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Chocolate & Pastries at Thierry
Downtown's chocolaterie-patisserie on Alberni: thick drinking chocolate, a macaron case that looks like jewellery, and cheap enough to be completely spontaneous.
Foodie Experiences
Downtown's chocolaterie-patisserie on Alberni: thick drinking chocolate, a macaron case that looks like jewellery, and cheap enough to be completely spontaneous.
Thierry is the dessert-first date: a sleek chocolaterie-patisserie on Alberni where the drinking chocolate is so thick it borders on dessert itself, and the macaron case looks exactly like a jewellery counter, just far more accessible on a Tuesday night. The move is simple. Grab a marble table, split a tart and an eclair, order two genuinely serious hot chocolates, and let the sugar handle whatever awkward silences the evening had planned. It's open late, photogenic enough for the person who photographs their drink before tasting it, and cheap enough to decide on fifteen minutes' notice. Use it as the entire plan when you want time together without a three-course commitment. Use it as the last stop when dinner was good and you're not ready to stop yet. Either way, Thierry never oversells itself.
