Monday, January 27, 2020

Get well soon, Ray!


[Photo from Friday morning]

Ray Alvarez, the tireless proprietor of Ray's Candy Store at 113 Avenue A, was admitted to the hospital this past Thursday morning for emergency hernia surgery.

Several Ray's regulars have said that he's resting comfortably and doing fine. Word from the shop is that Ray, who just turned 87, wants to return as soon as possible (like, today).

And it sounds as if he's OK. According to Peter Brownscombe, who paid Ray a visit at Beth Israel: "Apparently his first action on coming out of the anesthetic was to get on his phone and order more potatoes for the store."

H/T Dave on 7th and Stacie Joy!

10 comments:

  1. At least when Ray says he’s peelin’ potatoes, he’s actually peelin’ potatoes. Get well soon Ray, and I need an egg cream with extra foam.

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  2. Yo Ray get up to speed asap and long may you reign!

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  3. RAY! MY HERO! GET WELL SOON!!!!

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  4. feel better soon Ray... we need our neighborhood icons feeling great! ❤️ u Ray

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  5. Store is open tonight and running well!

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  6. He will outlive us all.

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  7. Amen to that, Anonymous (8:27pm). Glad you’re alright, Ray! We love ya!!

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