“This is Willy Wonka for 2020.”
Grahm started working at the Los Angeles company when he was just 15 and bought Compartés from his parents when he was 25 . He took over as chocolate maker when he was 21 and has since opened 10 Compartés stores around the world, including ones in Brentwood and Century City.
This 6,000-square-foot La Brea Avenue space is his latest, and it’s where he plans to produce enough chocolate to supply the more than 1,000 global retailers that carry the brand, which include Bristol Farms, Paper Source and Alfred Coffee. The shop and factory, which are now open, will be available for private tours, special events and tastings.Opposite the factory is a Compartés retail store that will sell truffles and more than 50 kinds of chocolate bars, all wrapped in the brand’s signature eye-catching packaging. Designed by Grahm, the packages often feature chevron stripes, unicorns, palm trees and cutouts from personal photographs.
Something else he’s really proud of: a new line of vegan, paleo, organic bars that feature such ingredients as turmeric, pitaya and reishi mushroom. He created the line for customers with allergies and dietary restrictions. Grahm designed the space himself, handpicking each slab of blue-veined marble for the walls and counters. Antique mirrors line the back of the factory and there’s a plush black leather couch in the shop that Grahm plucked from his home office. The light fixtures, which he had custom-made, look like mini moons floating above the chocolates.“Everyone says your business must be online, which is true,” he said, “but I wanted to make a destination that people would get in their cars and come to.
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