Easter is only a few days away. Have you bought your candy yet?
I’ve been buying Easter candy at Discount Drug Mart for weeks. “These will never make it to Easter,” I confide to the checkout cashier as she rings up my low-grade Palmer Bunny Crisps. Same thing with the Peeps Party Cake Flavored Marshmallow Chicks – they’re marshmallow history now.
Anyway, while everyone in Lorain remembers Faroh’s, over in Vermilion, The Candy Shop in the South Shore Shopping Center was the go-to candy store for many years. Here’s a vintage ad from fifty years ago. It ran in the Journal on March 28, 1972.
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| From the Journal of April 5, 1973 |
Click here to read my post from 2019 that tells the history of the well-remembered store.
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As I write this on Wednesday night, my iMac (that is thirteen years old – a teenager) has gone black four times without warning or explanation. I’m not sure if I will be able to continue to post while I prepare to migrate everything to a new computer, so if this is the last post that is up for a few days or weeks, you’ll know why!
When I was growing up in Vermilion in the '70s my mom would go to Faroh's when she wanted to buy "good" candy for special occasions. It was always a treat when that happened. My wife and I have continued that tradition in Memphis as we buy our "good" candy for special occasions at a family owned candy store that has been in business for more than 100 years, Dinstuhl's. While candy from a fine candy store may cost a little more, it is definitely worth it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter to everyone.
Hi Harold,
ReplyDeleteI agree. Russell Stover Candies are very good, but it’s great to have a family-run local candy store to support – which reminds me that I need to stop at Brummer’s Chocolates soon!