Longtime Tri-Cities sports bar is changing. Plus 2nd gourmet cookie shop option
Gooey cookie lovers rejoice! The gourmet cookie shop Crumbl Cookies is opening a second Tri-Cities location.
Crumbl Cookies will be opening early fall near Target in Kennewick in the former home of the now closed GameStop.
The bakery has the winning recipe that have people devouring their product and pushing rapid expansion. In just four years after it first opened in Utah, the chain already has more than 200 locations in 34 states.
All stores feature four weekly rotating cookie flavors selected from a menu of 40 recipes, and the menu is completed with the standard warm chocolate chip and chilled sugar cookies.
Recent rotating selections include a warm lemon glaze sugar cookie and a brownie cookie topped with mousse, hot fudge and sprinkles.
Crumbl also has six ice cream flavors, such as peanut butter chocolate, sea salt toffee, churro and hot chocolate.
The Kennewick location at 1102 N. Columbia Center Blvd. is owned by Ranae and Matt Rusk of Pasco. It’s one of a half-dozen outlets to open in Washington, with more in the works.
The first Tri-Cities Crumbl opened earlier this year in the Queensgate area of Richland by Kevin Hatch and business partner Ian Taylor.
Cookies start at about $4 each. A 6-pack is $18. To get a bonus, customers can sign up for a loyalty program where they get $10 after they’ve earned 100 points or “Loyalty Crumbs.”
Information: crumblcookies.com, Facebook and Instagram.
Store hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. to midnight Friday-Saturdays.
Returning to roots
▪ Kimo’s Sportsbar and Brewpub is returning to its roots by changing its name July 1 to Columbia Riverfront Rattlesnake Mountain Brewing Company Restaurant & Brewpub.
The Richland restaurant and bar at 2696 N. Columbia Center Blvd. near Bateman Island was run as Rattlesnake Mountain Brewing Co. for many years before being revamped and renamed Kimo’s in 2005.
The eatery was named for Kimo von Oelhoffen, a Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end who co-owns the bar, as well as R.F. McDougalls bar and restaurant. The brewery continued to operate under the same label.
Restaurant managers say the name is the only thing that is changing — although owners are also re-evaluating R.F. McDougall’s, which has remained closed since last winter.
New coffee shop
▪ Traveler Espresso at 320 N. Kellogg St. is celebrating its grand opening July 9-10.
The location was formerly Barracuda, and owner Jake Shupe sold the shop to Zach Case who owned Traveler Mobile Espresso. The Barracuda shop in Richland on Van Giesen Street remains open.
Case revamped the store with his own flair and is adding a children’s section.