The Chocolate Works has closed its Harrogate site, just six months after opening.
The café on Station Parade served chocolates, sweet treats, coffees and Belgian hot chocolate.
It was the third venture of its kind run by owner Guy Middleton, who also operates sites in Skipton and Clitheroe. But Mr Middleton said the Harrogate shop, which opened in April, “floundered from the beginning”.
He told the Stray Ferret:
“There is no one more gutted that I am.
“I was so excited to open in Harrogate following the success of Skipton, which opened mid-pandemic in 2020, but it just didn’t work out.”
He said the closure was predominantly due to a lack of footfall, adding:
“Perhaps a different location would’ve changed things – but no one knows these things.
“All our neighbouring businesses were so supportive, and we had such a great team.”
The Harrogate unit, which ceased trading on September 27, was previously intended to house the vegan restaurant Vertigo but the company went out of business a year ago before the Station Parade site opened.
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