What a great little shop! They carry all kinds of goodies from high end places in the city, in addition to their own store made goods. They even have a selection of chocolates from Soma in the Distillery district! My friend treated me to a holiday gingerbread person (my own non-denominational, non-sexist cookie term) and it was truly delicious. How can a little gingerbread person be so delicious? It was not overpowering in ginger spice (remember her? her singing career bombed after leaving the Spice Girls), it was buttery and he/she melted on my tongue (sorry for the crude imagery. non-perverse review, uncheck).
I also tried Stollen for the first time, a German cake containing dried fruit & marzipan covered with powdered sugar. I've never been inclined to try Stollen, since I always thought it looked like a dry loaf of fruitcake-type bread, and I hate fruitcake. Boy, was I mistaken! Here, it was a joy to experience. It was melty, sugary, nutty. The bread part tasted like the insides of a soft baguette. The dried fruit was not candied maraschino cherry crap, but good quality dried raisins and berries. All together with the smooth powdered sugar, YUM. I would buy a loaf of this!
Also of note: bags of sesame cheese sticks at the cash counter. Salty, buttery, crispy, wonderfully addictive. Expensive though at nearly $10 a bag! Yikes! But you do get about 25 Pocky-sized sticks in there.