Słodycze Wedel

Here's an understatement: we like candy. New York has plenty of places catering to our sweet teeth, but only at Słodycze Wedel can we get tasty treats and pick up a smattering of Polska. This small but cute shop in the Polish section of Greenpoint specializes in candies from the old country, where fruits are incorporated to a pleasantly surprising degree. Though they have English descriptions taped to each bin, part of the fun is trying to figure out what exactly you're buying. "Marcepan" is easy enough, and "Mietowe" has a picture of a mint leaf on the front, while "Piernikowa" and "Bajeczny" have to be tasted (and, to be honest, re-tasted) to be translated. Pyszny, we say.
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