Hello Robin is a woman-owned[1] bakery with two locations in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The original bakery opened on Capitol Hill in 2013. A second location opened at University Village in 2020.
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| Established | 2013 |
| Owner(s) | Robin Wehl Martin |
| City | Seattle |
| County | King |
| State | Washington |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°37′26″N 122°18′26″W / 47.6239°N 122.3071°W |
| Website | hellorobincookies |
Description
editHello Robin operates a bakery on Capitol Hill and another at University Village. The company's tagline is "Cookies you wish your mother had made."[2] The menu has included Mackles'mores[3][4] (a s'mores cookie with Theo chocolate chunks and ice cream),[5] sugar cookies,[6] and birthday cake cookies. The Snack Attack cookie has potato chips, dark chocolate, brown butter, and sea salt, and is topped with a small pretzel.[7]
Other cookie varieties include brown butter snickerdoodles,[8][9] lemon poppyseed,[10] oatmeal raisin,[11] chocolate chip (sometimes with whole wheat)[12] and blueberry pancake. Hello Robin sells baked cookies, raw cookie dough, and cookie ice cream sandwich with Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream. The Capitol Hill location also has an espresso bar.[13] Hello Robin has sold Robin's Nest seasonal chocolate mousse dough balls seasonally.[10]
History
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The original bakery on Capitol Hill opened in 2013. The second location at University Village opened in 2020.[14][15] Robin Wehl Martin is a co-owner.[16]
Rachel's Ginger Beer has used chunks of chocolate chip cookies from Hello Robin.[17]
Reception
editCatherine Allchin included the sugar cookies in The Seattle Times' 2014 list of the 12 "best bakery desserts for the holidays".[6] Cosmopolitan's Helin Jung selected Hello Robin for Washington in a 2016 list of the best chocolate chip cookies in each U.S. state.[2] Business Insider's Sarah Schmalbruch selected the Mexican chocolate cookie for Washington in a 2016 list of the best cookie in each state.[18] The Not for Tourist Guide to Seattle (2016, 2017) describes the business as "the cookie bakery of your Pinterest dreams".[19][20]
Chelsea Lin included Hello Robin in Seattle Magazine's 2017 list of Seattle's "stellar ice cream sandwich spots"[5] and 2018 lists of the city's best and "tastiest" cookies.[21][22] The business also won in the Best Cookies category of the newspaper's readers' polls in 2017 and 2018.[23][24] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Christina Ausley included the chocolate chip ice cream sandwich (with sweet cream ice cream) and the mackles'more cookie in a 2019 list of "Seattle's busiest bakeries and their iconic pastries".[25]
Hello Robin had the best and "most delicious" chocolate chip cookies in Washington, according to 2019,[26] 2021,[27] and 2022 lists compiled by Eat This, Not That in collaboration with Yelp.[28][29] Aimee Rizzo included the business in The Infatuation's 2022 list of Seattle's best bakeries.[13] Patty Lee and Scott Snowden included Hello Robin in Time Out's 2022 overview of the best cookies in the United States.[30]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Woman-Owned Businesses & Restaurants in Seattle You Can Support Right Now". Seattle Refined. 2021-04-07. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b Jung, Helin (2016-08-18). "These Are the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in Every State". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Reedy, Allyson (2022-04-05). 50 Things to Bake Before You Die: The World's Best Cakes, Pies, Brownies, Cookies, and More from Your Favorite Bakers, Including Christina Tosi, Joanne Chang, and Dominique Ansel. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64604-331-6. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Music, Debra; Whinney, Joe; Bloom, Leora (2015-09-22). Theo Chocolate: Recipes & Sweet Secrets from Seattle's Favorite Chocolate Maker. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-998-4. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b "Seattle's Stellar Ice Cream Sandwich Spots Let You Have It Your Way". Seattle Magazine. 2022-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b "12 best bakery desserts for the holidays". The Seattle Times. 2014-11-12. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "The Week in Five Bites, from a New Hello Robin to a Dick's Takeover". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Guarente, Gabe (2020-05-27). "Capitol Hill Bar the Tin Table Tries Takeout Service with Food-Filled Basket Drop". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Trying 4 VIRAL DESSERT spots in Seattle!". KING-TV. September 27, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b Campbell, Megan (April 22, 2021). "Seasons of Retail: University Village shop owners recount winter's bittersweet returns". Puget Sound Business Journal. Archived from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ Hawkins, Stephen (2021-04-27). "National Raisin Day is April 30th". KMPH. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "The Seattle Takeout Window Guide - Seattle". The Infatuation. 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b "The Best Bakeries In Seattle - Seattle". The Infatuation. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Guarente, Gabe (2020-09-18). "Hello Robin's New U Village Shop Marks Big Step for the Popular Cookie Bakery". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Ausley, Christina (2020-09-21). "Seattle's Hello Robin cookie shop opens second location at U Village". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "How University Village Became a Seattle Landmark". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "The Best Soft Serve Ice Cream in Seattle". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Schmalbruch, Sarah. "The best cookie in every state". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016. Simon & Schuster. 2015-11-24. ISBN 978-1-5107-0025-3. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017. Simon & Schuster. 2016-10-18. ISBN 978-1-5107-1063-4. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Lin, Chelsea (2022-07-08). "The Best Cookies in Seattle". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Lin, Chelsea (2022-07-08). "The Tastiest Cookies in Seattle". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Here Are the Winners of Our Best Restaurants Readers' Choice Poll". Seattle Magazine. 2022-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Readers' Choice: Best Restaurants in Seattle". Seattle Magazine. 2022-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Ausley, Christina (2019-09-19). "Seattle's busiest bakeries and their iconic pastries". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Glusac, Melina. "The best chocolate chip cookie in every state". Insider. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Strong, Rebecca (2021-05-01). "The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie in Every State". Eat This Not That. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Here's The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies In Washington". 102.5 KZOK. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "This is the best cookie shop in every state according to Yelp". ABC4 Utah. 2022-08-05. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "The 15 very best cookies in the US". Time Out United States. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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