WORTHINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Lion Cub's Cookies, a shop whose ooey-gooey cookies have twice been voted the best in Columbus, is opening a second central Ohio storefront.
The cookie shop will mark its new location at 7105 N. High St. in Worthington with a grand opening party at noon on March 8, where each guest will receive a free cookie and the first 100 in line will be gifted a goodie bag. The new shop marks the brand's second after the first opened in 2021 at 1261 Grandview Ave. in Grandview Heights.
Lion Cub's cookies have been voted the best in Columbus for the past two years in 614 Magazine's annual "Columbest" readers' poll. The brand's oversized cookies are available in classic flavors like chocolate chip and cookies 'n cream, along with lava cake, puppy chow and red velvet white chocolate.
Lion's Cub is also known for its two-hour rule, where the brand does not sell cookies that have been ready for more than two hours. Once a cookie has come out of the oven and has cooled down just enough to serve, the clock starts ticking.
If a cookie is out longer than two hours, Lion Cub's no longer sells it. If the shop does have any "timed-out" cookies, Lion Cub's works with a variety of charities, organizations and food banks and donates the leftovers to them.
The concept began as a pop-up shop in 2019 and quickly switched to a delivery-only model when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The owner's turned to a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Grandview location and hit their goal in just 30 hours.
The Grandview Heights location is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and closed on Monday.
