuit
- Toasted coconut meringue pie by the shop's longtime 'pie lady'
- A phosphate soda or malted milkshake
- Breakfast: biscuits with pepper gravy, cheese grits
When to go
Breakfast or weekday lunch alongside cops, construction crews and office workers (Infatuation).
Insider tip
Developer Tony Giarratana bought the shop the night it closed in 2019 and moved it next door (Scene). Eater says the late Jimmy Buffett would stop in for the coconut pie.
Heads up
The surrounding 'Rock Block' is full of vacant storefronts ahead of a planned redevelopment (Scene, Aug 2026); the food rates a modest 7.1 with Infatuation.
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 327-1090
- Website
- ellistonplacesodashop.com
- Reservations
- walk-in only
Recognition
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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