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.

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.

Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: Food service establishment inspections (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: Food service establishment inspections (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: Lexington Candy Shop (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.
address.formatted: Food service establishment inspections (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Address as recorded by the authoritative gazetteer that supplied the coordinate.
operational.hoursText: Lexington Candy Shop - published opening information (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Quoted from the operator's published opening information on the date read.

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

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