Two Oak Park residents turned a January idea into a mobile beverage business, and their trailer has been popping up at block parties, graduation celebrations, and village pools across town since Memorial Day weekend.
Fizz'd Up, a drink trailer co-owned by Cammie Hunter and Tracie Iannantuoni, sells dirty sodas — carbonated drinks customized with flavored syrups and cream — along with energy drinks, lemonades, and sugar-free options, all priced between $6 and $8.
"All of this started in late January of this year. I brought the idea to Tracie because we've been good friends for many years," Hunter told the Wednesday Journal in a July 7 interview. "We started poking around Facebook Marketplace to see if there were trailers available. We just decided to pull the trigger."
The two found their trailer on Facebook Marketplace and built out a menu around five base sodas — Coke, Dr Pepper, Sprite, Fanta, and root beer — plus syrups like vanilla, salted caramel, cotton candy, and blue raspberry. The cream is what sets a dirty soda apart from a standard fountain drink. Hunter said coconut cream is the most popular, followed by vanilla cream and a heavy whipping cream cold foam. A cherry cola with cheesecake cold foam has been a top seller.
Named menu items include the "Shark Attack" (Sprite, lemonade, blue raspberry, coconut and strawberry syrups, whipped cream), the "OG Remix" (Dr Pepper, vanilla and lime syrups, coconut cream), and the "Electric Sunset" (Red Bull, strawberry and raspberry syrups, orange juice). Deluxe versions add gummies, boba, or coffee.
Fizz'd Up is also available for private events with a $30 booking fee and a 25-drink minimum.
Dirty sodas go mainstream
The dirty soda category has exploded nationally. According to food-industry research firm Datassential, dirty sodas appeared on 98 percent more restaurant menus in the year ending May 2026 compared with the prior year. Utah-based chain Swig, which coined the term in 2010, has grown to more than 140 locations across 16 states. PepsiCo, McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Chick-fil-A have all added dirty soda-inspired items to their lineups.
As a mobile operation, Fizz'd Up can set up where foot traffic is, including areas unaffected by the Oak Park Avenue streetscape closure that has shut the corridor between Randolph Street and Lake Street to vehicle traffic through November.
What's next
Hunter and Iannantuoni plan to operate through Halloween 2026, pause in November, and return in May 2027. The trailer's schedule — including pop-ups near village pools — is posted on Fizz'd Up's social media accounts. Residents can find locations on TikTok at @fizzdupop or on Facebook.
