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Boehm's Chocolates 255 N.E. Gilman Blvd., Issaquah, WA 98027-2903 425-392-6652 Location on Google Maps Latitude: 47.535101 Longitude: -122.032171 Click here to go to the company web site This tour is free |
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Description
Julius Boehm (1897-1981), the original founder of Boehm's Candy Kitchen in Issaquah, WA, was of Swiss-Austrian decent. After immigrating to the United States in 1940, he and partner George Tedlock opened the first Candy Kitchen in the Greenlake area of Seattle. In 1956 the company moved to Issaquah where he built the Edelweiss Chalet and a beautiful Alpine Chapel in the shadow of the Issaquah Alps. To this day the Issaquah Boehm's Candies plant manufactures over 150 different confections. |
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For sweets (no freebies, alas) visit the Swiss-style building that houses. Free candy factory tours are offered July to mid-September; call ahead for reservations. If you can't get on a tour, just walk outside and peek in the side windows. Open Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Adjacent to the chocolate factory is a shady garden with a replica of a Swiss chapel. Guided tours are by reservation only and run from June 14th through September 5th, 2004. On our guided tour you will walk through the chalet where Julius Boehm lived, the factory where we make all of our candies, and the chapel, which is a replica of a 12th century chapel in Switzerland. Reservations are required! Make reservations as soon as possible due to limited space. Ask for Rebecca or Vienna between 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Tours on weekends will not show factory work Children's groups must have one adult per five children. Children must be six or older. Adult tours last 30-40 minutes Children’s tours last 20-25 minutes No room for strollers or wheelchairs Children's Group Tours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - 1:00 & 1:30 p.m. All Other Tours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday - 10:30 a.m. & 2:15 p.m. Saturday & Sunday - 1:00 p.m. **Year round tours for groups larger than 20 may be available. Please ask for Rebecca or Vienna for information.** |
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Jennifer Jones-Murphy |
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