BEST COOKIE SHOP IN U.S.A.
It’s impossible to look up any Louisville travel guide without this cookie cafe popping up on the list. And there’s a reason for that: Please & Thank You’s chocolate chip cookies are often named the best in Kentucky. Soft and gooey on the inside and slightly crisp around the edges, they’re made from a secret recipe that took the shop’s owner over two years to perfect. (JULY 2023)
FOOD & WINE
Name a more iconic Louisville pairing than a freshly-baked chocolate chip cookie and a cup of the most delicious coffee in town at PLEASE & THANK YOU—go ahead, we’ll wait patiently. For more than a decade now, owner Brooke Vaughn’s cookies and the locally roasted (Good Folks) coffee have been a break-time essential around town, served up at three distinctive, welcoming cafes; when Covid came to town, Vaughn and her team pivoted to serving more coffee and more cookies out of pick-up windows and delivery vans, keeping her team not only employed, but often terribly busy, as well. These days, the shops are back open, each one with its own great vibe—the original Market Street location, with its excellent jukebox, always feels like a party waiting to happen; drop by and join in the fun. Remember fun? (APRIL 2022)
the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in KENTUCKY: COSMOPOLITAN, MSN, & YELP SAY THE SAME THING.
COSMOpolitan: "Once you eat a cookie, you may never be able to enjoy another chocolate chip cookie as much as theirs," writes Yelp user Quinley E. about Please & Thank You's popular cookies. "Truly the best cookie ever!" User Rose K. agrees: "It was a freaking delicious cookie. It had crisp edges but was just the right amount of under-baked in the center. Chewy and perfect." Find the cookies at 800 E. Market St. in Louisville, Kentucky.
MSN: This trendy Southern-style bakery promises the best chocolate chip cookies in Louisville... If you like your cookies slightly crisp around the edges and super soft on the inside, you'll love them too. Some reviewers even suggest you arm yourself with napkins to wipe the gooey chocolate from your fingers and face. Please & Thank You also has an excellent selection of hot drinks that pair incredibly well with the cookies.
WLKY reporting about YELP: A Louisville coffee shop and cookie bakery was ranked the best chocolate chip cookie in the state of Kentucky, according to Yelp. Please & Thank You, which already touts its chocolate chip cookie as the best in Louisville, can now make that claim statewide. In honor of National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day on Aug. 4, Yelp compiled a list of the best cookies in each state.
LOU TODAY: The zodiac signs as Louisville, KY coffee shops
Scorpio: Please & Thank You
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
The black, brick-lined coffee house nestled in the heart of NuLu alludes to the dark and discreet qualities you possess. The Harvest Moon Latte, paired with this cropped muscle tank, sums up your mysterious aura.
Louisville Magazine Best Bite of the Week: Please & Thank You's Chocolate Chip Cookie.
If you’re looking for a creative space to have a meet up or just a spot to get a snack and a coffee, then Please & Thank You is for you. It’s a small-batch southern bakery, coffee house and record shop. The main reason to go is for the infamous chocolate chip cookies.
This week’s best bite of the week is Please & Thank You’s chocolate chip cookie. Their slogan is the “BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie” and it’s hard to disagree. Is it the butter they use, the type of chocolate, the batter or how long they bake it that make them so irresistible? The answer to all those questions is YES! It’s truly a phenomenal chocolate chip cookie and a local foodie experience you shouldn’t miss.
Here’s the good news. Please & Thank has a BIY (bake-it-yourself) area on their website. You can order the chocolate chip cookie dough and bake the cookies at home. Imagine in less than 20 minutes, having your home filled with the smell of these chocolate delights. You can order ready to bake dough or for you real cookie makers out there just get the mix.
Please & Thank You is located on East Market Street in the heart of the Nulu district. Hot Coffee is their other bakery with a walk-up window located in Portland neighborhood on Duncan Street.
USA Today
50 states: 50 most recommended restaurants. Please & Thank you tops Kentucky
Louisville Mag
the P&TY slogan is the "BEST Chocolate Chip Cookie" and it's hard to disagree.
indianapolis star
If you’re in search of a quiet spot to relax while you sip your morning brew, skip out on the newly opened Please & Thank You coffee shop on Mass Ave. It’s nothing personal, that’s just their policy: Hot Coffee, Fresh Cookies, Loud Music, No Decaf.
AFAR magazine
It was our first morning in town, and Please & Thank You was the perfect headquarters for those of us looking to shoehorn our way into the snug demands of the day, whatever they might be, and it provided our first insight into Louisville’s artisan bent and hipster funk. read full article by Joe Henry here.
The Culture Trip
Please & Thank You is wholesome and retro. The coffeehouse is a quaint addition to the Louisville neighborhood, providing patrons with a cozy environment. In addition to the cafe, there is a walk-up window and bakery called Hot Coffee. Come here when you need your fix in a pinch. The bakery makes such delicious goods that Please & Thank You offers a BIY, or bake-it-yourself, option. Take home ready-to-bake mixes for their chocolate chip cookies, brownies, waffles, and more. And now, tasty treats aren’t the only thing you can take home. From the same creative minds that brought you Please & Thank You comes Mr. Friendly, a retro record store. The same music that creates such a stellar ambiance at the coffee shop can now be created in your very own living room.
EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT GILMORE GIRLS.
P&TY was LUKE’s for a day in October 2016
There was a little bit of Stars Hollow in Louisville on Wednesday. Please & Thank You on Market Street and Frankfort Avenue turned into Luke's Diner for the day.
Main characters Lorelai and Rory in the hit show, "Gilmore Girls," love their coffee. To celebrate the return of the dramatic comedy on Netflix, coffee shops all over North America turned into the mother and daughter's favorite place to drink their coffee: Luke’s Diner.
The show ended in 2007, but it will be back on Netflix starting Nov. 25. It will be a mini-series with four 90-minute episodes titled "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life." Each episode will be named after a season: “Winter,” “Spring,” “Summer” and “Fall.” The show takes place about eight years after we last saw Lorelai and Rory.
As a promotion, Netflix sponsored free coffee at Please & Thank You in Luke's Diner cups and employees wore backwards baseball caps, just like Luke often does in the show. A replica of the Luke’s Diner sign hung in the window.
The free coffee supply only lasted an hour, but fans still lined up afterward to buy their coffee in the famous Luke's Diner cup.
