Tag Archive: chocolate factory
Chocolate House Accused of Gentrification
February 20, 2015
Industry City, a complex of 16 buildings on the edge of Sunset Park in Brooklyn, NY, recently became the home to Manhattan’s oldest chocolate house, Li-Lac Chocolates. The chocolate shop now sits among wholesaler’s trucks, loading docks, laundry mats, and barber shops. Although its wrap around windows and chocolate aromas are most inviting, some were not enthused to welcome Li-Lac to the neighborhood in late 2014.
Chocolate Factory to Open in D.C.
December 5, 2014
There’s buzz in the news about Washington D.C. getting its first chocolate factory next summer. We can only hope there will be a chocolate river moat surrounding the whole thing!
Founders of the company “Concept C”, Sarah and Colin Hartman, are the chocolatiers planning this endeavor. Sarah is a culinary school graduate, and her husband Colin is a Wharton MBA grad and former U.S. Marine.