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Cafés · Upper East Side

Lexington Candy Shop

The Lexington Candy Shop is a luncheonette on Lexington Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, opened in 1925 and retaining its soda fountain and counter fittings.

Photograph of Lexington Candy Shop in New York
Exterior shot of Lexington Candy Shop in September 2025. PhotoSafariCarson · CC-BY-4.0

Why it matters

Included as an intact example of the luncheonette, a New York room type that has almost entirely disappeared.

Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.

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Lexington Candy Shop (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
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Lexington Candy Shop - published opening information (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
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Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

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