Chocolate Cafes?

Is a Chocolate Lounge the new coffee shop?  I mean the way a coffee shop used to be, when it was ok to sit for hours  and where many of the world's problems were solved over steaming cups.  A place to gather, sip, indulge, chat, and relax...

Check this article: Coffee shop feel of chocolate cafes catching on nationwide

And here's the big question...

Where can I find one in my area? 

Comments

[Christine]

Thanks for letting us all know about that.

But my post was not an endorsement of ETHEL'S, it was an endorsement of the idea of a chocolate cafe. About it (the concept) being something like a coffee shop used to be, a place of comfort and conversation...

What I'd really like, if I had my druthers, is to run such a place... a chocolate cafe, with tea and coffee on the menu as well, and all manner of good things to eat. And I would love for it to be a place where people could come and spend hours and talk and gather.

Of course, I'd need a whole new body, lots more energy, and LOTS more money. But it doesn't hurt to dream.

[robert jordan]

Ethels is owned by Mars; one of the largest consumers of slave labor produced West African cacao in the world. Think about that when quaffing back your next hot chocolate at Ethels. Or better yet, do something about it.

[keewee]

Waaaay back, when I was a teenager, we used to hang out in, what were called Coffee Bars.