Slideshow by Meagan Walker
Photos by Morgan Yeager with additional photos provided by Woodward and Sensing

Chefs around the Hub are surprising their guests with mini freebies before or after their meal. Here are some of the tastiest treats we've enjoyed at restaurants this summer.

Erbaluce chef Charles Draghi gives guests the gift of dark chocolate truffles with aged balsamico and rose-scented geranium. The sweets are accompanied by fresh farmer’s market finds like purple gooseberries, red currants, and tiny plums, and even fresh mint from the chef’s own garden in Belmont.

69 Church St., 617-426-6969, Erbaluce