(14 Aug 2025)
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New York – 7 August 2025
1. Tilt down wide shot of Lexington Candy Shop
2. Tracking shot of reporter entering Lexington Candy Shop in New York.
3. Mid of a staff member at Lexington Candy Shop pouring a frozen drink in New York.
4. Tracking shot of customers interacting with staff at Lexington Candy Shop
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
"Blended drinks or going into the, into the mixer, uh, Hamilton Beach mixer. Uh , ours has been around from1940 , and basically it’s like, syrup , ice cream, and milk."
6. Pan left of signage at Lexington Candy Shop
7. Various exterior shot of Lexington Candy Shop
8. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
(Reporter: So first up , you’re gonna make us a couple of floats , right ? Coca-Cola floats?)
"Coca-Cola floats, so basically, Coca-Cola here. Soda right here. Ice cream over here, mix it over here."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
"So for a long time, Coca Cola was basically gave us all the syrup for the drinks like that. They wanted us to go away from our thing over here–the fountain thing, but we didn’t want to do that. Yeah. Now because where they love us, they love us around the world now. They say you’re Coke, you’re our Coca Cola. You’re the original thing and uh they come around the world to, to sample and drink and uh enjoy the way it was done originally."
10. Tracking shot of server and customers enjoying frozen drinks at Lexington Candy Shop
11. Various of John Philis scooping ice cream
12. Mid wide of a frozen drink on the counter
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Katie Workman, Cook and Food Writer:
"What are the most popular drinks here?".
14. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
"The most popular drinks that we have right now is for us right now is a Coca Cola float, which is we make it– again the Coca-Cola we blend it and then at the end we put in the ice cream– a nice dollop of ice cream right on top. And it’s I mean, people around the world go crazy for us and it’s been fantastic."
15. Various of staff member preparing frozen drinks at Lexington Candy Shop
16. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
(Reporter: How do you make your own syrup?)
"So we think a cocoa powder and we have a lot of sugar, a lot of sugar, and then water blended together. Takes about an hour boiling or simmering and just let it cool and that and that’s basically it.
(Reporter: It’s a gorgeous thick consistency.)
"Yeah , right , very nice."
17. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
"We put it in the mixer that’s been around from 1940. Make sure it’s nice and stir, and we figure out, we can hear it. We can look at it, then it’s ready to go".
18. SOUNDBITE (English) John Philis, Owner / Partner:
"All right. We’re ready to go here."
19. Various of milk shake at Lexington Candy Shop
20. Tracking shot of customers
21. Various of John Philis interacting with customers at Lexington Candy Shop in New York.
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Shaw, Resident:
"We started coming because we’re local in the neighborhood. And, um, I think you get the idea that, it’s a neighborhood place and everybody knows you and we know the people that work here and we know the customers and you don’t see it’s, uh, you don’t see that anymore, and we live in a big city but it really is a small town."
23. Various of John Philis and staff working at Lexington Candy Shop
25. Tracking shot of employee wearing a Lexington Candy Shop t-shirt inside the iconic New York diner
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