Tom’s Cookies

Too bad this place is gone… BUT, I’m looking forward to the opening of ModernCookie Co in downtown Larkspur, CA. YUMMY!

Tom passed away in December 2009 and his family shut down his stores in January 2010. Him and his cookies will be missed.

It has been a while since I’ve been to the Westfield Mall and Food Court. Let’s see what is new with the mall.
Well, Tom’s Cookie’s, both here and the Macy’s Union Square location, is now «CLOSED».
With a empty spot, I hope they better use for that space!

–RIP Tom Roach–
From the napa valley register
SAN FRANCISCO — Tom Roach, The Cookie Man, passed away peacefully Jan. 31, 2009, at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco after complications from previous cancer disabilities. He was born at Children’s Hospital in San Francisco to Eileen and Morton Roach. He was brother to Eileen Williams, Jennifer Arrieta and Jerry Roach. He lived in South San Francisco until 1976; then he became a combination native of both Napa and Marin counties.
His passion in life was baking, starting at the age of 8 in his home kitchen learning scores of cookies, cakes and candy recipes from his grandmother and mother. This passion later became his professional life.
He was a musical genius specializing in piano. He had an extremely high IQ but elected never to go to college in lieu of pursuing his cooking and baking talents. In 1989 he opened the smallest baking shop in San Francisco on Kearney Street — about 300 square feet. When President Clinton was elected, and before entering office, Hillary stated that he loved cookies and that she was too busy to bake them for him. Tom wrote his staff and sent him samples stating that he would be happy to provide all the cookies that the new President would want or need. His cookies were such a big hit with everyone that the new president invited and sent for Tom and his helpers to make his cookies at all the Presidential Inaugural Balls. Not just in 1992, but also for the 1996 Inaugural Balls.
Tom and his little store had so much TV publicity that in 1993 the Union Square Macy’s offered him a location to sell his cookies. He immediately moved there and still has a very successful store. Shortly after that success he developed a cookie dough business to the wholesale trade in San Rafael that extended throughout the country. His talent for baking and cooking was like no other. Everyone always looked forward to his special parties to enjoy whatever new sensational menu he had planned.
He had a special love for his golden retriever, Ivan, and was an avid supportive member of the Humane Society. He will be remembered and missed by his family, friends and neighbors for his extreme generosity and hospitality.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated in his honor on Saturday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m., at St. Apollinaris Catholic Church, 3700 Lassen St., Napa. A visitation will be held Friday, Feb. 6, from noon to 8 p.m., at Richard Pierce Funeral Service, 1660 Silverado Trail, Napa. Notes of condolence may be offered to the family online at
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You have the same name as my boyfriend, and I love you both.
If you were in Los Angeles, you would make me gain like 20 pounds. I love the shortbread, those are by far, my faves.
The chocolate chip was also pretty effin’ delish.
It’s a must have whenever I am in San Fran.

Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who thought so. They have now shut this location down.
Bye bye Tom.

After doing some bulimic shopping (aka returning things I previously purchased…) I wanted to fill my belly with sweets so I pranced on down to the food court only to find out that Tom’s Cookies in the Food Court of Bloomingdales is CLOSED!!!
WHY TOM WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
What a bad way to start off my new year. Sniff.

$ 1.75 for a chocolate chip cookie? WTF.
The cookies are Wholefoods are WAY better.
Not worth it here.

I must have walked past this place a million times and never tried it. I guess I always thought «how good could it be?». Recently I had the joy of trying it out and I loved it. Now, I didn’t try any of the cookies but I did try a shortbread brownie — it was amazing! It was thick, decadent, full of flavor and so buttery… I couldn’t believe how good it was. I will definitely go back and try a cookie one of these days…

It’s a sin to be alone with the blueberry scone.
The milk chocolate cookie is better than nookie.
Go try Tom’s cuz he’s the bomb.

1. Let me state if you love cookies and sweets you should try this place out.
2. Let me state I am not a fan of sweets. I do at times have a crave for a good cookie and didn’t think of getting a cookie or cookies when coming to the Westfield.
3. Long lines, I thought people were crazy for waiting in the long lines that I have witnessed. I then thought, well I should try something out since other people were.
Let me tell you the cupcakes looked AMAZING and the cookies as well. I decided on .well, I always like to get the white chocolate macadamia cookie. It tasted fine and a cinnamon type cookie I believe that tasted quite fine as well.
Why I give this place 4 stars is because the different selection of cookies and other goodies they have. I can appreciate the different selection, just wish I had a sweet tooth. I am sure if you do than you will.
Customer service wasn’t that bad either.

Tom! Pretty darn expensive cookies you’re selling! But it’s all worth it… mmMmmm
And how can I resist the buy 3 get 1 free deal? You trying to make me fat? This is definitely a love-​hate relationship. I hate you! But my tummy loves you… and the bf is getting chubbier everytime i bring some cookies home…

Huge selection of flavors…
I tried the Orange Chocolate Chip and it was delicious.
Would be better if it was hot and gooey in the middle, but you can’t have it your way every time!

