Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate — Café & Bakery.

Dick Taylor’s Eureka café makes chocolate the organizing idea of a warm drink menu, with several preparations that invite a return visit. Campfire Hot Chocolate is a distinctive first order: its listed combination of Belize chocolate, maple, smoked pecan, and a toasted house-made marshmallow gives the cup a clear dessert direction. Simpler Belize hot and drinking chocolates offer another path for someone who wants to focus on the chocolate itself. The Old Town waterfront location adds a sense of place without distracting from the café’s purpose. Leave time for the cup, then consider a bar that connects the experience to the maker’s work.

Why this place made the list.

Dick Taylor makes a Eureka chocolate stop especially rich in possibilities. The Campfire cup offers a composed dessert experience, while the simpler Belize preparations let the chocolate itself take the lead. Two visitors can compare those directions, then select a bar that relates to what interested them. The current waterfront café provides an appealing place to give that experience time, with the maker’s craft story supplying another point of interest. Start with one cup, browse afterward, and save a different style for a return. There is enough here to make chocolate the purpose of the outing without overloading the order.

Campfire or straight chocolate

The Campfire order combines Belize chocolate with maple and smoked pecan syrup, finished with a toasted vanilla marshmallow made by the house. That makes it an appealing dessert cup, but the café’s quieter chocolate preparations deserve attention too. Its live menu lists Belize Hot Chocolate, a thicker Belize Drinking Chocolate, and water-based 100% Drinking Cacao. Choose the Campfire for a composed treat or ask about the simpler styles for a closer chocolate comparison. Knowing which experience you want first is more useful than trying to order the whole range at once.

A small comparison is enough

For two visitors, one Campfire and one plain Belize preparation create a useful contrast. Taste the simpler drink first, then see how the added flavors change the impression of the chocolate. If a bakery item appeals, look at current availability rather than treating an older café photograph as a promise. The live menu marks sold-out items, making flexibility worthwhile. A small confection or one shared baked sweet can be plenty beside the cups. Save a larger bar purchase until after the drink, when you have a clearer idea of which chocolate direction interests you.

Chocolate on Eureka's waterfront

Dick Taylor’s current café and factory are at 333 First Street in Old Town Eureka. The company’s factory history explains its move into a restored waterfront building in 2022, while its founders connect their chocolate craft to earlier woodworking and boat-building work. That background gives the visit an interesting frame, particularly for someone who enjoys seeing how makers develop a practice. Use the current address rather than the older Fourth Street location. A little time spent considering the café and its chocolate makes the cup feel like part of Eureka, rather than an anonymous road-trip drink.

Use the café as your starting point

Open the linked live ordering menu before leaving if a specific cup matters to the plan. Once there, ask which solid bar most closely relates to the chocolate in your drink. That gives the take-home selection a purpose and can extend the visit without another large dessert. If a factory tour is appealing, check the separate booking information rather than assuming one comes with café service. Keep the cup order distinct from any later learning experience: enjoy what is in front of you, then decide how much more of the maker’s process you want to explore.

Menus, location & research notes

• Dick Taylor café and bakery

  Verifies 333 1st Street in Old Town Eureka and links the official Clover ordering menu.

• Dick Taylor live café menu

  Lists Campfire Hot Chocolate with Belize chocolate, maple, smoked pecan syrup and a toasted house-made vanilla marshmallow; also Belize hot/drinking chocolate and 100% drinking cacao.

• About Dick Taylor

  Describes the founders' woodworking and boat-building backgrounds and in-house chocolate making in Eureka.

• Dick Taylor factory history

  Explains the current waterfront Old Town factory/café move in November 2022.

Keep the chocolate trail going.

Try another stop in the same state or region, or explore the wider state guide for a different kind of cocoa day.