

“I really like the Max Brenner experience,” Park said. When Brenner started his career by learning from chocolatiers in France and Germany, he did not expect to one day have an international brand. “It’s a beautiful mixture of everybody: Kids, grown-ups and students.”

“Everybody loves chocolate, you see that at Max Brenner,” he said. in Back Bay, will attract people of all ages. I got a mocha at the end and it was tiny and cost me almost five bucks.”īrenner said he hopes the restaurant’s location at 745 Boylston St. “The only downfall was how expensive the drinks and desserts were. It has a cute environment and the NYC one had good service,” Burns said. “I really liked my experience in Max Brenner. Paige Burns, a sophomore communications major, said she found herself craving the Southwestern caesar salad with chicken she ordered when she visited the Max Brenner location in New York over spring break. “ hot chocolate will be a perfect treat for the crazy cold and winter of New England.” “For me, Boston is a very European place and it could be a beautiful match for Max Brenner,” he said. He also said Boston would be a perfect match for not only the experience, but the chocolate too.
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In an interview with The News, Brenner said it was easy to expand to Boston because it’s on the east coast, not far from the restaurant’s headquarters in New York. We had to check it out since I’m a self-proclaimed chocoholic.” “A friend who lives in New York recommended it us. The “Brenner Burger” is, according to the menu, an angus beef burger with lettuce, tomato, cheddar, a vidialia onion ring and Max’s “secret” barbeque sauce. “My friends and I went to the Max Brenner in New York City and I ordered the ‘Brenner Burger.’ It was divine,” sophomore graphic design major Sarah Park said. Some students who have had the chance to visit one of the Max Brenner’s locations are anxiously awaiting the March 31 Boston opening. Brenner said he named his chain “Max Brenner: Chocolate by the Bald Man” to add a little humor and entice people to come into his doors.īrenner began working with chocolate in Europe about 20 years ago and has since developed a restaurant chain with locations in Singapore, Israel, Australia, New York City, Philadelphia, Las Vegas and the new Boston location. Max Brenner: Chocolate by the Bald Man, is a restaurant that founder Max Brenner himself calls an “experience.” Featuring menu items like “Chocolate Chunks Pizza,” the “Hang-Over Omelet” and “The Sticky Caramel Chocolate Concoction,” the experience is all about the chocolate and different ways to open up to it, just like the name of the restaurant itself. Even with just a half pizza, I can never finish it on my own.By Allie Ehrhart, News Staff Photo Courtesy: Max BrennerĬhocolate is not something a college student may think of as a meal option in Boston, but a new Boylston Street restaurant may change that. Chocolate desserts are Max Brenner’s specialty, not many other sit-down restaurants focus on dessert, and whoever passed up an opportunity to justify dessert for dinner?įor instance, the chocolate pizza is exactly what you would imagine: thick, doughy crust topped with half-melted milk and white chocolate chunks, crunchy hazelnut bits, bananas, peanut butter and roasted marshmallows. with crispy bacon, avocado, lettuce and tomato. The savory items are solid, including burgers with chili-and-cocoa dusted waffle fries, sandwiches with rosemary-infused waffles for bread, and a B.A.L.T. Of course, humans can’t subsist on hot chocolate alone-goodness knows that I’ve tried during finals-so the restaurant offers actual food as well. Max Brenner is a chain based out of Israel with locations in Australia, Russia, Singapore, Japan and now a small handful in the U.S.
