Chicago Chocolate
Daniel S. Lewart
Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
the Chicago phone books.
I would like to know the following:
1) Is there such a place?
2) If so, what is its address?
3) Is there a better place to visit (for chocolate)?
Thank you,
Daniel Lewart
d-le...@uiuc.edu
Philip Gravel
<d-le...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>A local chocoholic has instructed me that Fannie Farmer is a good
>Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
>the Chicago phone books.
>
>I would like to know the following:
> 1) Is there such a place?
> 2) If so, what is its address?
> 3) Is there a better place to visit (for chocolate)?
Do you mean Fanny Mae? There's one on Randolph at Wabash, Adams at Franklin
and many other places. Long Grove Confectionary is better (IMHO), but much
more expensive. Besides Long Grove Village, they have a store in Naperville
and probably elsewhere, though not nearly as widespread as Fanny Mae.
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Joe Lynn
>A local chocoholic has instructed me that Fannie Farmer is a good
>Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
>the Chicago phone books.
Fannie Mae is the traditional Chicago chocolatier. They've got
dozens of locations throughout the area, both standalone stores
and in malls.
Fannie Farmer was an east-coast chain that expanded into the
area about 10 years ago. Through various corporate transactions,
Fannie Mae and Fanny Farmer are now owned by the same company,
and the factory on the West side makes products for both brands.
(I know, more info than you needed to know.)
Some grocery/drug stores sell Fannie/Fanny candy in their freezer cases,
but buying the stuff in that form defeats the purpose of "kitchen fresh."
For my money, you can't beat Fannie Mae, especially the chocolate-covered
creams. Long Grove Confectionery is, IMHO, good but overrated.
These days, I prefer Fannie Mae or the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Shop
in the 2 N. Riverside building downtown.
jtl
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Rick Bogren
>From: j...@MCS.COM (Joe Lynn)
>Subject: Re: Chicago Chocolate
>Date: 3 Jun 1994 08:01:30 -0500
>Daniel S. Lewart <d-le...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>A local chocoholic has instructed me that Fannie Farmer is a good
>>Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
>>the Chicago phone books.
>Fannie Mae is the traditional Chicago chocolatier. They've got
>dozens of locations throughout the area, both standalone stores
>and in malls.
Including a stand-alone store at the corner of Springfield and Neil in
Champaign and stores in Marketplace and Lincoln Square malls.
Rick
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Laura L. Barnes
>>dozens of locations throughout the area, both standalone stores
>>and in malls.
It's Fannie MAY (not to be confused with Sallie Mae, which buys up
guaranteed student loans from banks). I can pick nits with the best of 'em!
Another chocolatier in Chicago is Marshall Fields (of Frango Mints fame --
YUM!). On a Frugal Gourmet episode (a rerun on Lifetime) he took a tour
of the candy making operation there. It was pretty interesting (and made
me crave chocolate).
Laura
Scott Reynolds
Since no one else has mentioned it, I'll put in a plug for the Fudge Pot, on
Wells just south of North Avenue. They make the goodies there on the
premises, not in a factory as is the case with Fannie Mae.
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Actually, it is Fannie May. The corporation that owns Fannie May recently
took over Fanny Farmer. There are Fannie May company stores all over the
Chicagoland area.
If you are near downtown Chicago, you can visit the Fannie May factory
and outlet shop on Jackson Blvd., one block east of Racine.
Another chocolate producer in Chicago is Blommer. The factory and outlet
store are both located on Kinzie and Clinton.
Terry
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lozinski david
>A local chocoholic has instructed me that Fannie Farmer is a good
>Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
>the Chicago phone books.
>
>I would like to know the following:
> 1) Is there such a place?
> 2) If so, what is its address?
> 3) Is there a better place to visit (for chocolate)?
I can't help adding my 2 cents as a chocolate fan.
The best chocolate dessert I've ever had was in Chicago at La Tour,
the pricey restaurant in whatever that upscale hotel is right
next to the Water Tower. The restaurant itself is nice,
great wine cellar, but you'd want (need?) jacket and tie etc...
However, there is also an alfresco patio area there that's more casual
and which should be able to provide just the dessert and coffee/tea.
It's been a while, but the dish was Triple Chocolate or some such.
It involved a wonderful chocolate shell with some mousse
(mousses? meisse?) and sauces, the "triple" being white, milk and
dark chocolate. If you're ever around there, just ask a waitperson; if
they still have it, they should know what it is.
David
John McGing
>Laura
If you get to the East Coast, Giant Foods carries Fanny May's candies
now, in the display case and by the box (just like the stores back home
do). Frango's are good too, but only available at Fields.
