Maverick Chocolate Co.

CityBeat sends dark chocolate loyalists to this Findlay Market bean-to-bar chocolatier, where the hot chocolate is made from the shop's own melted small-batch chocolate, churned on a contraption like Dojo Gelato's next door. The result is bitter rather than sweet and topped with fresh, unsweetened whipped cream, which the write-up calls the holy grail for anyone who insists milk chocolate is not real chocolate. Order it if a dark, strong cup matters more than a sweet one, and skip the whipped cream if the bitterness is the point.

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