Accolades
What Folks are Writing, Blogging, Saying and Broadcasting About Chocolate As Art
April 2013 — TripAdvisor lists Dancing Lion Chocolate as the #1 ranked restaurant in Manchester, NH.
Exquisite chocolates. Croissants to rival any within walking distance of the Seine. Colchester, CT
April 2013 — Manchester Union Leader’s Katie McQuaid dropped in to get the scoop on our artsy eggs. She writes about her visit in Katie McQuaid’s Scene in Manchester: Chocolate for Grownups.
February 2013 — We share a bowl of drinking chocolate with NH Chronicle’s Erin Fehlau as she tours our shop in their Chocolate Tour segment. You’ll find us at 2:12 in the video.
February 2013 — Publisher Bruce Geddes featured our “Tabby Cat” as the cover of Good Chocolate Magazine (available for purchase on iTunes) along with a nicely-written article entitled “A Commitment to Excellence.”
December 2012 — NECN (New England Cable News) Bureau Reporter Lauren Collins gave us a great spot (featuring our beautiful “A Partridge…” gift box) in her segment “What are New England’s Chances of a White Christmas?“
December 2012 — NHPR host Virginia Prescott published an even more fantastic segment on Word of Mouth entitled The Art and Science of Chocolate. There’s even a cool video.
November 2012 — NH Chronicle with Fritz Weatherbee re-aired the Dancing Lion Chocolate video segment crafted last year by videographer extraordinaire Cindy Jones.
November 2012 — NHPR host Virginia Prescott published a fantastic segment in the Thanksgiving edition of her Word of Mouth radio show.
October 2012 — Intown Staffer Lauren Kannenberg wrote nice words in More Than Your Average Piece of Chocolate on the Intown Manchester Blog.
October 2012 — The Residences at Manchester Place blogged Dancing Lion Chocolate: Sweets Fit for a King.
July 2012 — Journalist Janice Waugh of Solo Traveler wrote Passion in New Hampshire on a visit from Toronto.
The drinking chocolate that I tasted was amazing. . . He develops relationships with specific farmers in specific countries so that he knows the exact origin of his ingredients. Janice Waugh, Solo Traveler
June 2012 — A most creative Kirsten Doogue included thoughts on our Gianduja Class on her website, Creativity in Pieces.
May 2012 — Journalist George Pelletier of the Bedford Journal published a lovely little article entitled Dancing Lion Chocolate Presents Artistic Collaboration about our work with talented painter Cindy Rizza.
May 2012 — Granite State Ambassador Richard Russell wrote an exuberant article at Dancing Lion Chocolate Offers Pure Indulgence.
You will feel like you are in a chocolate shop in Paris, Brussels, New York City, Montreal, or Sydney. Richard Russell, Granite State Ambassador
May 2012 — Health Coach Amy Medling wrote Health By Chocolate — 5 Benefits of Chocolate for PCOS in her blog PCOS Diva, Awaken Your Good Health Goddess after spending a morning with us.
April 2012 — Writer Emma Schultz published a visit to dancing lion chocolate in manchester, new hampshire on her beautiful blog, of agates and Madeleines, with numerous reader comments.
I took home some of his artisan creations – emphasis on art – and spent some time savoring their exquisite beauty, as well as their commendable taste. Emma Schultz, Of Agates and Madeleines
April 2012 — Journalist Angel Roy gave us a nice mention in the Hippo Press article The Whimsy and Art of Easter Desserts.
May 2012 — Blogger Kathleen Schmidt of goodgood manchester published Upstart Interview: Dancing Lion Chocolate.
March 2012 — Suzanne’s Mom of Suzanne’s Mom’s Blog wrote Chocolate Entrepreneur about our approach to business and performance excellence.
February 2012 — Journalist Kathleen Pierce of The Boston Globe published Dancing Lion, cacao revelations.
Designer bars studded with single-source cacao beans are displayed in an antique jewel case like edible artifacts from a Mayan mirage. Kathleen Pierce, Boston Globe
February 2012 — Barbara, of Gypsy House Designs blogged Chocolate As Art — Dancing Lion with lovely photos of our Valentine’s Limited Edition Gift Box.
February 2012 — Journalist Jeff Mucciarone of The Hippo Press wrote a nice mention in Just call it Chocolate Day: Local shops turn cacao into romance.
Awarded Best of NH 2012 for our Mayan-style Hot Drinking Chocolate.
December 2011 — Videographer Cindy Jones crafted a video segment that aired on NH Chronicle with Fritz Weatherbee.
They’re so beautiful it’s hard to believe they are created to eat. NH Chronicle
December 2011 — Writer Susan Laughlin of New Hampshire Magazine published The Well-tempered Chocolatier: Dancing Lion Chocolates.
November 2011 — The Manchester Union Leader noted the opening of several new businesses, including Dancing Lion Chocolate, in Officials Celebrate New Businesses in Manchester.
October 2011 — The NH Division of Economic Development, NHEconomy.com wrote Downtown Manchester Celebrates Retail Resurgence with Four Grand Openings on Nov 3rd with some nice mentions of Dancing Lion Chocolate.
July 2011 — LivableMHT leads an intriguing article entitled The Fall and Rise of Urban Manufacturing with a discussion about Dancing Lion Chocolate.
December 2010 — The Bona Fide Green Goods blog wrote Organic Chocolatiers Are Hard to Find, Meet Dancing Lion.
while Dancing Lion’s owner Richard Tango-Lowy does not officially call himself an “organic” chocolatier, his choice of clean, high quality ingredients makes him pirouette in the organic category. Debby DeMoulpied, Owner of Bona Fide Green Goods
Awarded Best of NH 2010 for Chocolate As Art.
You’ll also find reviews of us on the excellent sites TripAdvisor and Yelp.
Carla Martin publishes a reasonably thorough calendar of chocolate events (including ours) on her blog Bittersweet Notes: chocolate, culture, and the politics of food.