The Chocolate Dispensary

Echo Park shop the Chocolate Dispensary (which, despite the name, doesn’t carry weed, just chocolate) is already an essential destination for any sweet tooth—speaking as someone who received a curated batch of bars for my birthday this year. And now it’s hosting its first annual free, family-friendly holiday market outside the store, with local vendors setting up shop every Saturday evening leading up to Christmas. Find everything from candles to bucket hats, dried flower arrangements to quilts, and guitar-shaped charcuterie boards to colorful ceramics. While you’re there, you should of course head inside for a cup of hot chocolate and to shop the selection of over 1,000 sustainably sourced craft chocolates.