Jan 22, 2012
Lake Bluff Store Capitalizes on Candy’s Ageless AppealBy Patricia HavrinLakeForest.Patch.com

Lake Bluff, IL – There’s something about kids and candy that seems to go together.

“We enjoy watching kids come in to shop” said Denise Peterson, co-owner of Sweet Things in Lake Bluff. “They get all excited.”

But with the Sweetest Day of the year coming up in just a few weeks (Valentine’s Day), candy has no age limit.

Sweet Things candy and gift store, located next to the Brookside Cleaners at 615 Sheridan Road in the downtown area, opened Oct. 1 led by Peterson and co-owner Ilene Disch.

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