Chocolate Sunday!

Posted May 29 2011, 1:49 pm in author, chocolate, chocolate bar, Chocolate Sunday, Cocoa Bar, dessert, Miscellany, Patty Blount, YA

Author pal Trisha Leigh was in New York last week and sent me this picture with one word in the accompanying message: Trifecta!

 

Trisha has no idea what fun I’ve had with this picture. Cocoa Bar is located in Brooklyn. Oh, I already Mapquested directions and have been hinting to the family that they NEED to take me there.  I don’t like coffee, so I’ll pass on that, but the chocolate plus wine part? Yes, please.

This has actually been a dream of mine – opening a chocolate bar. I would call my place INDULGENCE and design the interior with brown satins, which always remind me of chocolate, and books – lots and lots of books. But it’s not a place that belongs in any old strip center. In my mind, I see it as a cool, upscale spot in the Hamptons or the north shore near Stony Brook, Long Island. I envision it as a destination people would hit after a great meal at a neighboring restaurant, or seeing a concert or movie down the street. It needs to be in a town where people stroll. The aromas alone would pull you in, like a cartoon smoke puff that curls right up your noses.

There would be specials every week. I figure I’d be busiest on Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. I’d schedule book readings, too. Oh, could you imagine hearing some outrageously hot love scene and then biting into a a rich dark chocolate-covered strawberry big as a fist, washing it down with champagne that tickles?  Or swirling a creamy chocolate mousse on your tongue accompanied by a nice vintage port?

I can.

Some day…

If you dream of opening a business or can recommend another chocolate bar, I’d love to hear about it!  It’s research. Shut up, it really is.

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