tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post114515490074245189..comments2024-02-16T04:58:33.288-05:00Comments on Blog About Town: David Marc Fischerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588125246383851752noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-1113943909182383682010-05-10T12:46:16.382-04:002010-05-10T12:46:16.382-04:00Sorry Elk, but the best chocolate marzipan my frie...Sorry Elk, but the best chocolate marzipan my friends and I have ever tasted is sold online at: www.themarzipanhouse.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-60014450202175917252010-05-01T08:00:08.298-04:002010-05-01T08:00:08.298-04:00we're still hoping for a resurrection of elk m...we're still hoping for a resurrection of elk marzipan--the one and only! keep us posted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-65289586062337656052009-11-02T20:04:24.079-05:002009-11-02T20:04:24.079-05:00Elk Candy is open only @
www.elkcandy.com
Thank ...Elk Candy is open only @<br /><br />www.elkcandy.com<br /><br />Thank you to everyone for your supportAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-72607243597673912512009-11-01T19:48:19.540-05:002009-11-01T19:48:19.540-05:00Anton - please, please consider mailing your wonde...Anton - please, please consider mailing your wonderful sweets. As a native New Yorker, I was weened on those little pigs along with some of the other sweets! My mother would buy a pig for me every year, even after I married, then the grandkids got it. At Easter, I always got the huge dark choc. egg with the little foil eggs inside. Kramers is gone, Bauers too, please don't be another. My Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-8457116370919351852009-10-17T23:07:21.361-04:002009-10-17T23:07:21.361-04:00I thought i actually found real marzipan...and my ...I thought i actually found real marzipan...and my daughter lives in NYC! Now I read that Elk is gone! After reading all the reviews/comments, all I can think is "What is America without unique products with special artisan flair? And taste in this case!" Sad! <br />Certainly hope that Elk can do the online store and mail order! ...just a thought...are we destined to become a country Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-69821160446825845252009-04-23T15:30:00.000-04:002009-04-23T15:30:00.000-04:00I believe another website
some where on the web c...I believe another website <br />some where on the web called,<br />the sweet life ( I think)shows that Anton is still looking for a location to open once more, and this is a 2009 web. HmmmmmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-22086801731306362042009-01-25T13:58:00.000-05:002009-01-25T13:58:00.000-05:00How ironic would it be if this recession (depressi...How ironic would it be if this recession (depression?) actually helps in restoring the retail landscape of New York to what it once was. How many upscale chain stores and ultra-high end boutiques selling expensive junk can the city support anyway? Maybe a deluge of broken leases and plummeting rents will finally convince NYC landlords that NOT mindlessly killing off unique icons like ELK's is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-42978839089629844002009-01-16T22:45:00.000-05:002009-01-16T22:45:00.000-05:00What passion! I was not a marzipan buyer but rath...What passion! I was not a marzipan buyer but rather the large, dark chocolate bars that they had in a display case by the door. $5. When the sad news went out , I think I bought about 20 of the bars over the final weeks. We savored them for weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-27681885854049331112008-12-23T17:55:00.000-05:002008-12-23T17:55:00.000-05:00I was in tears today on the street-- I wandered up...I was in tears today on the street-- I wandered up and down all the avenues from 86th to 80th wondering why I could not find Elk. I will do anything to make Elk come back and if it has to be in the Hudson Valley so be it- I wish at the time there had been a "Save Elk" campaign. Please, let me know what's up. Email me at <BR/>grenquisa@yahoo.com if there are any updates to the business- I would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-90033477118607395942008-12-23T13:23:00.000-05:002008-12-23T13:23:00.000-05:00Anton - I hope you do still plan on opening somehw...Anton - I hope you do still plan on opening somehwhere - I am so sad that today I was planning on going to get some of your wonderful Dominosteine - only to find out your store is gone. Many of us spend time in the Hudson Valley - we will even buy straight from your home! IM up there every holiday - so please let us know if you do open up a storefront there - and good luck on the website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-18186993845195949982008-12-18T11:15:00.000-05:002008-12-18T11:15:00.000-05:00The marzipan was definitely fantastic but don't fo...The marzipan was definitely fantastic but don't forget the chocolate covered cherries. My son (28) has been eating them since he was a baby and he misses them dearly. I had been going there since I was a child and my aunt worked there. I also worked there briefly in 1980. My whole family misses all the great candies. I definitely would travel to the Hudson Valley to get their great goodiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-62117800453035722192008-11-24T00:35:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:35:00.000-05:00Yet another Elk fan here. I not only loved their ...Yet another Elk fan here. I not only loved their marzipan but the incomperable lekvar filled spitzkuchen and the domino steine. I made some spitzkuchen from scratch last year. They were good, but I'd love to be able to buy the Elk ones somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-55607851418359838112008-11-14T06:41:00.000-05:002008-11-14T06:41:00.000-05:00I just tried to access the website and recieved a ...I just tried to access the website and recieved a "Coming Soon" message. I too am interested in finding a way to get Elk's wonderful marzipan. My mother-in-law worked at Elk for almost 30 years. When she retired she and my father-in-law moved to Las Vegas, every time they came to NY we would always make a trip to Elk. Many times the visits would coincide with the Steuben Parade. She still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-37484333615718488172008-10-29T00:03:00.000-04:002008-10-29T00:03:00.000-04:00I am comforted that the web site is accepting emai...I am comforted that the web site is accepting emails. My Elk Candy story involves a friend of mine. She remembered the store from her time in NY. I have never even been! But it was always a special thing I could send to her - good for holidays, birthdays, and, as is the case now, for mending fences. Nothing says, "I'm sorry" like cute-shaped marzipan! I have no clue where to go now. Not a one. