{"id":28736,"date":"2022-02-01T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T22:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=28736"},"modified":"2024-12-16T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T20:27:26","slug":"ghirardelli-chocolate-company-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-company-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghirardelli Chocolate \u2013 Montgomery St."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>2 New Montgomery Street , SF<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"San Francisco Peninsula tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/downtown-san-francisco-tour\/\"><strong>Downtown\/SOMA DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Local chocolate institution<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13926\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/72beantobar-5.png\" alt=\"bean to bar\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4397\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72Store.png\" alt=\"Retail store\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghirardelli.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghirardelli Chocolate<\/a><\/strong> started by Domenico Ghirardelli during the Gold Rush in SF is one of two\u00a0local chocolate pioneers (the other being\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/guittard-chocolate-company\/\">Guittard<\/a>)<\/strong>\u00a0still in business today. Ghirardelli was bought by Swiss chocolate manufacturer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindtusa.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindt<\/a>, in 1998, but continues to be a separate brand headquartered in SFBA (San Leandro).<\/p>\n<p>They make chocolate bars, tiles, barks, molded chocolates, drinking chocolate, and baking chocolate. Their chocolates are available in stores nationwide, on their site, and at Ghirardelli Square in North Beach.<\/p>\n<p>This site includes a store and fountain service.<\/p>\n<h3>Other SFBA Ghirardelli locations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-company\/\">Ghirardelli Square, North Beach, SF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet-2\/\">Corporate headquarters &amp; outlet, San Leandro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet\/\">Livermore outlet<\/a> \u2013 closed<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet-4\/\">Lathrop outlet &amp; ice cream shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet-3\/\">Tracy outlet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-outlet-3-2\/\">Milpitas outlet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ghirardelli-chocolate-monterey\/\">Monterey store &amp; fountain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/san-francisco-chocolate\/chocolate-heaven\/\">Chocolate heaven<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/pioneers-veterans-of-sfba-artisan-chocolate\/\">Pioneers &amp; veterans of SFBA artisan chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/get-the-lead-out\/\">Get the lead out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/things-are-looking-up-in-the-candy-aisle\/\">Things are looking up in the candy aisle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/some-sfba-chocolatiers-recognized-as-best-in-america\/\">Some SFBA chocolatiers recognized as best in America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/the-chocolate-of-champions\/\">The chocolate of champions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/rulers-of-the-chocolate-world\/\">Rulers of the chocolate world<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local chocolate institution founded during the Gold Rush in SF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445,1059,146,15,500],"tags":[282,210,1073,220,1468,1318],"class_list":["post-28736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour-stop-downtown-sf","category-listed-chocolate-maker","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop","tag-bean-to-bar","tag-cafe","tag-chocolate-maker","tag-ghirardelli","tag-listing","tag-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28736","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=28736"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42340,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28736\/revisions\/42340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}