But a more accessible route is to purchase a box of marrons glacés — a classic European sweet, also called candied chestnuts — from Giovanni Galli 1911, a longtime confectioner that still produces the seasonal delicacies by hand. Its nondescript white boxes with Galli’s name printed in the original turn-of-the-century typeface appear on smart dining tables here once fall arrives. And agonizingly slow-moving lines form outside the store throughout December, although online sales have helped a bit with that situation. (The season for marrons glacés lasts through Easter.) One wonders what the dentist would think.

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Persons: Giovanni Galli, Via Victor Hugo, Federico Galli, glacés Organizations: marrons, Via Locations: Easter