You know Austin is big when we have an Ultra Lounge (Pangaea) AND a Cookie Lounge. One of the top 10 pastry chefs in the nation, Mark Chapman, former executive pastry chef at the Driskill, schemed up Cookie Lounge as a customizable cookie shop and delivery service.
Here’s the main draw: customers choose from six cookie dough options and more than 30 mix-ins–from M&Ms and marshmallows to more indulgent ingredients like French chocolate, goji berries, sundried cherries, and toasted pistachios sprinkled with sea salt. You can even design gluten-free oatmeal cookies!
Though the place doesn’t open ’til mid-October (sorry to get your hopes up), it will also be a kick-back destination with cozy work spaces, free wi-fi, french-press coffee, and hand-spun milkshakes. Plus, the Cookie Lounge will offer locally farmed milks in a variety of fat contents, from double whole to skim milk, as well as other options like soy and almond milk–I’m super-excited about that! You can barely find locally-farmed milks at grocery stores, much less restaurants! In West Campus, it’s sure to become a UT fave.
Entrepreneur-backer Artie Rogers says of the concept, “Most sweets just turn up the notch on sugar, but Mark pays great attention to ingredients and knows how to add an element of sophistication to a good, old-fashioned cookie.”
Dedicated to eco-friendly business, Cookie Lounge provides cookie delivery services throughout Central Austin with a fleet of human- and electric-powered mopeds.
Start working out now, mid-October will be here before you know it …
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