"Today I had the honor of meeting Kamila Myzel of the famous @myzelschocolate. I know I say this a lot, but she was truly one of the sweetest ladies I’ve met in a long time and sadly she is in a bit of financial trouble due to the repercussions of COVID on her business."
"Myzel’s Chocolates is facing an enormous looming debt crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kamila Myzel struggled to keep her shop open during the pandemic, and many of the office workers, tourists, and theatre-goers that used to populate Midtown Manhattan have not yet returned."
"For more than three decades, Myzel’s Chocolate has served Midtown with a wide array of sweet treats and its old-world charm. Now, owner Kamila Myzel, is facing a debt crisis after struggling to keep her doors open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic."
"The Mayor's Office for Small Business Services says two-thirds of the city's small business could close their door forever because of the pandemic. It is no secret that small businesses, the life blood of New York, employing nearly 52% of the city's workers, were decimated by COVID-19 and the lockdowns that came with it. ..."
"I had such a wonderful time catching up with my old friend, Kamila, who owns Myzel"s Chocolate. She shared with me a plethora of natural licorices. If you"re in New York be sure to visit her wonderful shop on West 55th."
"At Myzel"s Chocolates, Kamila Myzel makes her own cookies and has, of course, chocolate, jelly beans, and other stuff. But she"s really known for over 100 types of licorices. Mike Sugerman tried some of them out in this week"s Sweet Spot."
"In this episode of American Voices: What's it like to own a chocolate shop? We'll hear from Kamila Myzel, of Myzel Chocolates;..."
"The Manhattan Sideways team is always excited when they discover a shop that specializes in chocolate. On this particular day, we were also delighted to spend some time chatting with owner, Kamila Myzel. We learned that this heavenly little store has resided on 55th for over two decades, and has an old-fashioned candy shop charm to it...."
"When I passed by recently I was pleasantly surprised to spot an Old World-looking candy store named Myzel’s that seemed out of place amid the bustle of 21st-century Manhattan."
"It appeared more appropriate to New York City, circa 1963; before the rise of the banks and corporate retailers, when mom-and-pop stores still flourished..."
"... December in New York isn’t complete without stopping in to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, but make sure to duck into Myzel’s Chocolate, a tiny European-style shop decked out with Christmas chocolates and ornaments, a few blocks away on W. 55th Street...."
"In a city that"s fast becoming cookie cutter we need more places like Myzel"s and more people like Kamila."
"Turns out, licorice is a bit of a miracle candy. Opera singers buy it because it"s soothing on the vocal cords, Myzel says. Others stock up because it can do the impossible: taste like candy while suppressing appetite."
"At Myzel's Chocolate & Gifts, visitors are welcomed with an intoxicating waft of cocoa and the warm greeting of a cheerful woman stationed behind the candy-cluttered counter. Meet Kamila Myzel. She has owned and run the Midtown chocolate shop along with her mother, Lucy, for the past 20 years. Kamila emigrated from Poland in 1980, bringing with her an old-world sensibility..."
"Chocolate — now there is a delicious word a writer doesn't get to use enough. But here is a chance, thanks to Kamila Myzel. A Polish asylum seeker who fled her country's martial law crackdown before communism collapsed, Ms. Myzel, 50, opened her small sweets shop, Myzel's Chocolate, at 140 West 55th Street..."