Complete Chocolate Lover’s Guide for the San Francisco Bay Area

It takes a neighborhood

With a familiar layout and bustling crowd, the 2024 SF International Chocolate Salon seemed like a super trendy neighborhood and inspired me to ask my own neighbors to help a chocolate taster out

Published 14 May, 2024

The New SFBA Chocolate Scene

Something good happened in the last 5 years in the local chocolate scene — lots more places to buy and enjoy great chocolate

Published 10 April, 2024

Death [march] by chocolate

Walk a mile in my shoes — or 6.2 miles in my sister’s case — with stops for chocolate along the way

Published 31 August, 2023

Egg-citing times

This year’s spring Chocolate Salon was focused on Easter in a big way

Published 29 April, 2023

Best bars of 2022

Not drinking establishments, but there was a lot of fermentation in the entries

Published 27 June, 2022

No drama competition

A competition I used to dread has become comfortable, even enjoyable

Published 16 June, 2022