Is Jack Frost nipping at your nose just a little too much? What you need is a rich, steaming hot mug of hot chocolate. Once reserved for Aztec royalty, hot chocolate has been a wintertime favorite since Montezuma introduced the drink to the Spanish conquistadores nearly 500 years ago.
Do a Hot Chocolate Tasting:
- Downtown, check out the Double Decker Coffee Company, 41 Biltmore Avenue, where you can sip hot chocolate made with hot milk and whipped cream while sitting in a double decker bus that used to zoom through the streets of London.
- Sisters McMullen Cupcake Corner serves great hot chocolate with a side order of gourmet cupcakes.
- Old Europe along funky Lexington Avenue has decadent hot chocolate with a selection of European-inspired pastries to tempt your taste buds.
- World Coffee Cafe on Battery Park Avenue downtown is a favorite place for locals to gather and watch the world go by while sipping their favorite warm beverages.
- In the nearby Grove Arcade, True Confections is serving up hot chocolate with a tempting array of cookies and pastries.
- Malaprop’s Bookstore Cafe has been a favorite place to while away a winter afternoon for years. You’ll find best selling books and best selling hot chocolate here.
- Dripolator Coffeehouse along Biltmore Ave has a steaming mug of hot cocoa waiting for you, along with sandwiches and other tempting goodies to help you warm up.
- Tomato Jam Cafe offers steaming mugs of homemade hot cocoa for breakfast and lunch during the week.
- Sunny Point Cafe & Bakery in the Westville neighborhood has fresh baked goods and delicious hot cocoa.
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