Milk Bar

Milk Bar downstate flagship at nights, 2012

 A tip from the floof group led me to start this one for Milk Bar, another chain chiefly in major cities in North America. It's not exactly the same milk bar seen overseas or the State Fair for that matter. I suppose it could be in the same locations as Ghiradelli in our last post as both chains also satisfy your sweet tooth. Unlike the west coast brand, Milk Bar products aren't as easy to find outside their own stores. Sure, they can be ordered online, of course, but that's too easy and expensive at the same time. Nothing beats the experience of going to these places. One person had brought up the ice cream.

Ghiradelli

San Diego Ghiradelli location in former cinema

 Ghiradelli in the Bay Area are a leading brand of premium chocolate dating back to the Victorian era. They have locations mainly in major cities. Parent company Lindt & Sprüngli have even more, but that would require a separate post. There's one downstate, of course, yet Ghiradelli should expand to smaller markets, namely those Upstate. Ghiradelli products are available in stores coast to coast, yet I just learnt that they're also a chain through a Facebook post about cocoa of all things. My doctor wants me to have low-cal sugar-free cocoa, which Ghizza might think is beneath them, but anyway, this one will be a bit of a challenge since they're streets ahead of Gertrude Hawk and even Fanny Farmer from the old days. Might just stick to malls and strip centres in the main markets.


Syracuse - Destiny USA, former Unos

Rochester (Pittsford) - former Fays/Eckerd/Rite Aid, NY 31

Buffalo (Cheektowaga) - Walden Galleria

New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A

Albany - Crossgates Mall, US 20 or Colonie Centre, NY 5 & Wolf Rd

Johnson City - Oakdale Commons