RAY’S CANDY STORE was founded in 1974 by Asghar “Ray Alvarez” Ghahraman. This 24-hour shop specializes in soft-serve ice cream 🍦, egg creams 🥛milk shakes, french fries🍟, hot dogs 🌭 and beignets. We interviewed Ray when we photographed the #storefront in 2013 for our book, "Store Front II- A History Preserved" and he shared with us, “I have always been open around the clock and can be found on most nights still working the late shift. This is one of the few stores near the park that stays open 24/7 and I was even working behind the counter when there was the tent city at Tompkins Square Park. I stayed open during the famous riot in 1988 and many of the protestors were my regulars. Customers that I knew when they were youngsters still come in these days to buy things and say hello to me, but now I can barely recognize them.”
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