{"id":1425386,"date":"2019-03-01T01:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1425386"},"modified":"2019-03-01T18:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:30:25","slug":"black-dinah-closes-its-blue-hill-tasting-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2019\/03\/black-dinah-closes-its-blue-hill-tasting-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Dinah closes its Blue Hill tasting room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want chocolate? You’ll have to go to Westbrook<\/b>
\nBlack Dinah Chocolatiers announced Thursday that it is permanently closing its tasting room in Blue Hill, which opened in 2012.
The company\u2019s headquarters, store and factory in Westbrook, which moved from Isle au Haut in 2015, will remain open.
Chocolatier Kate Shaffer, who founded the business with her husband and business partner Steve Shaffer, wrote in a letter on the Black Dinah Facebook page that \u201cthis decision did not come with ease. There is both great sadness in saying goodbye to the Tasting Room, as well as an incredible sense of gratitude for the opportunity \u2013 however long \u2013 to have served the Blue Hill community.\u201d
The Blue Hill tasting room sold the company\u2019s full line of chocolate confections and had an espresso bar. It also sold locally made ice cream and cookies.
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