{"id":2011,"date":"2011-07-26T11:04:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T18:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T00:22:42","slug":"serendipitous-discovery-in-the-south-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/serendipitous-discovery-in-the-south-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Serendipitous discovery in the South Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE, January 2014: <strong>Serendipity Chocolate Shop<\/strong> has closed.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new place in SFBA to enjoy local artisan chocolates: <strong>Serendipity Chocolate Shop<\/strong> in San Carlos. They carry <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/jade-chocolates-2\/\">Jade Chocolates<\/a><\/strong> (you can get the Bogart truffle there which we loved at the last <a title=\"Shock &amp; Awe at the 2011 SF Chocolate Salon\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/shock-awe-at-the-2011-sf-chocolate-salon\/\">SF International Chocolate Salon<\/a>), <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michael-mischer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Mischer<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" title=\"cupicon\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"4-cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/feve-artisan-chocolatier\/\"><strong>Shawn Williams<\/strong><\/a> (of <strong>Au Coeur des Chocolats,<\/strong> whose <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/fall-chocolate-salon-round-up\/\">chocolate bars<\/a> and s\u2019mores kits we loved at previous chocolate salons).<\/p>\n<p>Other locally-sourced chocolate snacks include <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kikastreats.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kika\u2019s Treats<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Toffee Talk.<\/strong> They also offer coffee drinks and have plans to sell wine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serendipity Chocolate Shop,<\/strong> 1152 Arroyo Avenue, San Carlos, CA 94070. Hours are 8-8 Wed-Sat and 8-3 Sun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving south of the city and need some chocolate? Discover Serendipity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,131,488],"tags":[207,97,177,73,206,205,208,209],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-chocolate","category-south-bay-chocolate","category-update","tag-au-coeur-des-chocolats","tag-jade-chocolates","tag-kikas-treats","tag-michael-mischer","tag-san-carlos","tag-serendipity","tag-shawn-williams","tag-toffee-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011","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=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35523,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions\/35523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}