Chocolate Bar: 2005 Holiday Gifts!

USA- In the heart of New York's West Village sits a small storefront that has started a mini-revolution among chocolate lovers. Chocolate Bar, a cozy but cosmopolitan sweet shop has broken chocolate out of its stuffy Valentine mold and inspired the notion that this cherished treat can be fun, unfussy and possess more than a dash of decadence. Fully devoted to reviving the nostalgia-influenced confections that once graced the tables of the World's Fair, Automats, Boardwalks, dime-store candy shops, carnivals and the diners of yesteryear, Chocolate Bar continues to churn out retro-reconfigured favorites using only the freshest ingredients and highest quality. This Fall, 2005 the future is now and chocolate is the life of the party! Not a substance to be treated with reserve, it's a slightly sweet-bitter-caffeinated, completely legal, party enhancer. It's serious brew. All aspects of youth culture, from punk rock to mod fashion, luxury and graphic design are prevalent in this season's provocative collection. At Chocolate Bar, the world of cosmopolitan cocoa is filled with swinging sugar soiree's and perfect chocolate martini's. For more information and to view product images please visit www.workhousepr.com/underground/retail

Chocolate Bar Artist Bars
Chocolate Bar and Yoyamart have collaborated to create a new line of choc-o-graphic Artist Bars to debut this November 2005.Ten designers including Gary Baseman, Nathan Jurevicious, David Horvath, Sun-Min Kim, Rolito, Toy2R, Friends With You, Tim Biskup, Dalek and J.D. Boujnah have created labels for an array of new products of which a portion of the proceeds will go to children's arts education. Each Artist Bar weighs an impressive 2.25 ounces and is filled with classic treats enrobed in the finest gourmet chocolate. New bar flavors include Milk Chocolate, Bittersweet, Crispy Rice, Dark Chocolate with Almonds, Dark Chocolate with Mint, Milk Chocolate with Hazelnuts, Dark Chocolate Espresso and the boutiques old favorite Salty Pretzel. Yoyamart was adopted in the trendy Meat-Packing District of New York City in January, 2004. Conceived by businessman Stephane Gerbier, graphic designer J.D. Boujnah, and Gena and Cristina, their respective wives, the team noticed that there were differences in the way men and women shopped for their children. Yoyamart was designed essentially as a store for 'fathers by fathers'. For more information please visit www.yoyamart.com. Sold as a collection in a "gallery box". Available November, 2005; Price $40. To inquire about pre-orders please call 800.481.2462 or email info@chocolatebarnyc.com

Chocolate Bar CBGB Collection
Chocolate Bar, in collaboration with Hilly Kristal unveils two edible lines of CBGB products including the CBGB Punk Rock Box ($25.00); a 16 piece truffle collection embossed with the pioneering history and iconic imagery of CBGBs illustrious music scene. Served in a chocolate brown box, hot-stamped with the venues famed logo, it comes complete with a postage-paid petition to save CBGB, a record-shaped biography, steel logo keychain and a collection of CBGB stickers. CBGB Retro Bars ($3.00 each); Inspired by those colossal flavors from late-night, post-show snack attacks, discover pure 1970 nostalgia with two new retro flavors. Each is wrapped in a limited-edition CBGB keepsake, weighs an impressive 2.25 ounces and comes complete with a postage-paid petition to save the venerable venue. *Now available, to place an order call 800.481.2462 or email info@chocolatebarnyc.com

Chocolate Bar
Winner of the 2004 Timeout New York Eat Award for "Best Chocolate Store", Chocolate Bar is a candy store for grown-ups offering cosmopolitan luxury through old-fashioned collections and unique inspirations. Incorporating style, comfort and classic New York treats, Chocolate Bar features sweets by New York's Jacques Torres, Sweet Bliss and Garrison Con