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Economy Candy at 108 Rivington Street is a family-run candy store in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

This is the place to browse through hundreds of different types of candies, many of which has been around for over half a century. Economy Candy was founded in 1937, and today is one of the local landmarks. They even have a website, www.economycandy.com

The candy store was founded by Jerry Cohen, who turned his father's penny candy store, Nosher's Paradise, into a national company. Today Economy Candy stocks sweets from all over the whole, so are quite spoilt for choice.

Economy Cany is open Sundays to Fridays from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

How to reach Economy Candy

Take the F, J, M or Z trains to the Essex Street subway station. Walk north along Essex Street until intersection with Rivington Street. Turn left and go along Rivington Street until you see Economy Candy on your right. At time of writing (Feb 2010), it is a 3-storey building with exposed red bricks.

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