My Grampa's Store

The Grandpa for which this store is named was Hank Morello, owner and operator of Hank's Candy Store duering my childhood days. Ogden grade school is located right across the street and a Catholic grade school is kiddy-corner to the store as well. Hundreds of kids used to mob this store daily when I went through grades 1-6 at Ogden. In fact, as a younf paper route guy I used to stop in every single morning and tank up on glazed donuts and other sugary delights. Now Hank's is a gourmet cake and catering company run by his grand-daughter. We communicated via email and later by phone last year after I had seen the name of the store show up on Google maps and was surprised to see it still surviving. I have many stories concerning this great little store. If you stop in, tell her I sent you. EDIT: So here I am finally, Sept.22, 2018, visiting My Grandpa's Store and meeting Gina. I've returned to LaGrange after 50 years and am enjoying my 50th high school reunion at LTHS. I haven't walked inside this sacred candy shrine since my old grade school across the street, Ogden Avenue School, in 1961.....mind-boggling, eh? The store was started way back in the 1930's, I believe, though I did lose track of the exact chronology as Gina explained the photos that chronicle the grandparents, parents, children, and grand-children that have run this store. It should be certified and put on the National Register of Historical sites for sure. The photos and old telephones make this establishment more of a museum than you can imagine....oh, the memories......such a great time we all had....

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This would be my second time using this place to get a birthday cake for the kid. This would also be the second time I just randomly called and gave a brief description of what he wanted. And just like last time, it was knocked out of the park. To the baker: You made the kids day with your horse shaped cake creation. Thank you.

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Got my sons birthday cake here. The cake was super moist got a two tier one tier was chocolate and the other was cookies and cream. It was all fondant and very reasonably priced. There was absolutely no cake left over which was the plan. The owner is also very responsive and will work with you via phone if needed.

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After school candy shop. Was expecting like a bakery but more similar to convenient store. Can't speak to baked goods as it's made to order.

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We got our wedding cake from here and it was incredible. Awesome job Gina!

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