{"id":4505,"date":"2014-03-22T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-22T20:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2024-07-13T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T00:33:23","slug":"michael-mischer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michael-mischer\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Mischer \u2013 closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2378\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Michael-Mischerstorefrnt.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Mischer store front\" width=\"630\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Michael-Mischerstorefrnt.jpg 630w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Michael-Mischerstorefrnt-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One healthy block of Grand Avenue in Oakland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>3352 Grand Avenue, Oakland<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Oakland\/Emeryville tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/oaklandemeryville-tour\/\">Oakland DIY Tour<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>German chocolatier uses highest quality chocolate<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Local Chocolatier\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><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\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Factory Store\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: After 19 years in business, Michael Mischer closed in July 2021. However, another Michael, Michael Benner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michaels-chocolates\/\">Michael\u2019s Chocolates<\/a>, is opening in the same space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Mischer<\/strong> <a title=\"Recommended\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/recommended\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cupicon2.png\" alt=\"4-cup chocolatier\" width=\"14\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a> is a German-trained chocolatier who is probably second only to <a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/recchiuti-confections\/\">Michael Recchiuti<\/a> in terms of local reputation.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the top East Bay chocolatier:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u2019s been the longest in business in the East Bay (opened in 2004).<\/li>\n<li>He has an excellent reputation \u2013 his chocolate is used by <a title=\"Bi-Rite Market\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/bi-rite-market\/\">Bi-Rite Market<\/a> for their store brand chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>He was the only local chocolatier that <a title=\"CocoaBella\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/cocoabella\/\">CocoaBella Chocolates<\/a> carried.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe the secret is that he uses Criollo chocolate (the highest quality) for his bonbons and \u201cdesigner bars.\u201d His\u00a0designer bars are big bars of Criollo chocolate with ingredients like nuts, dried fruit, salt, nibs, and toffee\u00a0sprinkled on top.<\/p>\n<p>His range of filled chocolates includes expected flavors like salted caramel and espresso, but he also has German inspired chocolates: Marzipan, Pfeffernusse (German spice cookie flavors of white pepper &amp; cardamom), and Lebkuchen (German gingerbread flavors of honey &amp; spices). And maybe more fun are his American chocolates:\u00a0Root Beer, Baked Apple, and Barbeque(?).<\/p>\n<p>Go to the store for his full line and some unusual items. One time we got a bar that had dragon fruit on it which I\u2019ve never seen in any other chocolate.<\/p>\n<h4>CBTB Tip:<\/h4>\n<p>The shop is open late (noon-9pm), so it\u2019s great for stopping by after dinner in the area or a matinee at the Grand Lake Theater down the street.<\/p>\n<h3>Find Michael Mischer at:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Chocolate Covered\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-noe-valley-sf\/chocolate-covered\/\">Chocolate Covered<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bi-Rite Market\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/bi-rite-market\/\">Bi-Rite Market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fog City News\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/fog-city-news\/\">Fog City News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<ul>\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 title=\"M-M good\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/m-m-good\/\">M-M good<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Mischer retired in 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,146,15,447,500,488],"tags":[1473,1074],"class_list":["post-4505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chocolatier-2","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop-oakland","category-tour-stop","category-update","tag-closed","tag-veteran-sfba-artisan-chocolatier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505","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=4505"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44027,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4505\/revisions\/44027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}