My favorite hot chocolate is MarieBelle (though I’ve never tried to Brudicks), especially their spicy hot chocolate, I like it better than Jacques Torres'. You can order it from their website. Link: http://www.mariebelle

money. If you want something good at that price point, go for MarieBelle (which Neiman Marcus is still carrying). Scott

Anyone been to tea/lunch/brunch at MarieBelle on Madison near 64th st? Nice menu – I may take my daughter there next week.

south on Madison, or St. Ambroese (sp?) which is down a bit on Madison as well. Also, there is a Mariebelle on Madison, upstairs, that might work.

I just went here today for the first time and had the hot chocolate which was nice (Mariebelle). I am really excited to find a Capogiro venue in the city and the waffles and lieges look good too. It’s also got a cool...

You might look into Mariebelle too – they have two locations and the one I’ve been to – in Soho – has a pretty room.

City Bakery, MarieBelle, and Jacques Torres all do good versions of them.

and testy to some people in the class. People around me were quite surprised by the attitude displayed. Jacques Torrez—good choc. chip cookies and hot chocolate Mariebelle—great hot chocolate Eleven Madison...

I’d suggest the mix at Mariebelle, in Soho – bonus is that it comes in a chic looking brown and turquoise tin.

's, Mariebelle, Michel Chandun, Jean Paul Hevin). Nevertheless, I plan to pay a visit soon.

I called Dean & Deluca’s Soho store and they do not carry Amedei. I did some sleuthing of my own and found that Mariebelle chocolates in Soho carries Amedei bars, but they are out and will not get a new shipment for 1 to 2...

Chocolat, Mariebelle, Recchiuti, Martine’s (at Bloomingdales in NYC), LA Burdick and Chuao is by far my favorite — the highlights for me are the praline based confections (gianduja, almond and hazelnut praline, almond...

MarieBelle is the best I’ve ever had! Easy to make at home with milk, especially if you have a cappucino machine to steam the milk with. Try the Aztec Spicy version. Link: http://www.mariebelle.com

belle chocolates (mariebelle.com), or a nice food item from chelsea market such as bread from amy’s bread with condiments, fatwitch brownies, etc. Anything with nice packaging is a good thing. Hope this helps!

Go to mariebelle.com (store is in soho). Such beautiful, unique chocolates and they also taste fantastic. I have brought them as gifts to dinner parties and they are always a hit.