Gifts for people you don’t know very well: Diddy Riese

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There are always those people you don’t know very well, but around this time of year, a holiday gift “expectation” seems to surface.  Maybe it’s your neighbor.  Or the postal worker.  Or that creepy guy at work whose name you don’t know but whom you don’t want to risk alienating by getting everyone else a gift but him.

For a personable “impersonal” gift, try Diddy Riese in Westwood.  Those same big, fresh, rich, soft, cheap cookies (a buck for three) that have customers lining up around the block also make affordable gifts.

For $4.75 they’ll pack a dozen in a bright red bag — ready to be handed over to a lucky recipient.  If you want something bigger, try a tin with 18 cookies for $10.50 (cash only).

I know, I know, parking in Westwood can be rough.  You can find two hours free parking before 6 p.m. at the public garage at 1036 Broxton (Broxton is southbound only at that point, so come from Le Conte or Weyburn).  Walk about a block north and you’re there.

Unlike all those bath product gift sets that probably never get used and just make the rounds each year, Diddy Riese’s cookies won’t get re-gifted — and will probably even be shared.  Now that’s a gift.

Price:  $-$$ (cash only)

Where:  926 Broxton Avenue, Los Angeles, Ca 90024

Call:  (310) 208-0448

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