Entering Powell's Sweet Shoppe is like walking into a bag of Skittles. There's the rainbow array of jelly bean dispensers and the barrels of salt water taffy. The Gene Wilder-starring Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory runs on a loop in the back, next to a wall of retro Pez dispensers. The front of the shop is primarily devoted to novelty: ironic lunch boxes, ironic bandages, ironic sodas. And the gelato bar is better than ones at most gelato places. Yet you won't get a sugar headache because Powell's is the Pixar of candy shops: operating on different levels for different ages and pleasing to all. Remember: If you leave without a handful of salt water taffy, you were never really there.
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