PANDE MITHAI
Established by Jagannath Shivlal Pande in 1864, Pande Mithai stands tall with traditional sweetshop look, selling all the traditional sweets including different types of pedhas, Gulab jamun, Shrikhand, Raghodas laddoos, Khurchand wadi (a special Nashik recipe), Malai burfi, basundi and lot more. You also find dairy products on the counter. Today, the fourth, fifth and sixth generation of Jagannath Pande are handling the family business successfully. Sharadchandra Pande aka Munnu chacha, one of the owners of Pande Mithai shares, “My great grandfather started this shop. My grandfather had three sons. He distributed business amongst them in 1971.” “I have two brothers and we run seven outlets of Pande Mithai,” he boasts. Out of these seven outlets, the oldest one is at Main Road, in front of Madhukar Talkies.