When I was very young, if I saw a gumball machine, I’d beg relatives for change. If the black one came out, I didn’t want it, would start begging for change again. Grateful I never got 2 in a row!!
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I like root beer but cannot stand licorice. Most things that taste like licorice to me are just a no. Red is bad enough. Black is horrid. Even tarragon taints anything to inedible for me. On the other hand I really like fennel which some say has a licorice flavor but not to me.
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No Black Licorice for me either! When see Anise mentioned it’s an instant yuck from me. I do like RB but it’s not my first choice. Coke Classic or Pepsi with a burger if there’s no lemonade (or beer). Cream soda or Orange Crush were my goto’s in years past.
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Cross posting?
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I keep meaning to go to Cadence with my kosher friend. We always have vegan food 'cause I’m not paying kosher restaurant prices.
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I can eat red licorice, and I like tarragon in small amounts as an accent (like chicken salad), and I enjoy root beer. But I despise fennel. So there you go. LOL
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I like black licorice, but I don’t seek it out. I do love tarragon, fennel, anise, but RB can stay TF away 
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Love root beer floats, tarragon, fennel, anise, ouzo, Pernod, black jelly beans, and those little candy coated things (can’t think of the name) found in movie theaters. I don’t like black or even red licorice, especially the imported kind from Australia or UK, because it’s so strong tasting. Did you know eating too much black licorice can also have negative health effects?
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Don’t tell the Danes!
They have taken black licorice and turned the amp up to 11!!!
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Ugh - just don’t get the appeal!
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They are an acquired taste but i can eat half of a small envelope of them in a week. Then i lose my taste for them for a month or two.
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What @Lambchop said except no on the candy of any kind. I’d also add Galliano and Ricard to the liqueurs.
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regrettably, the “Pennsylvania Dutch” label gets affixed to lots of stuff that is not associated with the sect. it’s like “Amish Butter Rolls” - one can check the label for the creamery ID - and it’s not Amish… simply ‘in the style of’ . . .
anyway, at 1676 documented recipes, birch beer predates the Amish coming to North America by roughly 100 years.
it was popular in PA and north into New England of the plentiful birch trees.
who’d thunk it?
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That’s a good thing, actually, as I prefer not to buy from them
I’m going to run right over and add Almond Smash (R.I.P - gone but not forgotten. )
Its final incarnation was in 2 liter plastic bottles. A Baltimore favorite - along with 2 types of Suburban Club ginger ales - golden and pale dry.
(didnt work. They’re gone)
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I’m mystified as to their thinking and results on this list
I would imagine there was very little “Thinking” 
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Wow, that’s a strange compilation. Not what I’d come up with as the top 50.
They say their source was an analysis by GrubHub 
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My internet search skills are apparently dull today (or maybe GrubHub is good at hiding their ranges for some reason)? But I suspect GH is bigger in metro areas. What I did find is that they are largest in NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, LA, Boston and Chicago. I’m not sure these urban centers are indicative of the nation’s eating habits as a whole. I’m relatively sure these areas offer more of the “non-traditional American” foods.
ETA: I just randomly searched KS, NE and IA and there were no results for any of those states.
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