Sweet Beat

Chocolate News: Dandelion Approaches, Newtree Opens, and Charles Chocolates Returns

SoMa/Downtown: First off in new chocolate-shop news, there’s Newtree Café and Chocolate Shop, which just opened on a little alley at 1 Ecker Place between Jessie and Stevenson (near First). They’re open weekdays, with soup, salad, and lots o’ chocolate. [Tablehopper]

Potrero Hill: Secondly, Charles Chocolates returned to the game last week after shuttering over a year ago amid some financial troubles. Their new kitchen and retail space is at 535 Florida Street at Mariposa. [Eater]

Mission: Then there’s Dandelion Chocolate, the business that is joining Abbot’s Cellar and Craftsman & Wolves in the former auto body shop at 740 Valencia. It’s an artisan shop doing hand-crafted “bean-to-bar” chocolate, due to open in September. [Eater]

Chocolate News: Dandelion Approaches, Newtree Opens, and Charles Chocolates