There is a tragic yet life-saving byproduct of working at The Chocolate Tree for 30 years: You no longer smell the chocolate.
Pat Green, owner of the mouthwatering Carteret Street shop that since 1980 has been “sweetening the world one piece at a time,” says she’s become immune to that delicious aroma everyone else inhales with gusto when they walk in the store.
“If we’re cooking fudge or something that’s really strong, I will smell it,” she says. “And if I’m not there every day, I’ll smell it. But when I’m there all the time, I can’t. I really can’t.”
The ability to once again enjoy that delicious aroma is one more benefit of Pat’s impending retirement, set to start this summer when her sister and her son take over the business full-time.