Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The owner attributes her success to having Penzeys on one side and Kakao on the other.
On June 8, Vom Fass and Kakao Chocolate teamed up for Peculiar Pairings: Ice cream, oil and balsamic vinegar. It was a fundraiser where adventuresome foodies could try things like vanilla ice cream topped with pumpkin seed vinegar and a bit of sea salt. The food combinations may have been “peculiar,” but the pairing of Vom Fass and Kakao, in Maplewood, along with other foodie spots like Penzeys Spices has proved to be synergistic. For Vom Fass, the Maplewood franchise is the second-highest grossing Vom Fass in the United States. The corporate store in Madison, WI, is the only Vom Fass in the U.S. that ranks above Maplewood. “We opened Dec. 18, 2009,” owner Anita Von Ballmoos said. “We just opened the door, and we were surprised how many …
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Vom Fass
7314 Manchester Rd, Maplewood, MO
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
It netted the suspect $18. Maplewood Police said it's been going around.
A scam hit a Maplewood business on Saturday afternoon. A man walked into Kakao Chocolate and asked for $20 in cash in exchange for four rolls of dimes. Owner Brian Pelletier made the trade. The problem was that the roll of coins had a dime on each end but was filled with pennies inside. The con said he was making a delivery for Jimmy John’s and was paid in rolls of dimes, but he needed a $5 bill to give someone change. “I thought it sounded sketchy, but looked at one of the rolls and saw the dime on the end and didn’t think much of it,” Pelletier said in an e-mail to members of the Maplewood Chamber of Commerce. “Plus I had customers waiting behind him.” Pelletier described the suspect as standing 6-foot-2, in his early 20s, with blonde …
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Kakao Chocolate
7272 Manchester Rd, Maplewood, MO
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Maplewood's Kakao Chocolate, and owner Brian Pelletier, has been open almost a year and is drawing attention.
A new Maplewood favorite, Kakao Chocolate, is getting plenty of recognition these days. Kakao owner, Brian Pelletier, was invited by Feast Magazine to sit in on a group of St. Louis food entrepreneurs to talk about the business of selling good, innovative food. “It was a representation of people who are out there doing some really interesting, forward-thinking things with and about food in St. Louis,” Pelletier told Patch. “What I was struck with was how dedicated that whole group was to the idea of better food in St. Louis.” Also at the table were: Kakao has been in Maplewood about a year, but it’s Pelletier’s second location. His first Kakao has been on South Jefferson about three and a half years. He doesn’t seem surprised by the …
Doug Miner
12:49 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thanks Nina! Anita told me that but I was so far off with the spelling I couldn't figure it out with Google! more ›