Savour chocolates from around the world, from Ghana to Costa Rica, and everything from milk chocolate to dark chocolate at Cacao 70 in the ByWard Market. If you love natural wood, you'll love the decor and the chocolate concoctions that get served up on wooden slabs. Enjoy ice cream or dessert pizza drizzled with chocolate. If you still can't get enough, order a chocolate smoothie or a hot chocolate to sip with your dessert.
Cacao 70 is a Quebec-based chain specializing in chocolate, but its coffee-shop vibe is great for a caffeine fix of a different kind. Its cappuccino or mocha frappé or iced latte are refreshing in summer, and hot alternatives such as Americano and macchiato are also on the menu. So, too, such decadent cocoa-based treats as chocolate-marshmallow pizza and chocolate fondue. The wooden tables and chairs are reminiscent of an old-style tavern. Servers seem especially peppy; no chocolate coma here.
A popular Montreal-based chain, Cacao 70 offers a dizzying array of food choices – in fact, there are three menus. One focuses on savoury items, such as omelettes and sandwiches. The hot chocolate menu resembles a wine list, with details on each cocoa’s country of origin and tasting notes about fruit and acidic overtones and other flavourful details. And the third lists sweets, such as parfaits, fondues and chocolate pizzas. Open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, this is a great spot to stop in for a late night dessert.