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Alma Chocolate

Alma Chocolate Permanently Closed

By PDX Food Dude Last Update July 11, 2020 2 Comments

closed signAlma, which was once one of the best handmade chocolate shops in the area, has closed for good. This posted on their website this morning –

We Must Say Goodbye It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our permanent closure.… Read the rest

Alma Chocolate Sold to Moonstruck Chocolate

By PDX Food Dude Last Update September 28, 2018

Sarah Hart of Alma Chocolates PortlandAs first reported by Portland Monthly, Sara Hart has sold Alma Chocolate to Moonstruck.

According to the magazine, Alma quality isn’t what it used to be –

Hart stepped away from day-to-day operations and brought on private investors, and Fox left Alma entirely.… Read the rest

Washington Post Names Portland Best Food City in America

By PDX Food Dude Last Update December 21, 2015

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“Welcome to Portland, as in Oregon, the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, ice cream in flavors lifted from food trucks and olive oil that chefs compare favorably to Italy’s liquid gold.”… Read the rest

Misc. News for 12.5.12

By PDX Food Dude Last Update December 6, 2012

It’s been a pretty slow period for restaurant news, but here are a few things that caught my eye:

Michael Russell over at The Oregonian reports that Chef Jake Martin is returning to Portland from Seattle to take over as Chef de Cuisine at Genoa.… Read the rest

Interview: Sarah Hart of Alma Chocolate

By Elizabeth Lopeman Last Update September 28, 2018

Sarah Hart of Alma Chocolates PortlandGold and Chocolate Hart – Sarah Hart of Alma Chocolate makes religious icons you can sink your teeth into

Note – Alma Chocolate was sold to Moonstruck Chocolates in Summer 2018.

“My dad was a Presbyterian minister and he was a civil rights activist and really conscious of the unrest over Vietnam, so social justice was in my DNA,” explains Sarah Hart, the Alma Chocolate visionary.… Read the rest

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