Cosmic Cookies is planning to open next week in Scott’s Addition and will sell cookies for delivery and takeout. Pictured is owner Jacob Wagner. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A local cookie company is heading to Scott’s Addition with plans to cater to a late-night crowd.
Cosmic Cookies expects it’ll open next week at Richmond Eats, a ghost kitchen at 2812 W. Broad St.
The company plans to open in the evenings and sell cookies into the early-morning hours through delivery and carryout.
Owner Jacob Wagner said his vision was inspired by Red Eye Cookie Co., which captured his attention as a teenager when it opened nearby on Grace Street more than a decade ago.
“I remember when Red Eye Cookie had first opened. Me and my cousin were 14 and 15 so we weren’t able to just drive yet ourselves. So the idea of Red Eye was just so cool to us,” he said.
A self-described night owl, Wagner also wants to inject some added bustle into the city’s nightlife, which he feels has ebbed since the pandemic.
“Ever since COVID, the whole Richmond area feels like it has lost that late-night center (feeling). I want to be the first one to bring that back and revive the late-night crowd,” he said.
Wagner formally launched Cosmic Cookies in November when it began to operate out of Hatch, a food-and-beverage incubator in Manchester. He experimented with late-night cookie delivery while he was based there, but decided to relocate because he felt Hatch’s location wasn’t the best for a delivery operation.
“They’re not set up like our new location is for delivery. I’ve noticed the delivery drivers (had) a really hard time finding me,” he said.
Cosmic Cookies was originally called Old Dominion Baking Co., and Wagner appeared at pop-up events before the start of operations at Hatch. He formerly sold a wider variety of baked goods before he focused on cookies.
Wagner started to bake as a hobby about seven years ago while living in Idaho, where he said limited options for his downtime pushed him into the kitchen.
“There wasn’t really much to do, the closest city to us was about 45 minutes away,” Wagner said. “I had just moved there and didn’t have a lot of money, so I couldn’t do the fun stuff like snowmobiling. So I learned to bake cookies.”
Wagner is now running Cosmic Cookies full time, after a decade in the insurance industry. He has two employees, and bakes about 18 pounds of cookies a week.
Cosmic Cookies sells cookies by the dozen for $25 or $30. Individual cookies sell for $3 or $5, according to the company’s website. On the menu are custom creations such as the Black Hole Bliss, which features dark-chocolate morsels and a marshmallow filling, as well as takes on classic chocolate chip and sugar cookies.
Cosmic Cookies plans to be open 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday.
Looking forward, Wagner said he’d like to open more Cosmic Cookies locations in the area.
The cookie company joins several other concepts at Richmond Eats, which is part of the Los Angeles-based company CloudKitchens. Other users in the space include Korean fried chicken chain Bonchon and Maya’s Latin Kitchen.
Cosmic Cookies is one of a couple late-night cookie companies in the city. Red Eye operates at 935 W. Grace St. Also on West Grace is Insomnia Cookies.
Cosmic Cookies is planning to open next week in Scott’s Addition and will sell cookies for delivery and takeout. Pictured is owner Jacob Wagner. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A local cookie company is heading to Scott’s Addition with plans to cater to a late-night crowd.
Cosmic Cookies expects it’ll open next week at Richmond Eats, a ghost kitchen at 2812 W. Broad St.
The company plans to open in the evenings and sell cookies into the early-morning hours through delivery and carryout.
Owner Jacob Wagner said his vision was inspired by Red Eye Cookie Co., which captured his attention as a teenager when it opened nearby on Grace Street more than a decade ago.
“I remember when Red Eye Cookie had first opened. Me and my cousin were 14 and 15 so we weren’t able to just drive yet ourselves. So the idea of Red Eye was just so cool to us,” he said.
A self-described night owl, Wagner also wants to inject some added bustle into the city’s nightlife, which he feels has ebbed since the pandemic.
“Ever since COVID, the whole Richmond area feels like it has lost that late-night center (feeling). I want to be the first one to bring that back and revive the late-night crowd,” he said.
Wagner formally launched Cosmic Cookies in November when it began to operate out of Hatch, a food-and-beverage incubator in Manchester. He experimented with late-night cookie delivery while he was based there, but decided to relocate because he felt Hatch’s location wasn’t the best for a delivery operation.
“They’re not set up like our new location is for delivery. I’ve noticed the delivery drivers (had) a really hard time finding me,” he said.
Cosmic Cookies was originally called Old Dominion Baking Co., and Wagner appeared at pop-up events before the start of operations at Hatch. He formerly sold a wider variety of baked goods before he focused on cookies.
Wagner started to bake as a hobby about seven years ago while living in Idaho, where he said limited options for his downtime pushed him into the kitchen.
“There wasn’t really much to do, the closest city to us was about 45 minutes away,” Wagner said. “I had just moved there and didn’t have a lot of money, so I couldn’t do the fun stuff like snowmobiling. So I learned to bake cookies.”
Wagner is now running Cosmic Cookies full time, after a decade in the insurance industry. He has two employees, and bakes about 18 pounds of cookies a week.
Cosmic Cookies sells cookies by the dozen for $25 or $30. Individual cookies sell for $3 or $5, according to the company’s website. On the menu are custom creations such as the Black Hole Bliss, which features dark-chocolate morsels and a marshmallow filling, as well as takes on classic chocolate chip and sugar cookies.
Cosmic Cookies plans to be open 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. to midnight on Saturday.
Looking forward, Wagner said he’d like to open more Cosmic Cookies locations in the area.
The cookie company joins several other concepts at Richmond Eats, which is part of the Los Angeles-based company CloudKitchens. Other users in the space include Korean fried chicken chain Bonchon and Maya’s Latin Kitchen.
Cosmic Cookies is one of a couple late-night cookie companies in the city. Red Eye operates at 935 W. Grace St. Also on West Grace is Insomnia Cookies.
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