2140 Polk St, San Francisco
North Beach/Russian Hill DIY Tour
Community grocer
Bi-Rite Market is an SF institution that opened its first store in the Mission in the 1940s. It’s evolved to a market that sells a lot of quality locally sourced food, including chocolate. They now have 3 locations in SF including the original Mission District store. The Polk St. store opened in 2024.
It’s been owned by the Mogannams since 1964. In 1997, the sons took over the shop from their father & uncle. One of the sons, Sam Mogannam, was a chef who started stocking the store with high quality food items he would want to cook with. He also added a kitchen, and Bi-Rite became the first grocery store in SF that also offered restaurant-quality food for take out.
They know and support local artisan chocolate, with an extensive selection — and their own house brand made locally.
They also do a lot for the community including 18 Reasons, their non-profit art and food space where we attended a talk and tasting by Dandelion Chocolates founder, Todd Masonis, about their bean-to-bar chocolate.
Other locations
Local artisan chocolatiers to look for here:
- Recchiuti Confections
- Dandelion Chocolates
- NeoCocoa
- Feve Artisan Chocolatier
- Tiny House Chocolate
- J Street Chocolate
