rock bottom

one of my favorite restaurants in chicago. mostly because you know what you're going to get when you go there. it's a micro-brewery. so they have a beer oriented menu, mostly bar foods expanded to be entrees and a very personalized beer selection. they have ok-ish beer. i prefer the walleye wheat and one of the rotating stouts. but i always go back for the dp. they serve it in the largest glasses AND they give free refills. the best!!! they are not stingy with the portions at this place!

target

i'm sure thing is incredibly unhelpful to everyone actually looking for a restaurant the serves dp. but i really just want to know where i can either get fountain dp or refrigerated cans. so target is the place to go. in their food court, they serve dp in their fountain soda dispenser. so if you're out shopping pick yourself up a fountain dp, not just a bottle from the cash register coolers. (but the one at elston and western has a panera across the street and you could just go there.)

IIT Life Sciences

a little on the off-beat side, but i have to tell the world about it. diet dr pepper in a vending machine!!! if you are anywhere near 31st and state and are craving dp, there's a vending machine in the life sciences building (on the corner of 31st and state) just inside the entrance. every time i go to class in this building i'm always amazed that they provide such a random choice. now i love dp. and i do enjoy a diet dp, but i have never seen it in a vending machine that isn't an actual dp vending machine. (those are few and far between and i'll have to write it up next time i see one.) this is one of those machine where you can stock it with whatever you want. and it shows actual bottles above each selection button. diet dp! who knew?!? and if the machine is out, there's a 7 eleven in the building at 33rd and state so you can get additional dp there.

Corner Bakery

totally no idea about the awesomeness that was their fountain soda bar. i've been into several of these and i never once noticed that they served my favorite beverage. then... this past weekend my bf was in town for my birthday. after a walk along the lake shore, we needed a quiet place to sit and a warm beverage. i really could have gone for anything, including my daily dose of dp, but not knowing that they could supply me with it i went for the tea instead. oh was i disappointed when i went to put sugar in my tea! there was the fountain soda machine mocking me with it's dr. pepper dispenser!!! now i know. always ask if they serve dp. always ask. you never know!