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Old Town Alexandria Chocolate Stores

Monday, November 5, 2012

Fleurir Hand Grown Chocolates Expands to Old Town

Husband and wife small business owners are opening their second store on Jefferson Street.

Chocoholics – and pretty much everyone else – rejoice. Fleurir Hand Grown Chocolates is here. Husband and wife team Robert Ludlow and Ashley Hubbard are opening their second store on 724 Jefferson St. this week in Old Town, right around the corner from Faccia Luna and Southside 815. Ludlow trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney, Australia, and later studied under Tim Gearhart of Gearhart’s Fine Chocolates. The duo opened their first store on P Street in Georgetown, but their second shop is something of a homecoming. They started and grew their business selling chocolates at the Old Town Farmer’s Market. They searched for a place in Old Town, but veered away from popular King Street. Ludlow said they love the street’s historic charm…

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