bay area foodies!

Capt Jack · 09-09-2008, 11:03 AM

ok, so like....a good friend of myself and Ponine, a chocolatier and proprietor of one of our fave hangouts Eclipse Chocolat, is looking for some places in the bay area to start selling some of his incredible edibles. With that, have any of you familiar with the streets of SF, Berkley, and Oakland some recommendations as to where he might want to look for new NorCal outlets? His wares just seem such a natural for the SF foodie scene that we're hoping to point him in a good direction.

thanks a ton in advance.

Snowflake · 09-09-2008, 11:07 AM

Hey Capt! Does your friend want to do the Farmer's Market scene or put his stuff in local grocery stores?

Capt Jack · 09-09-2008, 11:10 AM

Im thinking hes leaning towards more specialty shops and the like...although the farmers market thing might work too.

when you say 'grocery store'....you dont mean like Ralphs and the like, correct?

Snowflake · 09-09-2008, 11:12 AM

Well, the foodie-grocery are Whole Foods, SF Real Foods and Mollie Stone's.

There are some specialty food stores are in the Ferry Building (including a Rechiutti chocolates). Lemme check the yellow pages!

In the old days I would have recommended Confetti, but they are down to a small single shop, that sells more coffee than chocolate these days.

Andrew · 09-09-2008, 11:22 AM

The California Ave farmer's market in Palo Alto, every Sunday from 8am-1pm would be a great place to set up a booth with gourmet chocolates.

BarTopDancer · 09-09-2008, 11:29 AM

I'm far from an expert but as a tourist I'd probably seek out the specialty shops in the Ferry Building. They also had some sort of Farmer's Market outside when I was there in April.

Snowflake · 09-09-2008, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I'm far from an expert but as a tourist I'd probably seek out the specialty shops in the Ferry Building. They also had some sort of Farmer's Market outside when I was there in April.

I was just getting ready to post this for Capt. Jack to pass along

BarTopDancer · 09-09-2008, 11:37 AM

There was also this really yummy coffee place that sold chocolate in I think Little Italy. It was by an Italian restaurant that had white xmas lights on the outside of it. All I remember is that we found it when we were making our way to Coit Tower and there was a mailbox and metered parking outside. And the street wasn't to hilly.

Snowflake · 09-09-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

There was also this really yummy coffee place that sold chocolate in I think Little Italy. It was by an Italian restaurant that had white xmas lights on the outside of it. All I remember is that we found it when we were making our way to Coit Tower and there was a mailbox and metered parking outside. And the street wasn't to hilly.

Could be Trieste, Stella Pastry (YUM gimme sacripantina, NOW) any number of coffee spot in North Beach. Good idea!

Morrigoon · 09-09-2008, 12:50 PM

Speaking of foodie supermarkets, how about Andronico's?

(edit: Odd... I could swear there's an Andronico's in Walnut Creek or Danville or something, but I don't see that listed as a location on their site)

(edit: Aha... the Danville one became Lunardi's)

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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	bay area foodies! ok, so like....a good friend of myself and Ponine, a chocolatier and proprietor of one of our fave hangouts Eclipse Chocolat, is looking for some places in the bay area to start selling some of his incredible edibles. With that, have any of you familiar with the streets of SF, Berkley, and Oakland some recommendations as to where he might want to look for new NorCal outlets? His wares just seem such a natural for the SF foodie scene that we're hoping to point him in a good direction. thanks a ton in advance. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Hey Capt! Does your friend want to do the Farmer's Market scene or put his stuff in local grocery stores? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	Im thinking hes leaning towards more specialty shops and the like...although the farmers market thing might work too. when you say 'grocery store'....you dont mean like Ralphs and the like, correct? __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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09-09-2008, 11:12 AM	#4
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well, the foodie-grocery are Whole Foods, SF Real Foods and Mollie Stone's. There are some specialty food stores are in the Ferry Building (including a Rechiutti chocolates). Lemme check the yellow pages! In the old days I would have recommended Confetti, but they are down to a small single shop, that sells more coffee than chocolate these days. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	The California Ave farmer's market in Palo Alto, every Sunday from 8am-1pm would be a great place to set up a booth with gourmet chocolates. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I'm far from an expert but as a tourist I'd probably seek out the specialty shops in the Ferry Building. They also had some sort of Farmer's Market outside when I was there in April. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	There was also this really yummy coffee place that sold chocolate in I think Little Italy. It was by an Italian restaurant that had white xmas lights on the outside of it. All I remember is that we found it when we were making our way to Coit Tower and there was a mailbox and metered parking outside. And the street wasn't to hilly. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Speaking of foodie supermarkets, how about Andronico's? (edit: Odd... I could swear there's an Andronico's in Walnut Creek or Danville or something, but I don't see that listed as a location on their site) (edit: Aha... the Danville one became Lunardi's) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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