11: A Chocolate Tourist, with Jack Epstein of Chocolate Covered

You don’t need passion to start a business, but you do need it to keep one going for a quarter century. Life-long entrepreneur Jack Epstein of Chocolate Covered sells over a thousand artisan chocolates from his store in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. Learn how Jack built his unique business, and hear valuable advice from a shopkeeper who’s been in business for 25 years. Plus, Jack shares dozens of chocolate and San Francisco restaurant recommendations!

Links and Show Notes

• Ocean Front Walkers


• Liberal arts education - Wikipedia


• Tai chi - Wikipedia


• Tai chi: A gentle way to fight stress - Mayo Clinic


• Bar and Bat Mitzvah - Wikipedia


• Bodysurfing - Wikipedia


• “health benefits of cacao” - Google Search


• Black and White cookies


• Black and White Cookies Recipe


• All 25 Oreos Flavors, Ranked, Tested and Reviewed - Best Oreo Flavors


• Oreo | Home


• “Ice Cold Milk and an Oreo Cookie” commercial


• Cyanotype - Wikipedia


• Cyanotypes - Super Easy Photo Prints at Home.: 6 Steps (with Pictures)


• Cocoa bean - Wikipedia


• The Different Varieties of Cocoa Beans: Criollo, Trinitario & Foraster – The Chocolate Society


• Terroir - Wikipedia — “Some artisanal crops for which terroir is studied include wine, coffee, tobacco, chocolate, chili peppers, hops, agave (for making tequila and mezcal), tomatoes, heritage wheat, maple syrup, tea, and cannabis.”


• Chuao, Venuzuela - Wikipedia


• Rare Cacao Beans Discovered in Peru - The New York Times


• “Two Buck Chuck” Charles Shaw wine - Wikipedia


• Mouton Cadet - Wikipedia


• White chocolate - Wikipedia


• Chocolate tempering machine (Amazon.com)

Chocolates & Chocolatiers

• Dandelion Chocolate


• Michael Mischer


• L’Amourette Chocolatier


• NeoCocoa


• Jade Chocolates


• 9th & Larkin


• Maison Bouche


• Poco Dolce Chocolates


• Charles Chocolate


• Feve Chocolates


• Valrhona Le Noir Amer 71% Cacao Dark Bittersweet Chocolate (Amazon)


• Chile Pistachio Chocolate from Señor Murphy's


• Shrimp & Bonito Dark Chocolate from Fossa Chocolate


• KitKat


• Mounds


• Nestlé Milk Chocolate - Wikipedia


• Hershey’s Chocolate & Candy


• Scharffen Berger


• Dagoba


• Joseph Schmidt Confections - Wikipedia


• Joseph Schmidt chocolates will be missed - SFGate


• Cadbury Chocolate


• Amedei Porcelana


• Lindt Chocolate World


• Ghirardelli Chocolate Company


• Stone Grindz


• Hogarth Chocolate


• Lattenero Chocolate Bar by Slitti (Amazon)


• Cioccolato Slitti – Gran Bouquet Caffè Latte


• Kopper’s Chocolate

San Francisco Restaurants & Locations

• Noe Valley, San Francisco - Wikipedia


• TheEndUpSF.com – San Francisco’s Legendary Indoor/Outdoor Nightclub


• Zuni Café


• Griddle Fresh/Aha Fresh


• Toast Eatery


• NoVY


• Patxi’s


• Hamano Sushi


• Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers


• Thai Cafe


• Lands End - Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)


• Stow Lake Boathouse - San Francisco


• Crissy Field Center | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy


• North Beach — San Francisco Travel


• Golden Boy Pizza


• Tony’s Pizza Napoletana


• Sunrise Deli


• Ferry Building Marketplace


• The Embarcadero, SF. — Highlights to check out | hiddenSF.com


• Ultra Rainbow Ice Cream


• Toy Boat Dessert Cafe


• Noe Valley Bakery

Our thanks to Jack for joining us. You can find Chocolate Covered at 4069 24th Street, between Noe and Castro in San Francisco, CA, on Twitter @ChocoCoveredSF, and at http://www.chocolatecoveredsf.com.

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Special Guest: Jack Epstein, Chocolate Covered.