Vintage Meat Candy Store
Nowadays, meat novelties are around every corner. T-shirts, car air fresheners…you name it. Here is a store that was nearly 90 years ahead of the pop culture “meat boom.”
Everything in the store, except the actual fixtures, is made of candy. So well are all the meats imitated that the hams smell of that salty tang that is so familiar to all of us. The summer sausage looks like summer sausage, but it isn’t—it’s candy. Not only does all the candy represent some form of meat but it is made to please the palate. At first, Chicago people doubted the reality of these confections, but time and taste have taught them that this store sells “quality goods.”
As a person who has literally given candy meat as a gift to my dearest friends, I would love to see a tiny place like this open up in NYC or Brooklyn.
