Photo Essay: Sweet old days 6 Photos . Updated: 03 Jul 2015, 06:42 PM IST Livemint Ghantewala, the 225-year-old savoury and sweets store, may have closed down, but there is no dearth of 'mithai' shops with a rich history in Old Delhi 1/6Photographs: Pradeep Gaur/Mint. The Ghantewala mithai shop in Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk. It downed its shutters on 1 July. 2/6Haldiram’s oldest outlet in the Capital is across the street from where Ghantewala once stood. 3/6A file photo of sohan halwa that Ghantewala was famous for. 4/6Motichoor laddus on display at Tewari Brothers, a sweets shop in the neighbourhood. 5/6A file photo of Ghantewala Confectioners in 2013. The name had since changed to Ghantewala (Sohan Halwa Shop). 6/6Jalebis being fried at Old Famous Jalebi Wala.