Dark Delicacies is located at 4213 W. Burbank Boulevard in Burbank, California, 91505. Our toll-free phone number is 1-888-DARKDEL. Our local phone number is (818)556-6660. Our hours are Saturday and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (we are closed on Mondays).

Your genial (g)hosts are Sue and Del Howison, who formed Dark Delicacies in 1994. We started selling at conventions, and opened the store December 3, 1994. We have been featured on the SciFi Channel's SciFi Buzz, we've been written up in the second edition of J. Gordon Melton's THE VAMPIRE BOOK: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE DEAD, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Daily News, Fangoria magazine, and Bookcase magazine. The New Times issue on the "2000 Guide to the Best of Los Angeles" named us "Best Horror/Fantasy Bookstore". We worked with the Transylvanian Society for Dracula on the Dracula 97 convention, and with Fool's Progress on a series of Horror Writers Calendars. We also work regularly with the Neva Foundation (a dog rescue charity).

Did you know that Del is also an actor? Here are some shots of him from the new Frontline Entertainment production "Scarlet Countess"!

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"...known in these parts as having the best in horror and the macabre." - Los Angeles Times

"...a horror haven in Burbank." - Norine Dresser, author of American Vampires

"Dark Delicacies is a store where just about anybody can find the perfect horror treasure." - Sci-Fi Buzz television show

"This is such a wonderful place! ...catering to the not-so-usual customer like me!" - Lucy Chase Williams, author Films of Vincent Price

"It's a super store of horror." - Jerry Lentz, voice-over specialist

"...it is filled with all the things I like the best, horror and ghouls and vampires and monsters. All the things that make life worth living." - Mark Williams, artist Sisters of Mercy

"Dark Delicacies may be the nation's only one-stop fright shop." - Burbank Leader

"So horror has found home - thank God! We were all getting tired of sleeping on the streets." - Peter Atkins, author/screenwriter Hellraiser 2, 3, 4

"Burbank's own splatterpunk horror store." - S. P. Somtow, author Valentine and Moon Dance

"What a great store!" - Ashley Laurence, actress Hellraiser and Hellraiser: Hellbound

"A virtual Pandora's Box of all things grim and grisly." - L.A. Weekly

"...a dark little spot in sunny Burbank." - Daniel Licht, composter Hellraiser: Bloodline

"A real horror chamber." - Burbank Leader

"If Hell had a giftshop, Dark Delicacies would be the place." - Nick Bougas, filmmaker Deathscenes 1, 2 & 3

"Coolest store in town." - Frank A. Darabont, writer/director The Shawshank Redemption

"I love your 'Dark Delicacies'." - Debra Dutch, film scream queen

"...incredibly dark, evil establishment." - Richard Christian Matheson, author Scars and Created By

"Sorry I spent so much money." - Jonathan Ross, producer/writer

"The best horror store I'd ever seen... so if you live within 100 miles of this place, you should get on their mailing list." - Grue magazine

"What a neat store... Can I be the night watchman?" - Bob Burns, special effects artist

"Dark Delicacies is the one stop shop for fright fans." - Sci-Fi Channel

"Thanks for scaring the hell out of me!" - Daniel Roebuck, actor The Fugitive and River's Edge

"...the store offers an ever-changing selection of gifts, collectibles and clothing." - New York Times

"...the most wonderfully hellish shop in the dimension. Thanks for dredging us up from the dead." - Mick Garris, director The Stand and The Shining

"...it is the place for horror." - Sci-Fi Channel

"What a tasty crowd! I had a bloody great evening!" - Nancy Holder, author Dead in the Water

"...Dark Delicacies has... earned a reputation among its customers as the Macy's of the macabre." - Sci-Fi Channel

"...my favorite purveyors of bad dreams!" - Stephen Woodworth, author Purple Hearts and Other Wounds

"What an incredible place!" - Paul Clemens, actor The Beast Within and A Death in Canaan

"For horror fans it's the ultimate shopping experience." - Sci-Fi Channel

"I could die happy in Dark Delicacies - and then come back for more!" - Lisa Morton, author/screenwriter (Meet the Hollowheads)

"You guys and the shop are great!" - Bruce Haley, photographer of cemetery art

"What a wonderful place! My new home away from home!" - Pam Keesey, editor Daughters of Darkness

"You are the best!" - Linnea Quigley, scream queen

"A well-loved and highly respected specialty store" - Hellnotes