General Business
Athenian Candle CO LLC
In Greektown
Athenian Candle Co. is a fourth-generation family business at 300 S Halsted Street in Greektown, manufacturing hand-dipped tapered candles ranging from 8 inches to 5-foot lambathes. The shop also stocks beeswax and paraffin candles, icons, wedding crowns, baptismal items, oil lamps, and incense for Greek American religious and ceremonial use. Founded in 1920 by Themistocles and Efthimia Godelas.
- Website
- atheniancandle.com/about-us
- Address
- 300 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60661
- Phone
- (312) 332-6988
- Hours
- Mon–Tue · 9:30 AM – 6 PMWed · ClosedThu–Fri · 9:30 AM – 6 PMSat · 9:30 AM – 5 PMSun · Closed
- By L
- UIC-Halsted Blue
- By car
- Standard Parking
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