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“Chi Chocolate in Liberty Station is another great spot for coffee!”
Coffee · Chocolate
Now closed. In 2022 Roger's Liberty Station coffee tip was to let the barista build an espresso drink of their own design here.
Public listings now mark Chi Chocolat at Liberty Station as closed, with a closure reported in October 2022. The page stays up as part of the dated record, not as a place to visit.
HappyCow — Chi Chocolat listed as closed (2022-10-31) ↗This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
From Roger’s camera roll
Source-backed notes
Checked in 49 times on Yelp and Swarm, most recently Mar 17, 2022. See the check-in log
Roger named this place in a published interview. No individual visit has been added to the archive yet.
Shoutout SoCal interviewStay in the neighborhood
A Liberty Station food hall Roger compared to Grand Central Market and the Anaheim Packing District, though on an early Friday-evening visit most vendors had already closed and little stood out.
A Liberty Public Market empanada stall Roger found underwhelming on a first visit, with one nearly hollow empanada and a spinach-and-cheese filling he called just okay.
A Liberty Station cafe in a converted Naval Training Center building; Roger flagged it specifically as a good brunch spot.
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