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South End chocolate bar wins approval

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 10:48 am

The Boston Licensing Board today granted a food-serving license to Cacao, 570 Columbus Ave. in the South End. Read more.

Sweet desire

By adamg - 3/19/18 - 11:06 am

Outside Sweet on Charles Street, Beacon Hill

JB Parrett noticed a window shopper outside Sweet on Charles Street on Beacon Hill.

Today's best testimonial for Burdick in Harvard Square

By adamg - 12/17/11 - 12:55 pm

Bijan Sabet recounts a discussion with his five-year-old today about the Harvard Square chocolate shop.

Two links not to click on if you're hungry or addicted to chocolate

By adamg - 3/11/10 - 8:12 am

William McAdoo takes us on a two-part chocolate tour of Harvard Square here and here.

South Boston to get chocolate cafe; Mission Hill to get fresh pasta takeout

By adamg - 1/27/10 - 10:29 am

The Boston Licensing Board said today it will likely approve a food permit for Blue Marble Chocolate Cafe, 258 W. Broadway in South Boston, where owner Jennifer Turner plans to serve coffee, tea and "chocolate dessert-type products."

However, board Chairman Daniel Pokaski said he would likely vote at a meeting tomorrow to defer any action until after Turner meets with neighbors. Board member Michael Connolly said he didn't even think that was necessary. Representatives from the mayor's office and city councilors Bill Linehan and Steve Murphy gave conditional approval, pending a neighborhood meeting.

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Chocolate notes

By adamg - 8/14/06 - 8:12 pm

Alison Rose says speed right over to the Lindt Chocolate Store at Burlington Square on Middlesex Turnpike (NOT the one in the mall), which is having a clearance:

It's a chocolate sale, people--what more do I have to say?

Lynne says Clear Flour Bread in Brookline has chocolate croissants that are almost as good as the ones she remembers from Aix-en-Provence:

Women and chocolate

By adamg - 5/18/05 - 10:39 am

Katie has a ball at the chocolate buffet at the Langham Hotel and observes:

... Obviously, you have to starve yourself in advance (I limited myself to a breakfast of yoghurt and banana), and you have to be strategic about what you eat - there's really no point in finishing something you're not crazy about. The overwhelming majority of people eating at the chocolate bar are women, and the men there sort of look long-suffering. ...