Hatch family chocolates: more than just chocolate.

AuthorBiton, Adva
PositionUB Digital

Chocolate making has long been part of Steve Hatch's family. When he was young, his grandmother taught him how to hand-dip chocolates as gifts for neighbors and friends. After his retirement, Steve's father also took up the hobby. And 12 years ago, Steve Hatch and business partner Kate Hatch took the family recipes to start a chocolate shop.

For Hatch Family Chocolates, located at 376 8th Avenue, chocolate is only one part of the experience.

"What Kate and I have tried to create is more than just a chocolate shop," says Steve. "We've tried to create an atmosphere for people to unwind. We're trying to do it with the chocolates, the ice creams, the pot de cremes, the desserts--all those are meant to help with that."

To reach as many members of the community as possible, Hatch Family Chocolates is open late, until 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. That way, according to Kate, the shop can be a place where kids can come for ice cream after school and where dates can linger over a late dessert.

Kate and Steve schedule various events at Hatch, like evenings with live music or summertime movies where a screen is set up on the shop's roof and the community can watch from the park across the street. There's also Magic Mondays, where a magician and a balloon artist come in from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday nights.

Add chocolate to these events and unwinding feels easy. The display case at the shop shows chocolate truffles, chocolate and caramel apples, marshmallow rice treats, chocolate-dipped fruit...

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