Black Brick, a gorgeous owner-operated cafe, built from reclaimed materials, has a good hot chocolate, made from Jacques Torres chocolate. Read more.
One of the better cafe hot chocolates can be found at the original Williamsburg Blue Bottle Coffee. Read more.
The oddly named LA Burdick offers one of our favorites, the single origin dark hot chocolate for $7.50, usually with a choice of origins. Read more.
Our overall favorite hot chocolate in NYC, the $8 intense dark at La Maison du Chocolate is thick and optionally comes with whipped cream and bits of chocolate. Read more.
Boerum Hill, Brooklyn's Nunu is an independent shop that uses their fairly good chocolate, made right in the back, as the hot chocolate base. Ask them to whip it by hand, not with the steam wand. Read more.
Astoria's The Queens Kickshaw has a hot chocolate made with Mast Brothers chocolate from Williamsburg. It's a bit on the milky side and could use more body but is better than most. Read more.
If you're not used to Italian hot chocolate, you could be excused for thinking you'd mis-ordered pudding by mistake. Rich & thick, the spoon stands up straight. Read more.
