An edible cookie dough shop is reopening in Evans in time for summer crowds.
Alumni Cookie Dough, which was previously located on Town Park Lane in Evans, is reopening just down the road at The Plaza at Evans Towne Center across from Lady Antebellum Park.
The cookie dough shop is slated to open in June after being closed for about 16 months, which was longer than expected.
“We, unfortunately, ran into a conflict that delayed our opening,” the store said on its Facebook page, where it first announced its temporary closure in December 2021. The store didn’t return a phone call to ask for more details about the delay.
Alumni, which serves cookie dough and ice cream by the scoop, will share the space with Rooted Coffeehouse so customers can pick up a specialty coffee drink with their sweet treats. Rooted also has a location on William Few Parkway in Riverwood.
The two eateries are taking the place of two previous plaza tenants that opened and closed last year: Roll On In and Buzzed Bull Creamery.
The Evans cookie dough store owner, Jennifer Harpley, said she’s excited to be part of the growth at the plaza.
“By bringing in Rooted Coffeehouse, we feel that we will be able to offer treats for the kids as well as their parents,” she said in a statement.
The University of Georgia alumni Mike and Jennifer Dollander opened the first Alumni Cookie Dough in downtown Athens on North Thomas Street in January 2019. They began franchising the business in 2020, something that requires an initial investment of between $138,768 and $206,968, according to their website.
Besides the Athans and Evans locations, Alumni has spots in Marietta, Milton and Acworth.
