The Standard is going full-retro with a snazzy Soda Shop pop-up this summer
The Standard High Line is cranking the nostalgia to full blast with its summer pop-up: The Standard Soda Shop, opening Monday, June 23, on the hotel's plaza in the Meatpacking District. Inspired by 1950s Americana but very much a product of the trend-savvy Standard playbook, the experience blends classic diner kitsch with summer-in-the-city spectacle.
At the center of it all is an 18-foot circular soda bar shaded by candy-colored umbrellas and flanked by a refurbished Airstream—aka the Standard Softee Truck—dishing out soft serve. The plaza will also host lawn games, drive-in-style movie nights and a pie counter that moonlights as a DJ booth (because of course it does).
The menu leans into comfort food with flair: You'll find everything from a hash-brown-laced "Morning Sandwich Deluxe" and all-beef "Hot Diggity Dog" with spicy sloppy joe meat, to over-the-top "Tuna Salad Deluxe" on a pretzel bun with dill pickle shoestring fries. There's also a full suite of "Rise & Grind" breakfast classics, mini corn dogs, buffalo cauliflower and the kind of waffle cheese fries that practically beg to be eaten while sitting on a curb in the summer heat.
Drinks are equally playful. You can order a homemade soda like the fennel-and-dill 'Better Root Beer' or the 'Cherry Cheesecake' float or spike them with gin or rum for grown-up kicks. Milkshakes are, naturally, on the menu, alongside cocktails like the Lana Americana (whiskey, cherry cordial, cola) and a brown buttered bourbon 'Short Stack Old Fashioned.' There's even a Pickle Martini for anyone brave (or Brooklyn) enough.
The Standard's new Soda Shop is tailor-made for summer Instagram moments and lazy hangs. It's retro, it's ridiculous and it's ridiculously fun—just the kind of buzzy escapism that keeps The Standard High Line a downtown staple.
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