January 30, 2007
Cuckoo for Cocoa
This week'sNew York Magazine wraps up some of the city's best cups of hot chocolate -- you know, the kind that drinks like a meal. Their top choice, the decadent cup at City Bakery ($2), is rich enough to make even the most passionate chocolate lover feel close to overdose levels (don't forget that February is the month where they feature a new hot chocolate flavor every day). Other mentions include the gianduja hot chocolate at Otto Enoteca Pizzeria ($4.50), which is creamy, infused with hazelnut, and served with delicious shortbread cookies. Other standouts include chocolatiers Marie Belle, Jacques Torres, and Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man. Did they leave any off the list, in your opinion?
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Joe The Art of The Coffee has European drinking chocolate (regular or spicy) which is really great!
uh... i could be wrong, but last i checked City Bakery hot chocolate is *at least* $4
Ummm, try Cocoa Bar in Park Slope.
I'm surprised Vosges didn't make the list.
City Bakery has a $2 "shot" of hot chocolate.
They left out the very best hot chocolate I've tasted in Manhattan - Michel Cluizel's at ABC Carpet and Home, on Broadway and 19th St.
I've tried City Bakery, Mariebelle (also very good, might be tied for best), Jacques Torres, La Maison du Chocolate, Otto, and Max Brenner, so I know of which I speak.
Please inform yourselves-
Wikipedia or Google search: Chocolate and slavery
@SQC, which closed last year, had a crazy hot chocolate that was like drinking pudding.
Hot chocolate also needs milk to wash it down - next time I hope they add what kind of organic milk we should be drinking with it.
11 Madison a few years ago had awesome hot chocolate, claimed to be the dessert chef's specialty, with delightful homemade marshmallows. I'm not sure if they still have it; haven't been back for a while.
Mmmm...slaves.
Podunk has several lovely hot chocolates and chais.
mmm
Michelle
No reference to moma cafe's hot chocolate, which I find divine.
Le Petit Abeille... it's not as thick as city bakery's but just as lovely.
does moma even have hot chocolate????
The post clearly reads "decadent cup... $2." I feel this should be made clearer.
The post clearly reads "decadent cup... $2." I feel this should be made clearer.
I find City Bakery's hot chocolate to be almost too rich to drink. I had a pretty darn good cup of hot choc just last night at Tea Lounge... Will have to try Pierre Marcolini's hot choc as their chocolates are incredible.
Uh, that City Bakery hot chocolate could make one go into anaphalactic shock.
It's pretty good, though.
actually water is the best thing to drink with hot choco..., that's how they serve it in european cafes (whose cocoas most of these purveyors are trying to imitate)
la maison du chocolat and vosges have the best hot chocolate in the city, a perfect treat on these freezing cold days!!
I'm a fan of the Mexican Chocolate (made with Abuelita Brand Chocolate, natch) at Lupe's (6th and Watts)
How could they miss Vosges??