Posted in Events, Stores, tagged Candy, Events, Food, Halloween, The Candy Store on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Treat or treat! Tomorrow from 2 to 6 p.m., the Candy Store (1507 Vallejo St. at Polk) will host its third annual Halloween event. The boutique will set a candy cart set outside where sweet-toothed locals can fill their own containers for free. Prizes will also be awarded for the best costumes. Gosh darnit that’s practically unheard of! Free candy on Halloween! Hurry, that candy corn will go fast!
Oh wait, that’s funny: their annual Halloween event is on the same day as mine every year . . .
Posted in Stores, tagged Candy, Diane Campbell, Food, San Francisco Chronicle, The Candy Store on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“When you were a kid, going to the candy store was the highlight of your existence. Candy can take people away from the craziness of the world for a few minutes, and I think people are craving that right now.” — Diane Campbell, owner of the Candy Store (1507 Vallejo St. at Polk)
An article in the SF Chronicle suggests that despite a slumping economy, Americans’ appetite for candy is on the up and up. One example is Vallejo Street’s The Candy Store, a mod candy shop with sweets spanning generations aligned in minimalist glass jars. Campbell’s sales “have climbed about 10 percent each year,” the article points out, but mind you the shop also only opened three years ago. (more…)
