Confectioner's Shops (entry)

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CONFECTIONER'S SHOPS. Public food-service establishments where coffee, chocolate, ice-cream, fruits, and other sweets were served. Since the early 1810s, confectioner's shops gradually replaced "sweet shops," offering various sweets for take-away. The owners of confectioner's shops were mainly foreigners. In the early 19th century, K. Lared's establishment (Lareda), near the beginning of Nevsky Prospect, was famous for its ice-cream with sponge cakes (habitues included A.S. Griboedov, V.A. Zhukovsky, A.I. Turgenev, S.S. Uvarov). Wolff et Beranget Confectionery was noted for its variety of sweets shaped like human figures, famous buildings, and portraits of well-known people. The A. Ambiel's establishments (Ambiela, then Kalaz, 42 Nevsky Prospect), Malinari and Aport also enjoyed great popularity; in the mid-19th century, shop belonging to Izler (formerly Ambiel's first garcon), D.I. Filippov (Filippovskaya, 45 Nevsky Prospect) and Dominic were particularly famous. Confectioner Pfeifer, opened near the Alexandrinsky Theatre, was the first to make various chocolate figures. In the 1910s the best confectioner's shops were located on Nevsky Prospect, including Abrikosov's (building No. 40, reopened under its previous name in 2002), F. Balas (building No. 54), De Gourmet (building No. 76), D.I. Kuznetsov's (building No. 92), Kurlyandskaya (building No. 116), Rabon (building No. 30), Conradi's (buildings Nos. 20, 36 and 106), Landrin's (buildings No. 46 and 64), and also on Bolshaya Morskaya Street and Malaya Morskaya Street. Some confectioner's shops sold alcoholic drinks (Naumov's, 23 Liteiny Avenue). After October 1917, confectioner's shops were either closed down or turned into street shops and cafes, losing their former ambience, assortment and regular customers. In the early 2000s, confectioner's shops started to reappear (Bouchee, Albina, Sweet Paradise, Domik Gnoma).

Reference: Петербург в 1831-1832 гг.: (По письмам провинциала) // Рус. старина. 1900. Т. 101, февр. С. 487-488; Расторгуев Е. И. Прогулки по Невскому проспекту // Прогулки по Невскому проспекту в первой половине XIX века. СПб., 2002. С. 175-176.

I. A. Bogdanov. Abrikosov
Ambiel A.
Aport (see Ritz-a-Port Dominique)
Balas F.
Beranger T.
Conradi
Filippov D.I.
Griboedov Alexander Sergeevich
Kalats
Kuznetsov Dmitry Ivanovich
Landrin Georg Matveevich
Lared K.A.
Malinari
Naumov
Pfeifer
Turgenev Alexander Ivanovich
Uvarov Sergey Semenovich
Wolf S.
Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich
Liteiny Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 116
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 76
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 30
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 42
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 45
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 106
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 54
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 40
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 64
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 92
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 46
Петербург в 1831-1832 гг.: (По письмам провинциала) // Рус. старина, 1900
Расторгуев Е. И. Прогулки по Невскому проспекту // Прогулки по Невскому проспекту в первой половине XIX века. СПб., 2002 Wolff et Beranget Confectionery
Dominic Cafe
Alexandrinsky Theatre