Until Nov 15th (or until we run out), we are offering a 30% discount on our seasonal assortment boxes! Truffles will be fresh through the end of November, and make a great option for the dinner table (hint). Available in our Pioneer Square or Capitol Hill stores, or online right here.
Announcing our 1st Thursday Open Mic Night at the Coffeehouse!
Intrigue Chocolate & Coffeehouse
Sept. 6th
7pm – 9pm
1520 15th Ave
Seattle WA 98104
Performers
Calling all acoustic musicians, poets, writers, and spoken word artists: you are invited to come show off your talent. We recommenced that you show up around 6:30 to get your name into the hat and secure one of the ten guaranteed performing slots. Here are the rules:
Audience
Every few days a tour group comes to the Pioneer Square Tasting Bar. The tour guides always tell these Seattle visitors to “go by the chocolate shop just around the corner”. So cool! These folks are usually wide-eyed, excited, but also sometimes exhausted and over saturated. We try to give them the best Seattle has to offer regardless of their emotional state, because we pride ourselves on our ability to share a truly memorable experience.
Problem is, it can take longer than 5 minutes to taste the chocolate, make a selection, and get back to the bus! Often it is our shop that makes folks late, and the bus driver knows it.
So we like to thank the bus driver with chocolate, both for their referral and their patience. We send away our guests with a smile on their faces and a piece of Seattle’s chocolate culture to share with friends and family when they return home, as well as a little chocolate to give their bus driver as a thank you.
Who do you want to thank today? Consider expressing your gratitude with chocolate. Visit our online store, or visit one of our locations in Seattle, and make someone’s day.
Chocolate & Coffeehouse
We are expanding our food menu at the coffeehouse! Oh, my WORD, are these good!! Enjoy these new creations with your mochas and lattes:
The Chocolate
We are currently sold out of our own spiced chocolate bars!
We will be restocked in a week or so. Thank you for your patience – they are worth the wait. We couldn’t be more thrilled with how fast these are flying off the shelf. Some of your are positively heartbroken, we know, but you can still request tastings of the chocolate bars at the Tasting Bar in Pioneer Square while we wait.
Check out the amazing truffle flavors Aaron has crafted for us this week:
Framboise & Honey
Grapefruit
Orange & Sea Salt
Black Licorice
Pear Brandy & Honey
Jasmine Tea & Loomi (black lime)
Passionfruit
Cranberry
Jamaican Hot Chocolate
Basil
Mocha
Company Happenings
A Reading for Refugees Monday, June 18th
This month we are pleased to host one of our former employees, Judy Wilson, to discuss the refugee situation in Iraq and Syria where she and her husband have been volunteering for the last year doing good work. Check out the Stranger's description of the event. We will be donating a % of sales from the evening to their charity. Save the date!
Announcing: GAME NIGHT
On Sunday evenings from 6pm to close we are hosting a game night. Come sit and watch a game, or join in, or bring a game you would like to play with others. We have a small library of donated games to get you started. If you do bring a game try to keep it compact – there are a couple large tables to spread out on but smaller games are more easily staged.
If you would like to join the mailing list to get notifications about events like this one, you can do so by going to any page on our website and registering at the bottom.
If you want to create or bring your group to meet at the Coffeehouse, let Karl know at karl@intriguechocolate.com so we can set your group up with a reserved area of seating and anything else you might need.
And of course, Happy Pride!
We did it! We opened our doors!
Come by to check out the new Intrigue Chocolate & Coffeehouse on Capitol Hill during our soft opening phase. We are filling in with tables and chairs and shelving. Our chocolate, coffee, and pastry service is up and running.
Address
1520 15th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
Monday - Sunday 7am - 9pm
(206) 945-3277
Menu
Be sure to try our mochas, hot chocolate, and sipping chocolates. All of our truffle gift boxes, chocolate bars, and other items are available here as well.
Pastries
Banana Bread with Cacao Nibs
Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Pumpkin Bread
Harvest Bread
Cheddar & Jalapeno Bread
Irish Shortbread Cookies
Cream Cheese Shortbread Cookies with Cacao Nibs
Chocolate Sugar Cookies (made with our cocoa mixes!)
(All of the chocolate is gluten free, but the pastries are not yet. We are working on an option for you!)
Coffee & Chocolate Drinks
We have a full espresso bar. If you need a recommendation, we are showcasing our mochas, hot cocoas, hot chocolate, and sipping chocolates. Also featuring Oatly as a dairy substitute (it's so good).
Seating
We have a full length bar, a set of couches, and two standing bars to perch and enjoy your coffee and pastries. We currently have a set of outdoor furniture to sit in the windows, which will soon move outside when the new tables and chairs for indoors are complete. There are two large windows that will open up during nice weather.
We recognize that many of you would like to work on your laptops or set up a board game while enjoying your coffee. We hear the request, and we'll make sure we come up with something comfortable for you! Please let us know what's working and what you'd like to see as we go.
Thank you for all you support! See you soon!
The Chocolate & Coffeehouse on Capitol Hill opens next week! Here’s the gist:
Intrigue Chocolate & Coffeehouse
1520 15th Ave
Seattle WA 98122
7am - 7pm all week
Target Opening Date: Friday 16th
(UPDATE: Due to electrical inspection scheduling delay, which caused other inspection dates to slip, we will be opening on Thursday, March 22nd instead.)
From Friday the 16th to Sunday the 18th we'll hav a Help Us Practice Special: coffee drinks are free with any other purchase. We’ll be practicing and dialing our machines, so the coffee is free while we get it right. Try the banana bread, or the sugar cookies made with our Jamaican cocoa powder, or the chocolate truffles, or even just a caramel.
Progress Update
OK!! So right now we are driving to open the doors. Every project is prioritized according to how it impacts our health inspection timeline.
A trip down memory lane:
What really matters, though, is locked in: our team is focused on service, the coffee is backed up by a strong partnership with Conduit, short breads with cacao nibs, the bean-to-chocolate drinks will delight you, not to mention all of our own chocolate goodies and expertise to wow you. What a huge weight off our minds!!
(If you're feeling peckish, check out this brownie recipe or this crackle cookie recipe both made with our spicy cocoa mix!)
By the time we open shop, we’ll be close but not finished with construction. That leaves detailing to be addressed as we go, which we accept. Let’s start serving delicious food. Let’s start making lattes. Let’s start celebrating chocolate. Thank you in advance for seeing past a few rough edges that might remain by Friday the 16th. We’d like things to be done correctly, and sometimes that requires a little extra time, while leaving the doors shut when we could be open is just silly.
The most exciting updates:
The standing- bar tops came together beautifully.
The custom wall paper is fierce!
The window sign is a beauty. Sean Barton did our signs again, and you read about his work on the Tasting Bar signage here.
The big items still remaining on the list are:
New 12pc Chef's Assortment Box
This is a big one – beginning March 9th, we will be offering a new “Chef’s Assortment” 12pc box of annual flavors. This box has been designed to offer the widest flavor appeal, which is a common request from many of our guest purchasing gift boxes but are unsure of flavor preferences. We will still carry our 12pc Seasonal Exploration Box, which changes weekly, but now you can get attached to some of the flavors.
The Chef’s Assortment box will include:
Thank you all for your support! See you in the new Chocolate and Coffeehouse soon! (Friday the 16th!)
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