{"id":6363,"date":"2014-03-22T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T00:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2023-02-15T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T23:53:30","slug":"bittersweet-cafe-downtown-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/bittersweet-cafe-downtown-oakland\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittersweet Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Downtown Oakland\u2013closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>1438 Broadway, Downtown Oakland<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"Oakland\/Emeryville tour\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/oaklandemeryville-tour\/\"><strong>Oakland DIY Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 2016: This location has closed.<\/p>\n<h2>D-I-Y Aesthetic<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Local Chocolatier\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/chocolate-icons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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=\"Cafe\" 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><strong>Bittersweet Caf\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0(now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/bittersweet-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chocolate Dragon bittersweet cafe &amp; bakery<\/a>)\u00a0was established in 2004, and they do everything from bean-to-bar to grinding their hot chocolate mixes to roasting their own coffees and making their own baked goods. The caf\u00e9 on College Ave. in Rockridge was their first one. It opened in 2005. They have since opened other locations in the Bay Area and currently have two locations.<\/p>\n<p>The downtown location has a menu that includes soups, salads and sandwiches.<\/p>\n<h4>CBTB Tip:<\/h4>\n<p>Don\u2019t be put off by the baristas\u2019 attitude. They might not be the friendliest, most helpful servers, but they make a good cup of hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Bittersweet Caf\u00e9 location:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bittersweet Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Rockridge\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/bittersweet-cafe\/\">5427 College Avenue, Oakland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Read more on CBTB:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Local chocolate aggregators\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/ourchocolatiers\/local-chocolate-aggregatos\/\">Local chocolate aggregators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This location has closed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-tourpage.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,146,15,447],"tags":[1473],"class_list":["post-6363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gone-but-not-forgotten","category-listingssfba","category-local-chocolate","category-tour-stop-oakland","tag-closed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363","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=6363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35623,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6363\/revisions\/35623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}