Best candy stores in North America?

In Chicago, there's Ethel's Chocolate Lounge
in the new North Bridge mall (Nordstrom's)
on Michigan Avenue by the Chicago River and
the Chicago Tribune Building, and 900 North
Michigan. Chocolates, coffees, teas.

Moonstruck Chocolates is based in Portland,
Oregon with 3 or 4 outlets locally, plus
cafes in Seattle, San Francisco and Chicago.

gld

Skookum wrote:
Funny you should mention the Candy Bowl because I lived in Halifax from
1968 to 1980 but hadn't thought about that delightful little place
until now. I always used to go down there for stocking stuffers.

The best candy stoe in Halifax now is called The Freak Lunchbox...wide
assortment of hard to find stuff plus a lot of the golden oldies....

We have the Nutty Chocolatier in Ontario. Victorian style candy shop,
wooden floors with tall old-fashioned glass candy counters. The shops are a
delight to explore and the smells are wonderful. They began with a little
store in Port Perry over the years have expanded to about 9 stores in
various cities in the province...so I guess it has become a chain. Each
store still has the same old charm though.

http://www.nuttychocolatier.com/index2.html


"Skookum" wrote in message
ups.com...
I have begun to consider getting into the business of opening a great
all around candy store - lots of chocolates but also retro type candies
(chicken bones! bubble gum cigars), probably some other stuff I haven't
even though of. When I do this I want being in the store to be an
experience itself.

My question is what candy stores any where in Canada and the US are
really great, perhaps even worth visiting as I do my not altogether
unpleasant "research" for this prospective enterprise? I'm looking for
places that have great ambienece and great product lines (not chains).

Stiks wrote:

We have the Nutty Chocolatier in Ontario. Victorian style candy shop,
wooden floors with tall old-fashioned glass candy counters. The shops are a
delight to explore and the smells are wonderful. They began with a little
store in Port Perry over the years have expanded to about 9 stores in
various cities in the province...so I guess it has become a chain. Each
store still has the same old charm though.

http://www.nuttychocolatier.com/index2.html

When I wrote about the great one in Port Colborne I couldn't remember the name.
That's the place. It is fantastic.