Beloved 90-year-old East Village store owner Ray Alvarez has a real guardian angel watching over him.

The Angels are on the side of a beloved East Village store owner.

Local hero Ray Alvarez, 90, received a friendship award Saturday from Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliva, who spoke of the time his life was saved by a nearby fixture about 30 years ago. Sliva recalled being beaten in the street while living on Avenue A before Alvarez called the police and gave him a chance to escape.

Curtis Sliwa of Guardian Angels gave Ray Alvarez from Ray's candy store a candy bar. "guardian angel friends" award on Saturday, February 11, 2023

The assailant “knocked me to the ground, either killed me or turned me into a vegetable, and Ray came out and intervened,” said Plum, who praised Ray’s cocky candy store owner.

Nearly two weeks ago, Alvarez received a horrendous beating from a man who tried to sell him two cases of seltzer outside his shop in the middle of the night. He still had a black eye and a nasty scratch on his face when Plum greeted him, and wore a baseball cap that said “Old Soul of New York”.

    Ray Alvarez of Ray's Candy Store keeps his "guardian angel friends" award on Saturday, February 12, 2023

“This man is just incredible,” Plum said. “Many of us wouldn’t be able to take a lick and come back ticking!”

Alzarez did indeed return to the store hours after Luis Peroso allegedly hit him with a rock attached to his belt.

“Thank you so much for the gift,” Alvarez said of his framed “Friend of the Guardian Angels” certificate. “Oh my friends, thank you. I feel great.”

Peroso, 39, was arrested last week and charged with assaulting a very elderly man. Plum expressed admiration for the store owner’s tenacity and quick return to the store.

“This man is incredible,” said a local radio host and former mayoral candidate. “I mean, think about it. This guy stayed up all night, old school, didn’t go anywhere.

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