After 42 years in San Francisco, I finally got to tour Octagon House, on the corner of Union and Gough, which is open only on the second Sunday and Second and Fourth Thursdays of the month for docent-led tours from 12:00 to 3:00. The docents are members of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in California, which uses the house as its headquarters as well as operating it as a museum. The docents all love the house and are amazingly well-informed and interesting. There is no set entrance fee but a $4 donation is recommended and well worth it.
There isn't an elaborate gift shop, but there are a few things for sale at the entrance. The chocolate bars are made by Dream Chocolate and are available in one ounce bars of dark or milk chocolate. Dream calls itself an artisan chocolate company, but does not appear to be a bean-to-bar outfit. They proclaim that their chocolate is European, but do not name the company they buy it from. They have a whole line in their own name and have many private label customers. These Octagon House bars are tasty and well worth the reasonable price, which I won't list because prices are always subject to change.
There is also a selection of TeaStation custom tea blends, formulated for Octagon House by Mill Valley's TeaFountain.
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