This small candy shop near Rodeo Drive, is owned by the husband & wife team of Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels.

You probably know Shirley Jones from her stint as the mother on "The Partridge Family," and from her roles in numerous Hollywood musicals such as "Oklahoma" and "The Music Man" (where she played 'Marion the Librarian.)

I first remember seeing Marty Ingels in a short-lived 1962 sitcom called "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," but the comic is ubiquitous, turning up on talk shows, game shows, as the voice of cartoon characters, and in movies like "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium."

There's a cute story about just how the celebrity couple came to own this tiny candy shop. It seems that Shirley mentioned to Marty that she loved the hand-dipped chocolates sold by this Cañon Drive store, so Marty bought it for her as a Valentine's Day gift in 1997. Not just the chocolates, the entire store! (It had been there for over 50 years, but the owner was ready to retire.)



The store also has a celebrity following. Customers include Stephen Spielberg, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Jeffry Katzenberg, Betsy Bloomingdale and David Geffen. Nancy Sinatra says she likes to come here on Saturdays for the toffee. Her father, Frank Sinatra, favored the maple creams.

It's located across the street from (and a block north of) Mulberry Pizzeria (owned by actress Cathy Moriarty), and on the same street as Spago Beverly Hills.

Update: I recently heard that Shirley sold the candy store, but given the on again/off again nature of Shirley and Marty's stormy relationship, you never know...

 Getting there: Edelweiss is a small shop, tucked away on the east side of Cañon Drive (two streets east of Rodeo Drive), just south of Santa Monica Blvd.. in the heart of Beverly Hills.