The Villager
LIVING VARSANO'S Chocolates, 179 W. Fourth (212- 352- 1171), just up the street from Sheridan Square, offers a luscious selection of fine chocolates, hand-dipped daily on the premises by its owner/proprietor, in a mind boggling array of shapes and sizes. Some choices for the Dad with a sweet tooth seen here on a recent visit included hefty chocolate models of Porsches, Mercedes, Farraris, motorcycles and Jeeps, tools, such as wrenches or screws; guitars; portable phones; CD's; beepers; rollerblades; paint brushes edged in colorful nonpareil "paint"; basketballs or baseballs in clear acetate tubes; ribbon awards; mini earthenware flowerpots filled with colorful foil-wrapped flowers; champagne bottle; as well as an endless assortment in such contemporary shapes including hockey pucks, computers, blow dryers, barbells, boxing gloves, tennis sets, golf bags and balls, theater tickets and more. And, of course, featured are such delights as Varsano's assorted chocolates, the likes of chocolate cashew cranberry crunch or Australian glazed apricots and truffles; their best-selling pretzel caramel rods, dipped in caramel and covered with chocolate; sleek little half-milk, half-dark chocolate "Marc" (after Varsano's Owner) bars; gifty silvery octagonal trays or assorted chocolates in solid chocolate baskets; as well as fresh nuts and old-fashioned candies the likes of jelly beans, gummy bears and Swedish fish. Varsano's Chocolates is open seven days a week from noon - 8 p.m. All major credit cards. Custom gift baskets and gratis gift wrapping. VARSANO'S:
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