Craft Chocolate: Trendy

On the heels of Alma Chocolate's expansion news comes this well-timed piece by the Mercury's Chris Onstad, asking if Portland is on the verge of a craft chocolate boom: "Local chocolatiers, bean-to-bar chocolate makers, and chocolate purveyors have — seemingly independent of one another — put elements in place to make Portland's chocolate scene a niche explosion in the coming years." [Mercury]