You know when my day is going really bad and I know that it is not going to get any better, this is the place I know I can trust to give me a pick me up. They have all the cookies that I will have cravings for, such as butter shortbread, butterscotch chip, chocolate chip (of course), brownies… and on and on and on. The sizes of their shortbread is insane and it is so buttery. It is a sin really.
Oh and this is something they dont advertise, but when you buy 3 cookies they give you one for free. They dont put that on the sign, but when you get 3 they will tell you if you want another one, since its buy 3 get one free… and I always do…

I’ve been warned by Sam T. not to cut and paste similar reviews, so I won’t. But it’s gonna be the same review as the one located at Macy’s Cellar. So please refer to that review for my overall thoughts on Tom’s Cookies.
But, I will say this about this location:
I did try the cookie with the peanut butter cup in the middle.
The good:
it had a peanut butter cup in the middle.
The bad:
it had a peanut butter cup in the middle.
Not a bad cookie, but a little boring when compared to the rest.

I was given some of their toffee for Christmas and it was so addicting I had to take part of it (not all, I’m not that altruistic) to work so I wouldn’t devour it and gain 30+ pounds.
And the cookies, just perfect. That beautiful happy medium of cookieland, chewy but not gooey, with a bit of crunch around the very edges. Super DE-​LISH!!!

I love a cookie for dessert and years ago, before they remodeled, I could get a cookie at Nordstrom’s café. Now, they are very high-​end, so no cookies. I know this is a review of Tom’s, not Nordstroms, but I have to set you up for this…
I knew there was a cookie store somewhere in the Westfield Mall, so after lunch at Nordstroms, I made my way from the top of the building all the way to the bottom and in the very back corner of the bottom floor, there is a Tom’s Cookies. Minus 1 star for lousy location. The cookies are good, I ordered a snickerdoodle and peanut butter and they both were yummy. But, $ 3.50 for two cookies? Yikes, ‘nother minus for the price. Oh, I know, it’s high rent district so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

I love cookies!
I have so many cookie recipe books that I can make a different cookie everyday without repeating for the rest of my like. But because I am lazy and hate cleaning up my messes I buy them when I can! But I like looking at cookie pictures — not like a fetisdh or anything. It’s just nice and soothing.
This location is the same as the one in The Cellar at Macy’s.
My favorites: Blueberry scones — so don’t mock people who are lined up at 930 am — they are getting breakfast scones (or sticky buns, some other breakfast pastry). I also love Snickerdoodles and I love hearing men order them! That’s Hot! Putting a peanut butter cup in the cookie is like inventing conditioner! Amazing!!! The shortbread is so good with Earl Grey tea I feel my little pinky getting ready for high tea just thinking about it!

He stands in front of the microphone shaking, a shattered shadow of his former self…“Hello…I’m Ed… and I’m a cookie addict.” The audience of kindred spirits respond in unison, «Hello Ed».
Following in the hallowed footsteps of Debbi Fields and Wally Amos, Tom Roach is putting his own imprint on cookie dough, and the result is awfully sweet… literally. OK, I made the mistake of listening to the smiling girl behind the counter and bought five cookies instead of my original intention of two. I am weak… WEAK! But she caught me in an economic argument… that indeed if I get four, I get the fifth for free.
Hell-​bent to vacuum the entire Westfield Centre after a sugar rush of monumental proportions, I can only remember that the Peanut Butter Cup was a masterstroke — a mini-Reese’s peanut butter cup shoehorned into the center of a peanut butter cookie. I am also a sucker for shortbread and snicker-​doodles. At a $ 1.75 a pop, that is an actual bargain in the gourmet cookie niche… if you don’t count the refrigerated Pillsbury rolls and the Girl Scout boxes.
Proceed with caution.
COOKIES — 4 stars… seem a tad sugary to me but that Peanut Butter Cup is a work of genius
AMBIANCE — 3 stars… that damn mall atmosphere
SERVICE — 3 stars… like a coke dealer… didn’t see her coming
TOTAL — 4 stars… have a cookie, little boy

I went here because I heard good things about their cookies. I enjoyed all the cookies I bought, though I think I got one wrong cookie because when I got home it didn’t look like the one I really wanted.
I got something like Tipper’s cookie-​named after Tipper Gore; and peanut butter cookie w/​a big circle of chocolate in the middle; mexican chocolate-​with cinnamon in it; and a peanut butter looking one. I wanted the Heavenly Hilary-​after Hillary Clinton but think the lady didn’t hear me it was so bloody loud in there.
They also ran out of the Clinton cookie-​after Bill Clinton who really loved Tom’s Cookies. Few days later saw the Clinton cookie-it’s like peanut butter w/​bananas. I passed.
They had a lady giving out samples when I went, also a sale: buy 3 cookies get 1 free. So 4 cookies for $ 5.25, regular price is $ 1.75 each! Pricey but good! You can also buy the dough sold in tubs and cook them at home.
Recommended.