Joseph Schmidt
originally posted 1/27/09: Dateline: the Castro, 3489 16th Street, where shopping for Valentine’s Day takes on added poignancy after today’s announcement by Pennsylvania-based parent company Hershey that it plans to close both its Joseph Schmidt chocolate factory in the City and its Scharffen Berger plant in Berkeley by mid-year. The brands will still exist as Hershey imprints, but gone is this local angle on artisan chocolate.
Joseph Schmidt store, 3489 16th Street.
The master himself.
Joseph Schmidt’s beautiful window displays have long been a highlight of the neighborhood.
