Not much needs to be said in order to sell this store as a concept. Chocadore is a store completely dedicated to the love chocolate. A far cry from Pick n Pay’s sweet shelf, entering Chocadore exposes a whole other world of chocolate. Im almost expecting Juliet Binnoche to come out from the back and change my life forever. On their shelves lies what’s been voted as The Worlds Greatest Chocolate, Amedei from Italy, so nothing about the store is anything other than premium quality. 

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The market runs from 9am till 2pm. It might just be the fanciest of markets in the city, so don’t go expecting the “flea market” vibe. All the stuff is great quality food, that will not go unnoticed that night at the dinner party.

In any “normal” city, the development of Melrose Arch might have been on any random city square. The streets would belong to the people, and they would pass through as they please. But since Johannesburg isn’t that normal, we have to understand the interesting context in which Melrose Arch sits. It all private property, so the interlinking roads are not public property. Its effectively a little self enclosed little city block. But, most importantly, its not trying to look like a tuscan village, so that redeems itself almost completely. It keeps expanding, so the formula is working. My little dream is that it one day lets exterior guards down and emerges more as a party of the city, as opposed a little city within a city. Check out the Mediterranean Market on saturdays.

Inside the development are some quality restaurants and bars that deserve to be taken seriously.