This local mainstay from Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt attracts around-the-block lines. The cookies are as elevated as their famous breads, from the powder-sugar-dusted Mexican wedding cookies to the chocolate salted rye cookie. The couple expanded to a second, 5,000-square-foot location in the Heath building in 2016. There, a whole bar is dedicated to decadent Italian-style soft-serve (the secret’s in the buffalo milk) and rich, dense cookies in flavors like ginger spice, chocolate chip hazelnut and salted chocolate.
While the best cookies in San Francisco are often overshadowed by fancier dessert options, it's time they got their spotlight in the display case. Whether you’re a chocolate-chip—purist or a seeker of exotic flavors, San Francisco bakeries offer a fresh-from-the-oven cookie for every taste. So next time a snack attack hits, check out these sweet spots from North Beach to the Mission.
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