For Philly Chocolate Lovers

Except for the first three years of my life and the time I spent in college, my life has been in Philly and I don’t understand anyone that doesn’t appreciate this city.

Although my residence is in a suburb of Philly, Elkins Park, I spend a lot of time in the city and enjoying all that it has to offer. I can spout off lots of wonderful things to do right now, like seeing the Gorky exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Or seeing the production of Little Shop of Horrors a the Prince Music Theatre.

But if you are a chocolate lover, than Philly has the most unbelievable place to go. Max Brenner’s at 1500 Walnut Street is absolutely the best chocolate experience I have ever had. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, but what I experienced was their dessert. They have a separate dessert menu with what seemed like endless pages of selections of every type of dessert. And just about every dessert had chocolate. There were seven of us reading the menu and every few seconds someone was saying “OMG”. We would thing we would find the right one to order and then you would turn the page and start all over again.

Each one of us ordered something different and they were all wonderful. Banana Split Waffles, Melting Marshmellow Crepes, The Golden Heart, Warm Chocolate Soup, Truffle made of 70% Cocoa and two different ice cream sandwiches, but these were not your ordinary ice cream sandwiches. My only suggestion to our server was that they should have a sample platter. But then my sister-in-law reminded me that I created my own by tasting a little of each person’s dessert.

The atmosphere is hip and loud but fun, full of wood and chocolate smells and great service. And when you are finished eating, stop in the chocolate shop for great food and gifts. But go after you eat when you are full so that you don’t buy everything in site.

I love Philly and look forward to sharing some more of the highlights this great city has to offer. Enjoy your chocolate and let me know what you think.