Chicago Magazine - 09.2019

Green River branches

out into other flavored

sodas: grape, cream,

orange, and three

more. (The sister

lines don’t last more

than a decade.)

Green River

accounts for

a quarter of

WIT’s $15 million

in sales.

Schoenhofen

Edelweiss goes broke

and closes. Sethness-

Greenleaf attempts

to sell Green River.

Want it in bulk?

Many local grocery

chains stock liter bottles

or four-packs of 12 ounc-

ers, including selected

locations of Jewel-Osco,

Mariano’s, and Pete’s

Fresh Market. No luck?

Try Binny’s Beverage

Depot or even your

nearest Target.

Want a float?

The Hackney’s locations

in Glenview (1514 E. Lake

Ave.; 1241 Harms Rd.) and

Eleven City Diner (1112

S. Wabash Ave., South

Loop) serve them up. (If

you want to do it yourself,

Hackney’s recommends

a blend of 1 pint of soda

with 21/2 small scoops of

vanilla ice cream.)

Want a sip?

You can find it on tap in

the soda machine at one

particular 7-Eleven in the

Loop (35 E. Wacker Dr.).

Only $2 for a large!

WHERE TO

FIND IT

WIT Beverage

Company acquires

the Green River

brand from

Sethness-Greenleaf.

Green River

officially participates

in Chicago’s

St. Patrick’s Day

parades for the

We asked bartender Liz Pearce of Flora Fauna on the first time.

Near North Side to create a drink incorporating the

verdant beverage. She came up with a riff on a Paloma,

a classic grapefruit and tequila concoction, with the

bitter French apéritif suze to cut some of the soda’s

extreme (like, 29-grams-of-sugar extreme) sweetness.

COCKTAIL HOUR

11/2 oz. blanco tequila

1/2 oz. white grapefruit

juice

3/4 oz. lime juice

1/4 oz. suze

Salt

21/2 oz. Green River soda

Grapefruit and lime

twist, for garnish

Combine tequila, grapefruit

juice, lime juice, and suze

in a cocktail shaker filled

with ice and stir. Pour the mix-

ture over ice in a Collins glass

with a salted rim. Top with

Green River and stir slightly

to incorporate. Garnish with

grapefruit and lime.

The bottlers for

Coca-Cola, 7Up, and

Canfield’s pick up

the rights to produce

Green River. It’s out-

sold in the Midwest

only by Coca-Cola.

Diet Green River

is introduced. (It’s

still available, but

unless you like diet

cough syrup, we

don’t recommend it.)

1970s slogan

Have a

Green River

Wherever

You Go

Current slogan

Caffeine-Free

Since 1919

1930s slogan
First
for Thirst

1960s slogan

Floats Your

Thirst Away

2010

2011

2013

1970

1950 1950s 1964

THE FOGERTY’S FAVE (makes one drink)