What is a dirty soda?

A base soda — usually Coke, Dr Pepper or Sprite — poured over pebble ice, then "dirtied" with coconut cream or half-and-half, a flavored syrup like vanilla or coconut, and fresh lime or a fruit purée. The cream softens the carbonation and turns the drink silky.

What to order on your first visit

Start with a Dirty Dr Pepper (coconut cream, coconut syrup, lime) — it's the drink that launched the category. If you like it sweeter, try a Dirty Sprite with strawberry purée. Ask for light ice if you want more soda per cup.

Dirty soda vs. an Italian soda

An Italian soda is soda water plus flavored syrup, with cream optional. A dirty soda always starts from a finished branded soda, so the cola or Dr Pepper flavor stays front and center under the cream.

Dirty Soda Near You — Every Dirty Soda Shop We've Mapped

Dirty soda is a fountain drink built like a cocktail: a base soda over pebble ice, a pour of half-and-half or coconut cream, a shot of flavored syrup and usually a squeeze of citrus or a purée. It started in Utah drive-thrus and has spread to shops in nearly every state. Here's every dirty soda counter on The Fizzy Trail.

Arizona1 stop

The Soda Stop Co.

★ 4.9 (44)

Page, Arizona's soda stop between Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell.

Dirty sodasSmoothies

Page

Georgia4 stops

Pop Drinks

★ 4.6 (78)

Soda shop in Newnan, rated 4.6 by locals.

Newnan, GA

Retro Sips Soda Shop

Modern retro

North metro Atlanta's custom dirty soda shop — decade-themed menu, lip-shaped bench, arcade in the corner.

Custom dirty sodasRoot beer floats

Cumming, GA

Sips Sodas of Carrollton

★ 4.8 (246)

West Georgia’s dirty soda counter on Maple Street.

Dirty sodasCookies

Carrollton

Swig

★ 4.6 (359)

Soda shop in Fort Oglethorpe, rated 4.6 by locals.

Fort Oglethorpe, GA

Kentucky1 stop

Fizzy Fox Soda Shop

★ 5 (200)

Lexington's dirty soda bar — cream, syrup and pellet ice over the classics.

Dirty sodasCream sodas

Lexington

Montana2 stops

Bitterroot Soda Shack

★ 4.9 (28)

A Bitterroot Valley soda shack mixing dirty sodas to order.

Dirty sodasItalian sodas

Hamilton

Soda Station

★ 4.6 (98)

Billings' drive-up soda bar for cream-and-syrup combos.

Dirty sodasCookies

Billings

New Jersey1 stop

Dirty Soda Company

★ 5 (4)

Utah's dirty soda craze, transplanted to a Warren County roadside.

Coconut cream Dr PepperFruit purees

Belvidere

Oklahoma1 stop

SodaLab

★ 4.9 (59)

Edmond, Oklahoma's take on the dirty soda lab.

Dirty sodasCream combos

Edmond

Oregon1 stop

Pop and Pour Dirty Soda

★ 4.7 (27)

Utah-style dirty soda transplanted to suburban Portland.

Dirty sodasCream + syrup combos

Beaverton

South Dakota1 stop

SoDak Soda

★ 4.9 (138)

Sioux Falls' dirty soda bar, cream and syrup over crushed ice.

Dirty sodasCream and puree add-ins

Sioux Falls

Utah8 stops

Bevvy's Soda Shop

★ 4.4 (98)

A Payson, Utah soda shop for the small-town version of the ritual.

Dirty sodasItalian sodas

Payson

Pop Drinks

★ 4.4 (138)

Southern Utah's Pop Drinks, cream sodas over pebble ice.

Dirty sodasCookies

St. George

Quench It! (St George)

★ 4.9 (219)

A St. George favorite in the town where dirty soda started.

Dirty sodasPretzel bites

St. George

Sizzurp Soda Lab

★ 4.9 (100)

A State Street soda lab building drinks like experiments.

Lab-style combosCream sodas

Salt Lake City

Sodalicious

2013

Swig's great rival, mixing named combos in downtown Provo.

Named soda combosCookies

Provo

Swig

2010

The St. George original that launched the dirty soda boom.

Dirty Dr PepperSugar cookies

St. George

Swig

★ 4.4 (1354)

Provo's busiest Swig window, the college-town dirty soda default.

Dirty Dr PepperSugar cookies

Provo

Thirst Drinks

★ 4.5 (1002)

Salt Lake's slick modern soda bar with real fruit purees.

Dirty sodasFresh purees

Salt Lake City

Vermont1 stop

Freddie's Dirty Soda

★ 5 (15)

Bennington's take on the dirty soda counter, cream and syrup over pebble ice.

Cream sodasFlavor shots

Bennington

Wyoming3 stops

AJ's Soda Shop

★ 4.7 (400)

Eastern Wyoming's drive-up soda shop in Torrington.

Dirty sodasShakes

Torrington

Soda Springs

★ 4.9 (110)

A Mills, Wyoming soda stand built for cream-and-syrup combos.

Dirty sodasCream sodas

Mills

The Soda Station

★ 4.5 (69)

A small-town soda station on southwestern Wyoming's Main Street.

Dirty sodasItalian sodas

Lyman

Good to know

What is a dirty soda?: A base soda — usually Coke, Dr Pepper or Sprite — poured over pebble ice, then "dirtied" with coconut cream or half-and-half, a flavored syrup like vanilla or coconut, and fresh lime or a fruit purée. The cream softens the carbonation and turns the drink silky.
What to order on your first visit: Start with a Dirty Dr Pepper (coconut cream, coconut syrup, lime) — it's the drink that launched the category. If you like it sweeter, try a Dirty Sprite with strawberry purée. Ask for light ice if you want more soda per cup.
Dirty soda vs. an Italian soda: An Italian soda is soda water plus flavored syrup, with cream optional. A dirty soda always starts from a finished branded soda, so the cola or Dr Pepper flavor stays front and center under the cream.