23 Women-Owned Restaurants We Love In The Bay Area

"The Castro chocolate shop is run by chocolatier Carol Gancia, and specializes in colorful truffles and gift-ready chocolate box sets. The reason to come here is the tropical-inspired truffle flavors, like mango lemongrass, banana caramel, pineapple coconut, and macadamia praline. Kokak, which means “ribbit” in Tagalog, also operates as a cafe, so definitely drop by for a hot chocolate or mocha. And don’t sleep on the champorado, a thick chocolate breakfast porridge topped with crunchy bubu arare and a splash of condensed milk." - julia chen 1, lani conway