Scoring Mexican Coke in Fairfield County
There is something nostalgic about Mexican Coke, and it's not just those hourglass shaped glass bottles. It is made the way Coke used to be formulated years ago, with refined cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, resulting in a sweeter, more natural tasting product. Manufactured and bottled in Mexico, it has has become coveted in the US, and yet for those seeking out this less "chemical tasting" Coke, it can be elusive.
We have run across Mexican Coke at espressoNEAT in Darien, Fresh Market in Westport, Tequila Mockingbird in New Canaan and Casa Villa in Stamford…purely by happy accident. Yeah, we know soda is bad for you and all, but if you're going to drink it, drink the good stuff.
If you have scored Mexican Coke in your culinary or consumer travels, help out your fellow readers and give us the coordinates.
[Photography courtesy of acontinuouslean.com]
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Reader Comments (6)
Mexican Coca Cola has been available at Stew Leonard's for months now.
Don't forget that kosher Coke also has sugar instead of HFCS. It's sold in 2-liter bottles with yellow caps in many larger supermarkets closer to Passover.
Also available @ Costco in Norwalk as per Chris Preovolos, as well as the Mobil gas station at Brookfield's four corners.
There's a bodega over on, I believe, Van Zant, in East Norwalk. Can't think of the name, but I've always driven over there when I was jonesin' for real Coke. I'd have to believe Los Portales has it, too.
Good selection of Mexican spices, too. Butcher. Nice little place.
If you are looking for another original formula soda, Joe's Pizza in New Canaan has Mountain Dew Throwback in a nice large bottle. While you are there grab a couple of slices of some great pizza.
Of course, if one wants to purchase soda with real sugar and support local business, Foxon Park, based in East Haven, makes a variety of great drinks, including Kola.