Raw Cookie Dough Shop Opens In Greenwich Village Wednesday

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — Cookie dough fans rejoice: you can now safely eat raw cookie dough whenever you please in the Greenwich Village. Restaurateur Kristen Tomlan found a way to render cookie dough harmless, and she's bringing the new and improved recipe to La Guardia Place. DŌ (pronounced dough) is opening Wednesday, according to their website.

Cookie dough lovers can choose from cookie dough in all its forms: scooped into cups and cones; flattened into cookies for ice-cream sanDOwiches; served in sundaes and milkshakes; and half-baked into brownies. For those who want to stick to the basics, they can choose to eat their cookie dough as is. Flavors include signature chocolate chip, sugar cookie, brownie batter, oatmeal m&m, nuts for nuts and many more.

Tomlan uses a pasteurized egg substitute and heat-treated flour to eliminate any chance of food-borne illness, so you can enjoy all her products raw.

DŌ started as an online company before expanding to the Greenwich Village location. Tomlan used to sell and ship her cookie dough out of her headquarters in NoHo. The new restaurant at 550 La Guardia Place near 3rd Street is DŌ's first brick-and-mortar location, Grub Street reports.

The restaurant will have 15 seats, serve Toby's Estate coffee and will eventually offer classes at their "cookie school."

DŌ's hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

Photo: DŌ's Instagram