I tend to favor Diet Coke in restaurants and with meals (I only like Pepsi from a fountain, no bottles or cans), but if I'm just drinking soda on its own I like myself a nice root beer out of a glass bottle. Preferably IBC, but I've heard Fitz's is great stuff and that being from Missouri I
need to try it.
And for interesting stories, I worked at Disney World for a while and I learned of a secret place in EPCOT where you can get all the soda you want for free. It's called the Ice Station, and it's got sodas from all around the world you can sample. Israel, Germany, Japan, Brazil...lots of different places with very interesting tastes in soft drinks. Also, when my parents visited me there, I always ran backstage when we were in the parks with like $5 in quarters to get our drinks during the day. Soda on stage is $2.50 for guests, but backstage it's $1.25
