Myers of Keswick

I want every single food item in Myers of Keswick....

... which looks exactly like shops used to when I was a child in England

 -- utterly old-fashioned and charming

It's not that the things always taste that wonderfully good --though some do

it's more the familiarity of them --the brand names one recognizes.

How can an ex-pat live without Marmite, one asks oneself?

And the sweets! No wonder English people have the reputation for having awful teeth. 

All the candy pictured above is really good. I particularly recommend the wine gums

 which are like much tougher Gummy Bears ---sort of.....

Now to the bangers and back bacon and clotted cream and all

 sorts of pies.....steak and kidney. YUM!

This window makes me laugh. Here we have royalty and a wedding --

very classy and suitable -- and then vulgar post cards and pins. Oddly,

England is a bit like that: a mixture of the tasteful and utterly tasteless.

So a last glance --more royalty and then TEA

the most important of beverages (not counting BEER).

Myers is on Hudson Street around 12th Street.