A curved diner front glowing pink and red at dusk, neon running along the roofline

412 Broadway · Paducah, KY

The Fountain

A 1953 marble counter, nine stools, six booths and a syrup stove that never quite cools down. Come sit; the bottles in your case were filled thirty feet from here.

OpenTue–Sun11 am–10 pm

The counter, in four panels

Red and white diner booths with little chrome table jukeboxes along a mint wall
1953Hollis Drugs puts in a marble counter, six booths and a jukebox at every table.
Close-up of a glowing jukebox selector with rows of coloured title strips
1979The drugstore closes. Linoleum goes down over everything.

“There’s marble under here!”

2021Lettie Vance pulls up a corner of floor and finds the counter, the taps and a box of syrup recipes.

Back bar of a soda fountain lined with syrup bottles under green enamel lamps and a lit fountain sign
TodayNine syrups on the stove, a bottling line next door, cases to the whole lower 48.

Who’s behind the counter

Three name tags, one apron rule: whoever opens the cherries cleans the stove.

Hello, my name is

Lettie Vance

Syrup cook · co-owner

Grew up two blocks away. Found the counter. Will tell you exactly how long the cherries simmer (four hours) and nothing else.

Hello, my name is

Dale Okafor

Bottling line · co-owner

Rebuilt a 1961 four-head filler from parts. Answers every wholesale email and prints every cap ring.

Hello, my name is

Rosa Delgado

Counter · weekends

Makes the egg creams. Keeps the jukebox list honest. Knows your order by the second visit.

Hours & how to find us

Tuesday–Thursday11 am – 9 pm
Friday–Saturday11 am – 10 pm
Sunday12 – 8 pm
MondayBottling day, closed

412 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001 · street parking on 4th · two blocks from the riverfront floodwall murals · step-free door on the 4th Street side.

Two root-beer floats with tall heads of cream foam glowing amber against a dark booth
Order first: a black cow float, $6, at the counter
Vanilla cream soda topped with whipped cream and a cherry, two striped straws, on a red counter against a green wall
Guest checkNo. 0414

Book a booth or ask Dale

Booths for birthdays (up to 8), wholesale samples, or a question about an order — one form, read by a human the same day.

We reply from hello@spinstoolsoda.com.

Booths are held 15 minutes past the hour.