{"id":4538,"date":"2014-03-20T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:17:13","slug":"thelab-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/thelab-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"theLab \u2013 closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4540\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4540\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LabCafe.png\" alt=\"theLab Cafe\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LabCafe.png 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LabCafe-320x240.png 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LabCafe-348x261.png 348w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LabCafe-200x150.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TheLab desserts were amazing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>801 22nd Street, San Francisco<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Dogpatch tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/dogpatch-tour\/\"><strong>Dogpatch,\u00a0San Francisco DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Chocolate Experiments<\/h2>\n<p><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-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/72LocalChocolatier.png\" alt=\"Local Chocolatier\" 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\" \/>UPDATE 8\/20: theLab has closed permanently.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED 3\/1\/16: Formerly Chocolate Lab, then theLab Caf\u00e9, and now theLab or Recchiuti at theLab, this space was opened by Michael Recchiuti of <a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Recchiuti Confections<\/strong><\/a> so he could use his pastry chef background to offer chocolate oriented desserts, chocolate drinks and other food beyond confections.<\/p>\n<p>It has gone through several iterations. Currently, it is a cocoa caf\u00e9 featuring Recchiuti desserts, and a mini-shop of Recchiuti confections.<\/p>\n<h3>CBTB Tip:<\/h3>\n<p>Always check the website for the latest options at this unique place.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Recchiuti locations:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Recchiuti Confections: Ferry Building\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/recchiuti-confections\/\">Ferry Building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Little Nib\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-dogpatch-sf\/little-nib\/\">Little Nib<\/a> \u2013 closed &amp; combined with theLab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Little patch of heavenly chocolate\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/little-patch-of-heavenly-chocolate\/\">Little patch of heavenly chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/recchiuti-confections\/\">Recchiuti Confections tour stop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fall into chocolate\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/fall-into-chocolate\/\">Fall into chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theLab closed in 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[449,145,146,15,500,488],"tags":[1473,1127,1074],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tour-stop-dogpatch-sf","category-chocolatier-2","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop","category-update","tag-closed","tag-recchiuti-confections","tag-veteran-sfba-artisan-chocolatier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538","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=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38294,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions\/38294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}