{"id":16058,"date":"2020-08-18T16:13:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T23:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:55:22","slug":"the-velvet-raven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-velvet-raven\/","title":{"rendered":"The Velvet Raven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-42218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"The Velvet Raven exterior\" width=\"850\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior.jpg 850w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior-320x267.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior-640x533.jpg 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Velvet-Raven-exterior-400x333.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>155A South Park St., SOMA, SF<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Downtown San Francisco tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/downtown-san-francisco-tour\/\"><strong>Downtown San Francisco\/SOMA DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4393\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72Cafe.png\" alt=\"Cafe\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72FactoryStore.png\" alt=\"Factory Store\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4396 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72LocalChocolatier.png\" alt=\"Local Chocolatier\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/>Food, chocolate, &amp; art<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thevelvetraven.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Velvet Raven<\/a><\/strong> opened in 2019 by chocolatier Basel Bazlamit and a partner, is a caf\u00e9\/wine bar\/chocolate shop in SF\u2019s South Park neighborhood. They sell <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/basel-b-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Basel B Inc.<\/a><\/strong> chocolates: his signature 85% cacao truffles, molded chocolates, and dipped chocolates, plus special treats. The line of chocolates feature what seems like the widest array of unique and vintage molds in SFBA.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB tip<\/h3>\n<p>Follow their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thevelvetravencafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevelvetravencafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FB account<\/a> for the latest info on what they are doing, what\u2019s on the menu, and what\u2019s in the chocolate case.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB mentions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/the-new-sfba-chocolate-scene\/\">The New SFBA Chocolate Scene<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/show-some-love-for-local-chocolatiers\/\">Show some love for local chocolatiers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/soma-stroll\/\">SOMA stroll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/experiments-in-chocolate\/\">Experiments in Chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/good-for-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good for you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/chocolate-community\/\">Chocolate community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/everybody-go-nuts\/\">Everybody go nuts!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/chocolate-sprinkles\/\">Chocolate Sprinkles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy a meal, drink, art, and maybe the most extensive array of molded chocolates you have ever seen in this cozy corner of South Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445,145,146,15,41],"tags":[891,1468],"class_list":["post-16058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour-stop-downtown-sf","category-chocolatier-2","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-san-francisco-chocolate","tag-basel-b-inc","tag-listing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16058"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42496,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions\/42496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}