I'll be there for my final purchases, rumor has it another candy company will take it over. Great spot, and I am really sad to see it go. I have rode my bike there plenty of times to get my chocolate fix.

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I had a similar experience, showing me behind the scenes & he let me sample a piece of chocolate "fresh out of the oven". (figure of speech)

A true son of Jersey City & artist whose death leaves a hole in our lives.

Shame to see this:
Bittersweet memories as family prepares to close 96-year-old chocolate business with final sale

Last Spring I brought my six year-old to this shop to buy some Easter candy, and Mr. Fischer could not have been kinder. He even bestowed free little chocolate bunnies upon us. I was impressed with many of the products he sold and he took the time to explain where he sourced raw ingredients from and why it made a difference in the quality of the end-product.
A kind and gentle man, indeed. May he rest in peace. Truly a loss for Jersey City.

Long-time Jersey City chocolatier leaves behind legacy of sweet memories

By Sudip Bhattacharya | The Jersey Journal
on December 19, 2014 at 4:53 PM, updated December 19, 2014 at 5:38 PM

While other businesses came and went, Fischer Confections has stood the test of time.

For 52 years Frank E. Fischer operated and owned the candy business in the same location on Martin Luther King Drive. And as the city changed bit by bit, Fischer remained a chocolatier at the same location on Martin Luther King Drive, making treats for the community for more than five decades.

It was what he loved to do, until his death on Dec. 5 at the age of 70 at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson.

full JJ piece?.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... _legacy.html#incart_river