"Sunshine streams through the front window of newly opened Altadena Cookie Co. while a sweet, heady scent fills the air. Friends and Altadena residents Jessica Christopher and Michelle Taylor opened the shop in November 2025 at the site of a former laundromat after founding the cottage business during the height of the pandemic. As visitors step into the warmly appointed shop, they're greeted with a woodland mural by local artist Austin Scott."
"The back kitchen's expansive glass window beckons everyone to peer through to watch bakers transform butter, sugar, and flour into some of Los Angeles's best cookies. The "cookie brittle" takes a page out of Christina Tosi's playbook, combining sweet and savory ingredients like potato chips, pretzels, and coffee grounds into a highly addictive cookie bark creation. Rich notes of dark cocoa, espresso, and cinnamon flood the Mayan mocha crinkle. Its tender texture and crisp exterior feel especially noteworthy."
Altadena Cookie Co. opened in November 2025 at the site of a former laundromat, evolving from a cottage business founded during the pandemic by Jessica Christopher and Michelle Taylor. The shop features a sunlit front window, a woodland mural by Austin Scott, and an expansive glass-backed kitchen where patrons can watch bakers at work. Signature items include a cookie brittle with potato chips, pretzels, and coffee grounds, a Mayan mocha crinkle with dark cocoa and espresso, and a Fluffernutter with mini marshmallows. Community elements include a lending library of personal cookbooks, local artwork displays, Noel McCarthy's map of Altadena for commemorative stickers, and a livestream of kitchen activity.
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