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click to enlarge Courtesy of Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate The corner of the rehabbed building that once housed the North Coast Co-op and will soon be home to local chocolate and coffee businesses. If all goes to plan, by this time next year, the sea air along Eureka s waterfront could carry notes of coffee and chocolate. The former home of the North Coast Co-op, empty since 1992 and rehabilitated by the late Pierre LeFuel and Karen Banning, is to be home to an expanded Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate and Humboldt Bay Coffee Co. More space means more goodies, says Brianne Taylor, sales and marketing manager at Dick Taylor. That applies to the currently limited room for chocolate bars and baked goods, as well as tours and tasting events. The new venue is being designed for more of a café experience. Humboldt Bay Coffee Co. will follow suit, while keeping its main roasting facility off site, it s leasing ....