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    Wednesday, July 14, 2010

    French Broad Chocolates

    Simply the best chocolate in Asheville. Located downtown on Lexington Ave.

    HOW IT ALL BEGAN


    2005: Birth first baby (Sam) in the apartment above the restaurant. Realize they’re not beach people. Learn about theobroma cacao from Marcos, the artisanal cacao farmer down the road. Start to play with chocolate recipes. Get hitched, legitimizing their bastard son.

    2006: Sell Bread and Chocolate to a young buck (younger than Dan!) from Baltimore. Repatriate, in same school bus, newly ordained missionaries of chocolate. Move to Asheville, preggers once again. Start French Broad Luscious Chocolates.

    2007: Hone their chocolate repertoire. Birth Max at our house in West Asheville. Sell chocolates at tailgate markets, Earth Fare and on the interweb. Write a business plan at Mountain BizWorks for a retail location.

    2008: Open French Broad Chocolate Lounge February 2. Open seven days a week, we haven’t been closed since.



    photo credits: Christopher Shane

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    1 comments:

    Todd Leonard said...

    I think the French Broad Chocolate Lounge is a fine place for a cup of coffee and some sweets but the quality of their chocolate truffles does not compare to The Chocolate Fetish.

    The subtlety of The Chocolate Fetish's ganache in their truffles is what makes the difference. They are coming up with some very innovative flavors.