“What is the best place to buy home-popped popcorn around the 5Ts…”
Actually, its illegal in NYW to market “home-popped” popcorn or any other foods that were not prepared in a licensed commercial food preparation facility. The stores mentioned are not “home-popped” since they are not someone’s “home”. i don’t think a lemonade stand in front of someone’s home selling popcorn will get busted but when you start scaling up to a bigger operation you may get a fine.