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| - What isn't there to love about chocolate? If you've got a sweet tooth like mine, nothing. White chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and chocolate with all kinds of extras....I've seldom met a chocolate I didn't like.
Max Brenner is serious about chocolate, serving his delicacies in ergonomic mugs molded to be held for maximum enjoyment and coffee cups with kangaroo pouches for chocolate. He even serves his French Fries with chocolate. That is my kind of guy!
Our tummies were rumbling for savory food, so we started with macaroni and cheese and a pulled pork sandwich before diving in for dessert. The portions of both were generous and both were delicious. The mac and cheese is served with bacon and tomato and has the perfect crusty, crumbly layer on top. The pulled pork had a barbeque sauce that was just the right amount of sweet and the chili chocolate fries were the icing on the cake. Knowing that we were going to order copious amounts of dessert, we cut ourselves off early and ended up saving leftovers for lunch the next day. This was easy to do as the portions were large.
We had the fondue for dessert and it came with two choices of chocolate as well as caramel. We had been debating between traditional fondue and the option that included graham crackers for smores, so our server suggested adding graham crackers and voila, the best of both worlds!
We literally loved the white chocolate to the point that my husband actually scooped it out of the fondue pot and ate it solo, and the caramel in the middle made for perfect pairings with the fondue accompaniments (marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, etc.). I have to say that if he hadn't scooped up the last morsels, I probably would have!
Max Brenner's story is fun (read it on the menus), the decor is whimsical and the food is great. It's definitely worth a stop, whether or not you have a sweet tooth, and will definitely earn you "brownie points" (Ba-dum-ching) if you happen to treat a friend or loved one who has one!
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