Ray’s Candy Store has been selling egg creams, soft serve, and Belgian fries out of a miniscule Avenue A storefront since 1974, but if business doesn’t improve, it may not live much beyond its 36th ...

EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan -- Ray's Candy Store, an East Village institution, is a 24-hour spot famous for its egg creams and other indulgent goodies. Titular proprietor Ray Alvarez bought the shop back ...

Ray of Hope: Big Media Speaks Up for Li’l Ol’ Ray’s CandyBut the plight of an East Village institution is worse than we thought.

A year ago, Ray’s Candy Store was in the news for all of the wrong reasons: Business was bad; its landlord repeatedly threatened its owner, Ray Alvarez, with eviction; and Alvarez himself spent months ...