upcoming trip to Zurich/suggestions for chocolate-related places to visit

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Permalink Reply by Kristina on June 17, 2010 at 6:25am

Hi Andrea,

Lindt still has a great factory shop in Kilchberg. Speaking about manufacturers there aren;t many in Switzerland, and the famous Sprüngli (Bahnofstraße/Paradenplatz) seems to work with chocolate produced by Felchlin, like most chocolatiers there. However there some shops/boutiques for artisan chocolates, besides the chains Mercury, where you can find most of Swiss factory made chocolate brands, and Teuscher, Right now I remember only Truffe in Schlüsselgasse, where I was just last Friday :) and got the last bar of Porcelana by Idillio.
Let me know, if you would like to get some addresses.

Kristina

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Bauer on June 18, 2010 at 6:54pm

Thanks for the response. No need for any addresses. I can probably figure that out once I am there. I guess I was looking more for artisinal chocolate makers as opposed to any large-scale manufacturers. Hopefully I'll stumble across a few interesting places while I am out and about.

Thanks,
Andrea

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Permalink Reply by Kristina on June 19, 2010 at 2:00am

Well, Zürich isn't a "chocolaty" place in this sence - "we are known for the best factory made chocolate in the world". Sprüngli seems to be enough .... And every Merkur presents truffes and chocolates by Läderach.

But check this one - I was going to but it wasn't right thing relying on the address and not taking it.:
Vollenweider Chocolatier Confiseur
Theaterstrasse 1
8001 Zürich

And at Baur au Lac - http://www.bauraulac.ch/en - at least one really great artisan chocolatier started his carier.

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Bauer on June 19, 2010 at 12:14pm

OK - sounds good. I'll definitely check them out. It does seem like Zurich would be all about the chocolate not so much apparently. I'm sure there are a few gems out there and I'll try to find them.

Thanks again,
Andrea

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