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On Oct. 28, 1951, Mary Potts and Murray Flemmings purchased the building at 104 S. Main St. and opened the M & M Soda Shop. Seventy-five years later, the Soda Shop remains a fixture on Main Street, still serving egg salad sandwiches, milkshakes, phosphates and other favorites to generations of Davidson residents, college students and visitors.</span> 1210<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For owner Misty Utech, the anniversary is particularly meaningful. She’s celebrating 25 years behind the counter at the Soda Shop, first as an employee and then taking ownership in 2018.</span> 1211<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She was hired as an assistant manager in 2001 after moving to Lake Norman from Michigan, working both the front and kitchen and learning virtually every aspect of the business.</span> 1212<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Within a few years, Utech started telling regular customers that one day she hoped to own the restaurant. On her 40th birthday, she got her wish.</span> 1213<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âThe owner and I were sitting right here, and she had said that she was getting tired, and she was going to burn out,â Utech said. âI said, âWell, let me see if I can find an investor, and I would like to buy the place.ââ</span><!-- Error, Ad (n/a) is not available at this time due to schedule/budgeting/geolocation/mobile restrictions! --> 1214<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She found an investor who believed in her, and the rest is history.</span> 1215<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âI just loved it,â she said. âI love it. The community, everybody here, itâs a home away from home.â</span> 1216<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a quarter-century at the Soda Shop, Utech has watched generations of Davidson families grow up around its booths and at the counter.</span> 1217<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âI have seen a mom and a dad get pregnant and have their kid. And now I see the kid being pregnant and about to have a grandchild,â she said. âItâs rare to find places that can stay (the same) and can provide that (experience for generations).â</span> 1218<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utech hopes to preserve that continuity for many years to come.</span> 1219<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âMy goal is to never change anything here unless it has to be changed because keeping it the way that it is is what makes it so special to the community,â she said.</span> 1220<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That goal is more challenging than you might think. Maintaining a living time capsule while still keeping it functional for a modern business comes with some difficult decisions. Utech has resisted changes that would erase the soda shopâs character, even when newer equipment would be easier to maintain. For example, Utech spent two years after she bought the business debating whether she should replace the restaurantâs original soda machine. </span> 1221<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âThe old owner had pounded it into my head that if you change that soda machine, itâs going to change the taste,â she said.</span> 1222<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eventually, she replaced it with a newer machine after consulting with Coca-Cola technicians who assured her the taste would not change.</span> 1223<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other original or vintage pieces remain, including the wooden bar, booths and old cash register displayed above the entrance.</span> 1224<p> 1225<p><b>More than a place to eat</b> 1226<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Soda Shopâs history predates even its 1951 opening. The building was constructed after a 1906 fire that destroyed the original Brady fam
1226ily residence and wooden post office on the site. Dr. E. Quitman Houston rebuilt the structure in brick and operated the post office from part of the building. He was also a druggist, physician and teacher.</span> 1227<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The adjoining space later became Davidsonâs first real café before Potts and Flemmings established the M & M Soda Shop.</span> 1228<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Soda Shopâs history, Potts retired in 1985 after 34 years. After several subsequent proprietors, Deborah Caudle became proprietor in 1993 and then sold the business to Utech.</span> 1229<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utech has added some touches of her own while keeping the restaurantâs foundation intact. She began making homemade soups, including a different soup each day. But five of the original sandwiches â egg salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, pimento cheese and cream cheese and olive â remain on the menu using the same recipes dating to 1951.</span> 1230<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of the Soda Shopâs long-time staples are now making a niche comeback. Customers come in eager to try phosphates, egg creams and dirty sodas for the first time, even though they’ve been a part of the Soda Shop for decades.</span> 1231<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âAlmost always it comes back around,â Utech said.</span> 1232<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being part of a college town meshes well with the nostalgia of the place. Utech estimates that about half of her customers are residents and half are Davidson College students, who can stop in, experience what decades of students before them experienced and see newspaper clippings and photos from long before their time at the school and, most often, long before they were born.</span> 1233<div id="attachment_266757" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-266757" class="size-large wp-image-266757" src="https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="768" srcset="https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-960x720.jpg 960w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-400x300.jpg 400w, https://www.lakenormanpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Soda-shop-outside-133x100.jpg 133w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-266757" class="wp-caption-text">The early 1900s brick building housed a post office before the Soda Shop was established. /Lindsay Krone</div> 1234<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utech said students who discover the Soda Shop during college often leave Davidson, build careers elsewhere and eventually return to town, sometimes bringing children and grandchildren of their own to experience the unique trip back in time.</span> 1235<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer does not necessarily mean business slows down, however. Davidson College camps bring families into town throughout the summer, while community events such as festivals, concerts and seasonal celebrations keep Main Street busy year-round.</span> 1236<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âThe town itself makes sure that the town stays busy,â Utech said. âTheyâre always trying to find ways to bring people into town.â</span> 1237<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That community support allows the Soda Shop to be part of Davidsonâs larger identity rather than simply a place to eat. For Utech, that sense of community also extends to the young people who w
1237ork behind the counter.</span> 1238<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of her employees are teenagers, and she sees the job as an opportunity to teach them skills that go beyond taking orders and making sandwiches.</span> 1239<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âYouâre here so that I can teach you how to have some sort of skills when you walk out of here,â she said. âBecause if you walk out of this place not learning anything, then I have failed.â</span> 1240<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She teaches employees how to handle difficult customers, work with others and not take every criticism personally.</span> 1241<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âItâs not just in here that theyâre going to encounter it,â she said. âTheyâre going to encounter it when they walk out the door, too.â</span> 1242<p> 1243<p><b>Anniversary celebration</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Â </span> 1244<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 75th anniversary celebration will give Utech a chance to look backward while also celebrating the future.</span> 1245<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She plans to introduce throwback menu items on Wednesday, Oct. 28, including Orangeade, the original egg salad sandwich and a basic hot dog at retro prices. A new 75th anniversary T-shirt is also in the works.</span> 1246<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For Utech, however, the greatest anniversary celebration is simply being able to keep the doors open and the traditions alive.</span> 1247<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">âI just fell in love with it, and Iâm here, and I feel blessed. I feel very happy that Iâm here,â she said.</span> 1248 <div class="widget widget_recommended_articles"><div id="oht-related-content" class="oht-recommended-articles" data-endpoint="https://recapi.our-hometown.com/api/v1/related" data-postid="266749" data-category="newsletter-head" data-catname="-Newsletter Head"></div></div> 1249 1250 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1251 </div><!-- #post-## --> 1252 1253 1254 1255 <div id="oht-comments-container"> 1256 <div class="oht-comments-loading"> 1257 <p>Loading Comments <span class="oht-loading-spinner"></span></p> 1258 </div> 1259 </div> 1260 1261
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