{"id":4878,"date":"2014-03-25T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T02:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=4878"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T22:03:47","slug":"chocolate-covered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/chocolate-covered\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Covered"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4880\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4880\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ChocoCovered.png\" alt=\"Chocolate Covered\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ChocoCovered.png 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ChocoCovered-320x240.png 320w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ChocoCovered-348x261.png 348w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ChocoCovered-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-4880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate Covered covers the world in chocolate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>4069 24th Street, San Francisco<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Noe Valley San Francisco tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/noe-valley-san-francisco-tour\/\"><strong>Noe Valley DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Chocolate Mecca<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Retail store\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\"><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\" \/><\/a><strong><a title=\"Chocolate Covered\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatecoveredsf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chocolate Covered<\/a><\/strong> is mecca to chocolate lovers in the Bay Area. It has more varieties of chocolates than anybody else locally \u2013 over 1,000 bars from around the world.\u00a0It\u2019s also one of the oldest chocolate establishments in SFBA, started in 1994 by Jack Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Some people refer to it as a \u201cChocolate Library\u201d because of its seemingly encyclopedic\u00a0selection and\u00a0knowledgeable staff. And they are very supportive of local chocolatiers and offer\u00a0lots of local artisan chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> It was featured in the chocolate documentary, <em>\u201cIn Search of the Heart of Chocolate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>CBTB Tip:<\/h3>\n<p>Visit Chocolate Covered at the end of the month to get deals on bars nearing their expiration date. (You know whatever you get will still be good until you finish it!)<\/p>\n<h3>Local chocolate to look for here:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/j-street-chocolate\/\">J Street Chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/maison-bouche\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maison Bouche<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/feve-artisan-chocolatier\/\">Feve Artisan Chocolatier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jade Chocolates\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/jade-chocolates-2\/\">Jade Chocolates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"L\u2019Amourette Chocolatier\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/lamourette-chocolatier\/\">L\u2019Amourette Chocolatier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/michael-mischer\/\">Michael\u2019s Chocolates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Charles Chocolates\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-mission-district-sf\/charles-chocolates\/\">Charles Chocolates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Recchiuti Confections\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/listingssfba\/chocolatier-2\/recchiuti-confections\/\">Recchiuti Confections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dandelion Chocolate\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/dandelion-chocolate\/\">Dandelion Chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Guittard Chocolate Company\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/guittard-chocolate-company\/\">Guittard Chocolate Company<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/david-upchurch-chocolatier\/\">David Upchurch Chocolatier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/tiny-house-chocolate\/\">Tiny House Chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/death-march-by-chocolate\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Death [march] by chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/the-milky-way\/\">The Milky Way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/traveling-covid-style\/\">Traveling COVID style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/uganda-try-this\/\">Uganda try this<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/different-kind-of-white-chocolate\/\">Different kind of white chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/outsidechocolate\/bean-to-barbie-chocolate\/\">Bean-to-barbie chocolate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><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\/\">Shock &amp; Awe at the 2011 SF Chocolate Salon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Local chocolate aggregators\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/local-chocolate-aggregatos\/\">Local chocolate aggregators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate Covered is mecca to chocolate lovers in the Bay Area. It has more varieties of chocolate than anybody else locally \u2013 over 1,000 bars from around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,146,15,454,500],"tags":[74,172,270,316,356,97,1468,791,811,935,1127,1318,1556],"class_list":["post-4878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shops","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop-noe-valley-sf","category-tour-stop","tag-charles-chocolates","tag-chocolate-covered-sf","tag-dandelion-chocolate","tag-feve-artisan-chocolatier","tag-guittard-chocolate-company","tag-jade-chocolates","tag-listing","tag-lamourette-chocolatier","tag-maison-bouche","tag-michaels-chocolates","tag-recchiuti-confections","tag-store","tag-tiny-house-chocolate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4878","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=4878"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40025,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4878\/revisions\/40025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}