T > writes:

> JMF wrote:
>> I'll be in the Bay Area in August and wanted to check out some places. I am
>> aware that a few of you live in the area, and like a dummy I didn't write
>> down ideas that you've already mentioned in posts in tha past -- so does
>> some kind soul have a little list of ideas for me?
>> Thanks,
>> John

Anyway, there are a bunch of manufacturers here. Some were mentoined
on some show on TV maybe on the travel channel. From my iffy memory:
Guittard in SF, Donnely's in Santa Cruz, and Scharffenberger in
Berkeley.

Stretching a bit, is Cocolat still in business? Not really a
chocolatier. After they got burnt out, they continued selling
truffles to Macy's for a while. That might be in Oakland.

Then there's Ghiradelli and Joseph Schmidt, probably in SF,
but they never particularly impressed me.

I have never been to any of them, but I have been meaning to check
them out. I keep thinking I want to organize a Bay Area chocolate
tour some weekend but never get around to it.


Eddie