Chilmark Chocolates headed into its final weekend Thursday with a steady series of automobiles pulling up the driveway. After 33 years in business the store closes on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
Chilmark Chocolates headed into its final weekend Thursday with a steady series of automobiles pulling up the driveway. After 33 years in business the store closes on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
The signature up-Island confectionery that is a Vineyard institution its own right will close at the end of the year, the owners have said.
With Valentine’s Day on Sunday, it’s all hearts and flowers — and chocolates — right now. Here on the Vineyard, the chocolates are Chilmark Chocolates, of course. Like most of us, I indulge whenever I can. I know that First Lady Michelle Obama is speaking out these days about obesity, but her main concern is with children. Senior citizen that I am, I am relatively unconcerned about gaining weight. At least I was, until I went on a chocolate-eating binge last month in Belgium. I ate some pretty trendy chocolates.
