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Hours:Chocolate Shop: Sun-Thu 9am-11pm; Fri-Sat 9am-12m
Ice-cream shop: Sun-Thu 10am-11pm; Fri-Sat 10am-12m
Ice-cream shop: Sun-Thu 10am-11pm; Fri-Sat 10am-12m
Cost:Average/Moderate. Credit cards accepted.
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Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop451
in San Francisco, CA 94109about Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop:
The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Place for Family Bonding in the Bay Area, this place serves up some of the best in town. It is worth the long wait in line!
You can choose anything from the relatively modest hot fudge ice cream sundae, to the Earthquake, a "dessert delight of epic proportions" created with eight scoops of ice cream and as many different toppings. Or just go for a scoop, shake, or malt. We recommend the toasted almond, an unusually good and hard-to-find flavor.
Ghirardelli Chocolate has been a San Francisco institution for more than a century. The founder, Domingo Ghirardelli, was born in Italy in 1817 and came to San Francisco during the Gold Rush to make his fortune. He made it the way the shrewdest San Franciscans did at the time - by building a business. He established his chocolate factory in 1852.
At the Ghirardelli Manufactory, you can still see the original equipment in operation, though don't expect much; it's really no more than a few pots. Granted they're big and full of chocolate, but this is not a working factory.
You can choose anything from the relatively modest hot fudge ice cream sundae, to the Earthquake, a "dessert delight of epic proportions" created with eight scoops of ice cream and as many different toppings. Or just go for a scoop, shake, or malt. We recommend the toasted almond, an unusually good and hard-to-find flavor.
Ghirardelli Chocolate has been a San Francisco institution for more than a century. The founder, Domingo Ghirardelli, was born in Italy in 1817 and came to San Francisco during the Gold Rush to make his fortune. He made it the way the shrewdest San Franciscans did at the time - by building a business. He established his chocolate factory in 1852.
At the Ghirardelli Manufactory, you can still see the original equipment in operation, though don't expect much; it's really no more than a few pots. Granted they're big and full of chocolate, but this is not a working factory.
tips:
Go during the week, if you can, and combine it with an afternoon watching the boats. This place is mobbed on weekends and even ice-cream-lovers may grow impatient with the wait.
getting there:
Ghirardelli Square is located at 900 North Point Street between Beach and Larkin Streets. It is near the west end of Fisherman's Wharf, two blocks east of Van Ness Avenue and one block west of the Cable Car turnaround at Beach and Hyde Streets.
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