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-15036670569976594872008-09-23T09:33:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:33:00.000-04:00I would like to tell everyone how much I appreciat...I would like to tell everyone how much I appreciate hearing nice things about Elk Candy.<BR/><BR/>I am currently looking for a spot in the Hudson Valley. You can go to ElkCandy.com and send us an email to request updates and we will send them out as they happen.<BR/><BR/>Anton, Owner<BR/><BR/>Once again thank you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-36103357582052386452008-09-01T06:59:00.000-04:002008-09-01T06:59:00.000-04:00Elk Candy had the best Marzipan I ever tasted! I b...Elk Candy had the best Marzipan I ever tasted! I became a customer as a teenager. When I went to Hunter College, I introduced many of my friends to Elk and they also became enthusiastic customers! I remember making my monthly (and sometimes weekly) trips for my marzipan fixes! I would be willing to travel to Hudson Valley to purchase Elk candy and I know a lot of people who would do the same. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-54132481641211340812008-06-10T13:25:00.000-04:002008-06-10T13:25:00.000-04:00I know many of you miss Elks and their great produ...I know many of you miss Elks and their great products. We are a marzipan maufacturer in Hawthorne NJ. Our website is marzipancandies.com. I would be interested in making Elks brand with their permission and licensing and of course their recipe. If their is any interest, please let me know at marzipanco@aol.com. Sincerely, Royce KellerBiermann Marzipanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674099407179614557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-27868517220129472182008-06-09T12:55:00.000-04:002008-06-09T12:55:00.000-04:00Ilene Gunter - I'm interested in your prososal - J...Ilene Gunter - I'm interested in your prososal - John Flanagan - jflan1960@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-44382767526937893132008-06-03T06:29:00.000-04:002008-06-03T06:29:00.000-04:00Elk Candy Company AND Elk Candy LOVERS, let's band...Elk Candy Company AND Elk Candy LOVERS, let's band together our love for the product and our MONEY (an important factor, no matter what we all want to admit) and set up a mail order business. Let's get the conversation going! Anton: What do you need to get a mail order company going? I think we could put investors together!!! We can't let them win, Anton. For all of us, our relatives and our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-60447767985822511702008-03-17T10:37:00.000-04:002008-03-17T10:37:00.000-04:00I am another Elk fan who has been devastated this ...I am another Elk fan who has been devastated this past Christmas and this Easter by the demise of my beloved source of all the best chocolate and marzipan treats. I made a desperate effort at Christmastime to reproduce the Spitzkuchen I can't live without, but it wasn't the same. Anton, if you are out there reading, I would be an instant customer of any mail-order business you wanted to begin. IfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559798769151540608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-77697732268625672562008-02-27T20:29:00.000-05:002008-02-27T20:29:00.000-05:00I have been joying in Elk Company marzipan since I...I have been joying in Elk Company marzipan since I was a child on East 89th st. When the 86th st. store closed, I was heartbroken, then stumbled across the 2nd avenue reincarnation by mistake and was ecstatic. Was involved when a German friend included it in a story for German TV. Another came back from Germany last year and I sent her there -- only there wasn't any there! Let us know what's adbw83https://www.blogger.com/profile/06902741753527204860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-44079836417892251242008-02-12T13:02:00.000-05:002008-02-12T13:02:00.000-05:00I am horrified that Elk Candy is gone. P-L-E-A-S-...I am horrified that Elk Candy is gone. P-L-E-A-S-E open a mail order business in the Hudson Valley. I have an 80+-year old cousin to whom I was going to send a box of marzipan to for Valentine's Day. What am I (or she) to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-51206411470477288522008-02-01T17:12:00.000-05:002008-02-01T17:12:00.000-05:00I too miss Elk more than you can imagine. My dad ...I too miss Elk more than you can imagine. My dad used to take me to the store on 86th street when I was a youngun. I made the trip myself when it moved to 84th. It's one of the great losses to the city. There is no marzipan like Elk. Anton, if you are still indeed making marzipan, I'd love to buy some, either mail order or picking up in the hudson valley, where I have a home. Your marzipan Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440423878145523564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-18462996383463951702007-12-21T11:48:00.000-05:002007-12-21T11:48:00.000-05:00Now that it's Christmastime, I'm really missing El...Now that it's Christmastime, I'm really missing Elk Candy. We went there for years for the marzipan, the chocolate ladybugs, the kringles, the Viennese truffles, and the katzenzungen (cat's tongues). All wonderful. I suppose a store can't survive high rents on Christmas business only, but hopefully a mail order business can. Please come back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3994659.post-56529961932804136092007-12-19T01:21:00.000-05:002007-12-19T01:21:00.000-05:00A mail order business would be wonderful. I start...A mail order business would be wonderful. I started shopping at Elk when I moved to NCY in 1974 to buy the stolen for Christmas, which was a family tradition that my grandmother had started. After moving to Westchester in 1982 I looked forward to my yearly trip to the Elk Candy Company. My family is really missing the marzipan stollen along with all the other goodies I would bring home. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com