Lagomarcino's Confectionery

A century-old candy counter where the sweets are handmade and the cases gleam.

Lagomarcino’s has been doing this since 1919—hand-dipped chocolates, fresh taffy, old-fashioned hard candies made the way they used to be. Walk in and the cases stop you: rows of caramels in paper cups, chocolate-covered cherries, butter creams in flavors you didn’t know you needed. The staff moves with the ease of people who’ve explained the difference between their fudge and everyone else’s a thousand times, and they’re patient about it.

Lagomarcino’s sits in East Davenport, a quieter stretch of the city that rewards wandering. It’s the kind of place that’s been here longer than most of us have been alive—the sort of local landmark that shows up on three generations of birthday lists. Once you know it exists, you’ll find reasons to go back.

A century-old candy counter where the sweets are handmade and the cases gleam.

Lagomarcino’s has been doing this since 1919—hand-dipped chocolates, fresh taffy, old-fashioned hard candies made the way they used to be. Walk in and the cases stop you: rows of caramels in paper cups, chocolate-covered cherries, butter creams in flavors you didn’t know you needed. The staff moves with the ease of people who’ve explained the difference between their fudge and everyone else’s a thousand times, and they’re patient about it.

Lagomarcino’s sits in East Davenport, a quieter stretch of the city that rewards wandering. It’s the kind of place that’s been here longer than most of us have been alive—the sort of local landmark that shows up on three generations of birthday lists. Once you know it exists, you’ll find reasons to go back.