Goldblatt's had the best ginger snaps in the world. They were actually spicy with ginger. I still miss them.

When I was a kid, my mother (a mopar fanatic til the day she died) would take our Dodge Coronet station wagon to the dealership at Grand and Harlem for servicing.

We would tag along and make a day of it. Usually we would catch the Grand and Nordica bus and go downtown. Navy Pier (when it was still a pier) or the Historical Society or maybe riding the elevators in the Prudential building.

When we got back, we would stop at the Grand and Harlem Goldblatt's. My mom would give us a few bucks and park us in line at the candy counter while she went of to pick up some hose or other unmentionables. She loved the chocolate covered orange peels. I could never stand them things. But we would always get a small sack of ginger snaps. They were delicious. We would ration them, eating only one or two a day, in the hope of making them last until the next time we needed our tires rotated.