The chaos caused by President Trump’s tariffs have been a bitter pill to swallow for those planning to open a restaurant in the Big Apple – including a sweets shop from the scion of the famed Zabar family.
For now the candy prices are stable and comparable to other hotspots as foodie entrepreneurs appear to be eating the higher prices they’ve been paying thanks to the uncertainty of tariffs, and other issues.
Sasha Zabar, who on Thursday is launching Glace Candy, a new global candy store next to his viral hit ice cream and hot chocolate flagship shop, Glace, on the Upper East Side, says the uncertainty of where tariffs would land added extra costs to his budget and left him scrambling to find new solutions.
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