John (ex-Chicagoan)
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David Tomlinson
: Daniel S. Lewart <d-le...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
: >A local chocoholic has instructed me that Fannie Farmer is a good
: >Chicago chocolate place to visit. However, I couldn't find it in
: >the Chicago phone books.
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: For my money, you can't beat Fannie Mae, especially the chocolate-covered
: creams. Long Grove Confectionery is, IMHO, good but overrated.
: These days, I prefer Fannie Mae or the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Shop
: in the 2 N. Riverside building downtown.
For truly fine chocolate, Godiva's Chocolate is world class stuff.
There is a store on LaSalle (at Madison) as well as at a couple of
malls in the suburbs, I believe.
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>
> Another chocolate producer in Chicago is Blommer. The factory and outlet
> store are both located on Kinzie and Clinton.
This is the source of the wonderful smell which drifts in the air downtown
if the wind is right, and is also the source of the chocolate which Marshall
Fields uses.
deborah lynn gillaspie
or merged with Fannie Mae in the last year. If you're looking for
reasonable prices, try the Fannie Mae on Randolph and Wabash. They
have some of the outlet stuff (seconds) available at much lower prices.
Same yummy stuff, just uglier pieces or smaller than the standards for
regular sale.
If you want to take a field trip, try the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory
in Milwaukee. Their Blue Ribbon chocolate chips are terrific. If you
don't want to go that far, they have an outlet store at the Factory
Outlet Mall near Kenosha, WI (on I-94 on the way to Milwaukee, 15 mi.
over the IL-WI border.)
There ARE still small family-owned chocolate places in Chicago, but
I don't know their locations. Check with Chicago Magazine, they may
have done an issue on that in the past few years.
--Debbie
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>There ARE still small family-owned chocolate places in Chicago, but
>I don't know their locations. Check with Chicago Magazine, they may
>have done an issue on that in the past few years.
I know it's not a Chicago-based company, but I've got to plug the old
stomping grounds. If you don't mind the 3-hr drive (or getting
something via UPS), Lagomarcino's in Moline, IL is a *fantastic* "small,
family-owned chocolate place".
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>Seems to me I remember hearing that Fannie Farmer was either bought out
>or merged with Fannie Mae in the last year. If you're looking for
>reasonable prices, try the Fannie Mae on Randolph and Wabash. They
>have some of the outlet stuff (seconds) available at much lower prices.
>Same yummy stuff, just uglier pieces or smaller than the standards for
>regular sale.
>
>If you want to take a field trip, try the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory
>
>
There is a Blomber Chocolate factory somewhere in the River North
area I think. I don't know how they are but you can usually smell
the chocolate in the air if you're around that area. Fannie May
has very good chocolates and there is a kind of outlet store on
Adams, I believe, near Racine where you can get 'seconds' in
small bags at pretty good prices along with the rest of their
candy. Someone mentioned Long Grove Confectionary... you can
find some of their chocolates at the candy counter in Marshall
Field.
Dan Sniderman
>Subject: Chicago Chocolate
>Date: 3 Jun 1994 04:15:12 GMT
The absolute best chocolate I've ever gotten is from Belgian Chocolatier Piron
on Main Street in Evanston. A family owned business (the owner learned from
his Belgian father). It's on Main Street just east of Chicago Avenues.
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Richard Lynch
ne...@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) wrote:
> There is a Blomber Chocolate factory somewhere in the River North
> area I think. I don't know how they are but you can usually smell
I think that's Bloomers, and to narrow the search a little, it's near
Milwaukee and, um, Des Plaines?
From the northwest, drive down Milwaukee until it peters out just after the
underpass with Pickens-Kane signs all over it. Then look/smell around
until you find it. :-)
From downtown, head to China Club/Shelter/At The Tracks bar area, then head
nortwest a bit.
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L.A.Z. Smith
>>There ARE still small family-owned chocolate places in Chicago, but
>>I don't know their locations.
Try Belgian Chocolatier Piron in Evanston.
Leah Smith le...@smith.chi.il.us
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One more time....
It is Blommer. It is located at 600 W Kinzie, about 2 blocks west of the
East Bank Club and also the famous "Kinzie Bridge", site of the hole in the
tunnel that caused the Great Chicago Flood.
There is a factory outlet store there, too.
Terry
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John Williams
Chicago Avenue (the extension of Clark Street) in Evanston. First rate,
and not inordinately expensive for what you get. Prices seem to range
from about 11 to 19 dollars a pound, and there is a nice selection.
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