Available only around Chicagoland:

1. Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge soda. Tastes like a carbonated liquid Hershey's candy bar. An acquired taste, I'll admit, but only a few calories and it does quash your chocolate jones.

2. Green River. A bright green lime soda (not lemon-lime, but LIME) with a truly unique taste. Mostly available around St. Patrick's Day, but some stores like the occassional Jewel have a few bottles and/or 6 packs all year around.

3. Canfield's Fruit Punch soda. As the urban legend goes, Mickey Rooney was in town back in the '80s, his desire for a punch soda was learned, they whipped up a batch, and brought it to his hotel room to sample. He gave it the "thumbs up", they moved it into production, and even got Mickey to do the TV commercials.

4. Dad's Root Beer. Not as good as A&W, which makes the perfect root beer float, but tastes better out of the can. Fresh A&W in a frosted mug is unbeatable.