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A San Francisco treat comes to Boston
By adamg on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 11:07am
Adam Castiglioni reports Ghirardelli Chocolate is opening a store in the North Market Building - its first in New England.
What, you thought I meant this stuff?
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That's gonna richly confuse a
That's gonna richly confuse a whole lotta tourists. Since, I mean, if you squint so that you can't tell the lobsters from the crabs, Quincy Market could pretty much be Fisherman's Wharf.
So how DO you pronounce it?
So how DO you pronounce it? I guess we need to know.
Hard G, like in "Ghibelline".
Hard G, like in "Ghibelline".
Guelph too!
The confusion follows the schism into red and white guelphs.
Ah, but "Guelph" doesn't have
Ah, but "Guelph" doesn't have that annoying "Gh" to confuse the issue.
Ghiradelli
I always thought it was
Gee-Ruh-Deli
Used to eat it as a kid
Gear R Deli
Woo Hoo!
I thought I could only find this stuff at Fishermen's Wharf, Covent Garden, The South Street Seaport, The Baltimore Inner Harbor, and many other unique, lovingly restored places that reflect the local individual character, surrounding historical urban settings and where the retail is geared toward the local user.
I sure hope they add a breakdancing crew and one of those people who act like statues to make me feel at home while I shop with other Bostonians.
Don't forget ...
Chocolate lobster eggs, chocolate lollipops shaped like lobsters, posters of lobsters eating chocolate bars, etc., etc.
WHAT?! I get NO LOVE?!!!
WHAT?! I get NO LOVE?!!!
Are those breakdancers still
Are those breakdancers still in front of Faneuil Hall? I remember when they bumped out all the other (quiet, local) performers with their loud, incessant crap.
We just need a guy jumping
We just need a guy jumping out of the bushes scaring tourists.
Not sure if he's still there...
I just spent a week in SF and stayed pretty close to Fisherman's Wharf, but didn't see him once. I assumed he would be out for the last big tourist weekend of the summer, kind of a bummer.
Also to be fair, he doesn't (or didn't) jump out of the bushes as much as just sit in plain sight holding a few branches in front of his face.
The bush guy is awesome
He scared my friend so bad I gave the guy 5 or 10 bucks.
He must make a killing.
Dead
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/02/27/sfs-legendary-terrifying-bus...
I just
died a little inside.
It's amazing
How long tv commercials used to be
I thought the "San Francisco treat"...
was Rice-a-roni.
Whoosh!
IHNTA
Here At Last! ...
Ah, childhood food!
It WAS a treat in my home - packaged instafoods were expensive! We'd get to have it for a birthday, but my grandparents were more indulgent.
DING DING!
Confession: I LOVE Rice-a
Confession: I LOVE Rice-a-roni.
Oh, totally! I remember that
Oh, totally! I remember that and Soup Starter were among my favorite things to eat when I was a kid. Of course, my mother didn't think they were too healthy (and she was right,) so they were controlled substances in our house growing up. Don't even get me started on the paucity of Tang in my childhood.
I recently read the ingredients list on a box of Rice-a-Roni. Just, um, don't do it.
TBH I make it from scratch a
TBH I make it from scratch a lot.
Now, if we can get It's Its imported, my life will be complete.
Maybe the folks bringing the chocolate can arrange to import It's Its, the other great San Francisco dessert.
Great, another chain store in
Great, another chain store in Faneuil Hall.
Well, but why not, really?
Well, but why not, really? Isn't it pretty much all chain-store fill-in-the-blank souvenir junk ("I (heart) ")? The whole thing gives me a rash, but I have to admit, one more is not going to make a difference.