In need of more space to grow premium chocolate maker TCHO is leaving SF for a historic building in Berkeley.
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Bittersweet: Artisanal chocolate made in Berkeley
Tucked away behind a glass door in a new block of buildings on Fourth Street sits Berkeley’s only chocolate manufacturer. Bittersweet, best known for its string of cafes in Oakland, San Francisco and Danville that serve delicious cups of hot cocoa, has started producing its own chocolate bars. Made from single-source farms or collectives in Bali […]
Another chocolate factory says goodbye
First Scharffen Berger, now Charles Chocolates. What is it about the East Bay that chocolate factories don’t find accommodating? Charles Chocolates owner Chuck Siegel tells SFoodie today that he is planning to close his 6,700 square foot operation on the Berkeley borders in Emeryville on February 15, and — hopefully — open a new retail […]