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Chocoholism
L.A.’s Best Hot Chocolates Even if the rain doesn’t materialize, you still want these.
By Hadley Tomicki
Chocovivo Posts Signage at New Culver City Home This stretch of Culver City is heating up to become the next booming stretch of the Westside.
By Hadley Tomicki
Chocoholism
Feb. 13, 2013
Madame Chocolat Sports Chocolate iPhones; Vosges Popping-up at The W Because nothing says “I love you” better than a twelve-dollar chocolate bar given at the last conceivable minute.
By Hadley Tomicki
Where to Mediatate on Chocolate in a Yurt The Chocolate Invitational Festival is coming to Malibu this month.
By Hadley Tomicki
ChocoVivo Moving to Washington Blvd. Inevitably, we must ask if Mar Vista is the next trendy neighborhood to watch.
By Hadley Tomicki
Sweet Things
July 26, 2012
Choclatique Releases Truffles We Can Believe In The boutique’s new chocolates depict red elephants and blue donkeys.
By Hadley Tomicki
Coming Soon
June 28, 2012
Madame Chocolat Opening Downtown Chocolate Factory Hasty Torres will also open four retail locations in L.A.
By Hadley Tomicki
Irvine Unleashes World’s Biggest Chocolate Sculpture The 18,239-pound sculpture is a faithful recreation of the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza.
By Hadley Tomicki
Sweet Things
Apr. 5, 2012
Madame Chocolat Becomes A Lego Maniac Hasty Torres adds the edible playthings to her choco-dipped Easter lineup.
By Hadley Tomicki
Sweet Things
Feb. 10, 2012
Check Out a Dozen of L.A.’s Most Crazy Awesome New Desserts And just in case we’ve got you fiending for sugar, West L.A. just happens to be drowning in chocolate tomorrow.
By Hadley Tomicki
King’s Hawaiian Goes All Chocolate-y The Torrance-based bakery has started its own line of single-origin chocolates and is adding chocolate-covered breakfast and baked goods to its roster.
By Hadley Tomicki
ChocoVivo Soft-Opens in Venice Owner Patricia Tsai recently gave a TED speech on her “bean to bar” business.
By Hadley Tomicki
Chocoholism
Oct. 13, 2011
Stone-Ground Chocolate Maker ChocoVivo Opening Abbot Kinney Store Patricia Tsai brings her “from the bean to the bar” philosophy to a fixed address in Venice.
By Hadley Tomicki
Compartes Chocolatier Sinks Its Fangs Into True Blood Truffles We haven’t seen such a violently delicious looking bite since Jordan Kahn cleaned up at the 2010 StarChefs gala.
By Hadley Tomicki
Chocoholism
Jan. 31, 2011
Amy’s Underground Dinner Offers Seven Courses of Chocolate, Snickertinis, And a Potential dishes at this underground “food rave” could be black bean milk chocolate cassoulet and grilled shrimp with white chocolate beurre blanc.
By Hadley Tomicki
Leonidas Slain in Santa Monica and Pasadena; Barefoot Busts in Mid-City Jamba Juice will take over the Belgian chocolate maker’s Third Street Promenade-adjacent store.
By Hadley Tomicki
Egg Cartel Accused Of Inflating Prices; $50,000 Reward Offered in Killing of An alleged scheme finds egg farmers and a huge egg trade group killing hens to stifle the supply of eggs.
Look Who’s Popping Up
Dec. 16, 2010
Jacques Torres Brings His Chocolate-Covered Cheerios and Santas to The West The East Coast sweets-maker is sharing space with House of Balsamic’s holiday pop-up.
By Hadley Tomicki
Kardashian Bothered By Public Breastfeeding; Food Trucks Arrive At Disneyland The socialite reality-show star Tweets about her disgust and California Adventure hosts mobile restaurants through August.
Madame Chocolat Is Knot Playing for Father’s Day Finally, Dad has something to go with mom’s chocolate heels.
By Hadley Tomicki
Madame Chocolat Plans Summer Pop-Ups and Grub Street Easter Discount Get 15% off Easter purchases and a free chocolate egg for saying our name.
By Hadley Tomicki
Nom Nom Truck Collaborates with Compartes Chocolatier A food truck tries to sweeten Valentine’s Day shopping.
By Hadley Tomicki