Paris is serious about its food, and has long been a capital of chocolate, being the home to La Maison du Chocolate, which is now something of a confectionary empire, with outposts from New York to Tokyo. A less-widespread but no less impressive chocolatier is Patrick Roger, whose St. Germain boutique is a temple to cocoa. This is quite...
François Chocolate Bar, the new boutique-within-a-boutique from pastry chef François Payard, has opened this week on the fourth floor of the jewelry store Mauboussin. Expect a café serving the jewel-like chocolate confections pictured in this sneak peek. François Chocolate Bar Maboussin, 4th Floor 714 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10065