Dandelion Chocolate 16th Street Factory
Chocolate factory · Mission ·
House-made chocolates, pastries, teas, and factory tours offered
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House-made chocolates, pastries, teas, and factory tours offered
"There are few things more quintessentially San Francisco than walking down Valencia Street with a tiny cup of European drinking chocolate from Dandelion in hand. Perhaps you decide to put in an optional marshmallow from the self-serve marshmallow jar. Perhaps you prefer to savor it unobstructed, rich and creamy and pleasantly dark. Either way, your day just got better." - Ori Ravid
"An annual Golden Gate Park event where, at the beginning of April, he performed exceptionally well: he took home six out of nine People’s Choice Awards from attendees and earned two gold medals from the judges, substantially raising his visibility in the local chocolate community." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Dandelion’s beautiful new chocolate salon, Bloom, inside their recently opened Mission factory headquarters, serves sit-down breakfasts and afternoon tea focused on (what else?) chocolate. Highlights at breakfast from pastry chef Lisa Vega include a chocolate chip pancake cake, churros with chocolate dipping sauce, and savory fare like quiche served with a side of greens and a cacao pulp vinaigrette." - Luke Tsai, Caleb Pershan, Eve Batey
"Dandelion Chocolate changed the game on bean to bar in San Francisco, and the hot chocolate is a great way to taste what makes the company so popular. It’s an uber rich treat made with 70 percent Camino Verde, Ecuador single-origin chocolate and perfect for sipping as you walk around the city." - Lauren Saria
"At the heart of the Dandelion Factory, Bloom Chocolate Salon is a sit-down restaurant that turns chocolate into a full dining experience, serving breakfast, afternoon tea, a flight of chocolate cakes, a flight of ice creams, and hot chocolate, and helping to present chocolate as both a retail and restaurant experience that lets people better understand the process." - Becky Duffett