One Girl Cookies
Food & Drink
Coordinates
40.7033696° N, -73.9904239° W
Address
33 Main St
Brooklyn
New York
11201
Website
www.onegirlcookies.com
Contact
info@onegirlcookies.com
Telephone
+1 718 855 1000
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The story behind One Girl Cookies isn’t quite as self-explanatory as it seems. In 2002 Dawn Casale, the brainchild behind the brand, was short of a baker and moved into a new apartment where she met her flatmate David Croften, an unemployed pastry chef. David and Dawn soon terminated their living arrangement, forged a business partnership, and the rest is history. The first One Girl Cookies branch, designed by New York firm MADE, opened in Brooklyn 2005 with a second branch in DUMBO in 2012. Although both Dawn and David are born and bred New Yorkers, the sweet offerings have been carefully created using European recipes inspired by Dawn’s Sicilian family (look out for the shortbread and caramel cookie ‘Lucia’, named after her great-grandmother).
The DUMBO branch (pictured) is nestled under the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge; a post-industrial area littered with ex-factories and former manufacturing warehouses. Despite rapid gentrification, the area still retains charm and the interior, designed by Oliver Freundlich, has a playful yet paired back decor coupled with brass lighting fixtures, a firm nod to building’s industrial past. Formerly part of the real estate holdings of Robert Gair (inventor of the corrugated box) the DUMBO location boasts floor to ceiling windows, offering views of the surrounding leafy cobbled streets and redbrick warehouses. A quiet spot to people watch, nibble on a delicately made cookie and sip on a Stumptown roasted coffee - don’t miss the mural by local artist Aaron Meshon.
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Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:00am – 7:00pm
Friday
8:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday
9:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday
9:00am – 7:00pm
Nearest Train Station
Water Street/Main Street
Nearest Bus Station
Water Street
Words by Emma Harrison
Photography by Michael Gannon