Cacao Prieto

Chocolate shop · Red Hook

Cacao Prieto

Chocolate shop · Red Hook

218 Conover St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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Chocolate maker & liquor distillery with a retail shop, cocktail bar, tours & tastings.

218 Conover St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Get directions

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"For more than a century the Prieto family has farmed organic cacao (chocolate beans) and sugar cane on their Dominican Republic plantation. Now, their Red Hook factory and retail location offers New Yorkers a chance to see how these ingredients become chocolates and specialty liquors. Cacao Prieto boasts chocolate products that are 100% organic, kosher, and sourced directly from the family’s Coralina Farms in the Dominican Republic, a system that, according to the website, makes them one of only a few chocolate factories in the world to be completely vertically integrated. Another unique feature of Cacao Prieto is its line of cacao-based rums and liqueurs; Cacao Prieto operates NYC’s only licensed rum distillery since Prohibition, where it produces “the only spirits in the world distilled from Cacao.” All of Cacao Prieto’s products are manufactured on site at their Red Hook factory. The company is so dedicated to its craft that it has invented its own line of specialty machines to aid the process of transforming cacao beans to chocolate products. Visitors can learn more about Cacao Prieto’s processes and sample the results on one of the factory’s guided tours." - ATLAS_OBSCURA

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Howard

Google

Well worth the tour if you have an hour to spare in Red Hook. It covers the chocolate and whiskey distillery and goes into just enough detail on both processes that casual fans can follow along. Both companies (Cacao Prieto and Widow Jane) are run by the same team but operate separately under one roof. The tour covers both.

Brooke Miller

Google

Wow. This spot is gorgeous and quite frankly, unexpected. It’s in the same building as a whiskey distillery, which is pretty cool. Their chocolate was also delicious. I enjoyed the Orchid chocolate and want to try the vanilla chocolate next time I’m back. You can truly tell they have a strong attention to detail, as noticed by the product itself.

Mariel Henkoff

Google

Delicious smells emanate from this unique chocolate shop, and the wonderful peacock in the back during warmer months is a site to remember.

Google

FOODIE ALERT! You MUST go here. In any other city this would be touted as one of the top tourist attractions. It's right up there with Jacques Torres (the good store, on Hudson) in terms of interest and quality. I mean, come on -- chocolate AND whiskey? They roast their own beans for the chocolate, giving Mast Bros a run for their money, and also make rum, bourbon, whiskey, and scotch. Did I mention a really nicely renovated old warehouse, friendly employees, and FREE SAMPLES? Get down to Red Hook now. (Free tours require advance reservations.)

Keren Fefer

Google

First and foremost, we went on a wonderful Saturday afternoon and the tour guide was informative and explained everything really nicely. HOWEVER, we paid for the Chocolate Factory & Distillery Tour but upon arrival there were several small signs that noted they are sold out of chocolate. Furthermore, the tour of the (nonfunctioning) chocolate factory was first and the tour guide noted that the chocolate hasn't been in production for several months now but the website simply hasn't been changed. How frustrating! We were really under the impression that we were paying for a chocolate and whiskey tasting but only got the whiskey tasting. So if you're going expecting chocolate... don't expect it to be there.

Lara Ruth Ziobro

Google

I love this spot! It's Cacao Prieto, which is the same team behind Widow Jane, the fabulous bourbon and rye produced in Red Hook. Come and taste the whiskeys and taste the chocolate - and don't miss the rooster out back. All of the above makes for quite an afternoon!

David Kaplan

Google

Talk about a great two-for-one: there's Cacao Prieto, which produces and sells the most fantastic dark chocolate bars and bites. Then, when you turn left and head back, there's Widow Jane distillery, which makes fine bourbon and rye. In between, there's exceptional coffee liqueur and rum. The place is my idea of heaven.

marcela bravo

Google

This place is cute. However its 37 degrees out with a feel of 30 and they have both gigantic doors WIDE OPEN. My husband and i couldn't wait to cone here for a while and have a taste of their got chocolate. Turns out this chocolate joint doesn't serve got chocolate. I didn't see any chocolate products on the shelves, but a lot of cute ornaments very apothecary-chic, and lots of liquor. With one table to sit next to the wide open doors, you might as well be outside, with nothing warm to drink. The space feels small although it part of a large structure because 98% of the space is taken up by the brewing and making of their product. Real cute if you take a tour, and only if you take a tour. I'll never come back to this cold, sterile space.