![]() We are giddy at the thought of just how many cookies are to come. Especially once the new shop opens down the street featuring a kitchen twice as large as the entire current location. But honestly I’m not sure yet.” They are going through a rebranding process currently, so it's definitely possible that we will see some other treats coming out of the Night Owl Cookie kitchen soon. But we don’t have enough space in the kitchen right, so we will see. When asked if he would eventually do other desserts, Andrew said “I’m not sure, I have a bunch of other recipes that aren’t cookies. I love burgers! I’m a huge burger guy, whenever I get a chance! Give me a burger over sweets any day. It’s probably been over a year since I’ve had more than a bite or two of a cookie. So I’ve actually been doing this for so long, that I’m not really a sweets person anymore. The long term goal is to be known as the “Starbucks of desserts” and to be a place where people just come and hang out and eat sweets. I’m love the Momofuku Milk Bar concepts, I’m obsessed with Christina Tosi. I think she’s incredible. in 5 years?ĭefinitely nationwide! I only want a couple stores in Miami before we leave here. I’ve always loved dulce de leche and of course, the Ave Maria with the guava was a Miami no brainer. My favorite cereals are Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, and Captain Crunch. My childhood! So I love cereal, I love candy - I’m Cuban so of course lots of guava. ![]() Lots of trial and error, but that’s how I started. And I had no idea how to cook or bake, so I spent a full summer teaching myself and putting stuff together until I found what I liked. I dropped out of college and my parents, my family, everyone thought I was insane. I was traveling and saw this and was like why don’t we have this in Florida?! We love late nights, we party, we have a bunch of universities. It’s kinda crazy, I was actually in business school and I was two classes away from graduating. ![]() I got the chance to sit down with Andrew right after this big Boston adventure and Forbes win to chat about Night Owl and of course eat way too many cookies. There’s something for everyone from Nutella to simple sugar cookies. The winning Forbes cookie is the very Miami Ave Maria cookie - guava cookie dough mixed in with crunchy Maria cookies and white chocolate chips then topped with Maria cookie crumbles, guava pieces and finished with a cream cheese frosting drizzle. One of my favorites is the Birthday Cake cookie - white chocolate and milk chocolate cookie covered in sprinkles and drizzled with frosting. He credits Miami’s most well known food blogger Burger Beast and South Beach Wine & Food Festival founder Lee Schrager for mentoring him to where he is now.Ĭurrently the menu features 12 different kinds of cookies, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, milk, and cold brew coffee. If you saw the kitchen that Andrew and his team are using to crank over over 2,000 cookies per day you’d be stunned, but it's a long way from his parents' Westchester kitchen where the business began. ![]() While he says he never thought the company would grow the way it did, he’s got even bigger ideas for it in the future. Just a mere two years later he’s part of the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 class and winner of the Forbes Best Young Chef in the Sweets Category. ![]()
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