Specialty’s Is Giving Away The Last Of Its Frozen Cookie Dough

Fans of Specialty’s cookies have a final, chilly chance to stock up

Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery, the beloved-by-office workers chain of cookie and sandwich spots that closed for good Tuesday, riled up the remaining followers of its Instagram account Wednesday night by promising a cookie dough giveaway Thursday, to be held its Redwood City warehouse.

Founded in 1987, the Pleasanton-based chain of cafes announced earlier this week that all 55 of its locations, across California, Washington, and Illinois, would shutter permanently, as “current market conditions attributed to COVID-19 and shelter-in-place policies have decimated company revenues.” So this is it, Specialty’s cookie fans. The last hurrah.

Via Instagram, the company said Wednesday night that they will be “giving away frozen cookie dough as a thank you to our loyal customers” from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, May 21, and this morning, that location was revealed: 2690 Middlefield Road, in Redwood City.

“All cookie flavors will be available on a first come, first serve basis,” Specialty’s says, and there’s a limit of one box (which contains 90 frozen cookie pucks of a single flavor) per customer. All comers are asked to “wear masks to protect the staff and other customers.” If you go, please drop us a line, and send pictures (or pucks)!

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