112th Street Area 2012/09/15 - Photo #13

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Mondel's... Upper right: a note of appreciation from Katherine Hepburn. Established in 1943, Mondel’s Chocolates wouldn’t see its most ardent, and famous, fan for nearly forty years on. Once Ms.Hepburn did first show up in 1981, however, she would continue to stock up on her favorite dark chocolates religiously until a year before she died. On the twelfth of every month, the actress’s driver would pull up to the small shop on upper Broadway, and the star would slip in and pick up her standing order of “turtles, almond bark, and break-up,” calling it the “best in the world.” (quotation from a random website).