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Delray Shores Pharmacy & The Foxworth Fountain<br />
Your Neighborhood<br />
Pharmacy and Soda Fountain<br />
By nicol jenkins | Photos by melissa korman<br />
From the moment you step inside Delray Shores Pharmacy and<br />
The Foxworth Fountain, you are transported back to the 1930s -<br />
a much simpler time where people shared a soda and a conversation.<br />
Delray Shores Pharmacy<br />
Boutique-STYLE retail<br />
During that era, patients got advice from their neighborhood<br />
pharmacist and felt at home at their community pharmacy.<br />
Today, Delray Shores Pharmacy and The Foxworth Fountain<br />
provides that same hometown pharmacy, along with a soda<br />
fountain and a retail shop offering unique gifts.<br />
Delray Shores Pharmacy is the longest-running, family owned,<br />
independent pharmacy in Delray Beach. The late pharmacist Thom<br />
Dildine and his wife Carol founded the pharmacy in 1975. Originally<br />
located on Lake Ida Road, just west of Congress <strong>Ave</strong>nue, Thom<br />
ran a successful business near the Delray Shores neighborhood.<br />
Upon Thom’s retirement in 2006, his son, TJ Dildine, took over the<br />
family business as lead pharmacist and together with his wife Rhyan<br />
Dildine, became owner.<br />
Six months ago, in an effort to add an authentic soda fountain,<br />
breakfast and lunch counter, and compounding lab, TJ and Rhyan<br />
moved the location of the pharmacy to 124 NE 5th <strong>Ave</strong> in Downtown<br />
Delray Beach. Today, the brand new Flossy B. Building, named after<br />
their 5-year-old daughter, houses the Delray Shores Pharmacy and<br />
The Foxworth Fountain, named after their 18-month-old son. The<br />
charming old-fashioned soda fountain serves up delicious floats,<br />
egg creams and flavored sodas. The chefs, Rhyan and her mother<br />
Kimberly Linthicum, created a full menu with delicious breakfast<br />
and lunch items - such as made to order waffles, homemade buttermilk<br />
biscuits and gravy from the South, oatmeal bowls, avocado<br />
toasts, and even special menu items for kids and diners who are on<br />
the Gluten-free, Paleo, Keto and Vegan diets. The Foxworth Fountain<br />
just recently launched their “Adulting” menu, which offers craft<br />
beer milkshakes and floats, CBD milkshakes and sundaes, and wine<br />
and champagne by the glass. Happy Hour is from 4 to 7 pm every<br />
day with $2 off wines, $2 off “adulting” milkshakes, $1 off CBD addons,<br />
and $1 off craft beers.<br />
The owners invite the community to come in for their prescription<br />
needs, health advice, or to stay awhile to enjoy a drink and food<br />
at the fountain counter.<br />
“It’s two businesses in one. We try to be as authentic as possible<br />
with the old-fashioned soda fountain inside the pharmacy, like it<br />
was in the 1930s,” said pharmacist and co-owner TJ Dildine.<br />
His wife Rhyan thought of this concept long ago when they first<br />
started dating. “When I heard that his dad owned a pharmacy in<br />
town, my first question was: do ya’ll have a soda fountain? Who<br />
62 | <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.com
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