Chicken Salad Shoppe
Restaurant · Coxville ·
Chicken salad sandwiches, wraps, stuffed cookies, & coffee
Chicken salad sandwiches, wraps, stuffed cookies, & coffee
"After operating as a ghost kitchen, the owners have opened a new permanent location with dine-in space as of July 26 inside the Furniture Mall of Texas at 12901 North I-35, Building 3, Suite 300 in the Parmer Center. The menu remains the same: the signature chicken salad, chicken salad sandwiches and wraps (including a fried chicken and a Buffalo bleu cheese), other chicken-salad variations (bacon-lettuce-avocado-tomato, chipotle, apricot, etc.), half-pound stuffed cookies, and vegetarian items. The new location lets them add coffee drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes and drinks that make use of the furniture store’s apparent custard, and orders for pickup and delivery can still be placed online as well as in person; there is indoor and patio seating, a direct entrance into the café, plus an entrance inside the furniture store. The Mills decided to open a physical location because customers kept asking for dine-in space; the furniture store opened earlier in February with an unoccupied café space, and the Mills—friends with co-owners Dan Anthony, Brian Morgan, and Travis Morgan—made the deal so the café could offer more than just coffee. The couple had intended to open a physical restaurant last year but started as takeout/delivery because of the pandemic; they also own catering company Vanilla Orchid and Molly Mills had been a chef at Hudson’s on the Bend during its first run. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Launched as a delivery-only concept when Vanilla Orchid catering had to temporarily close, Austin's Chicken Salad Shoppe operates purely digitally as a ghost kitchen selling chicken salads for pickup and delivery; because customers can't casually stumble across it, foot traffic is replaced by internet traffic. Co-owners Molly and Ivan Mills say the virtual kitchen has broadened their horizons, allowed them to change the menu in real time, and enabled experimentation with ingredient combinations and stuffed-cookie flavors without reprinting menus or adjusting points of sale, which helps them get new ideas to customers faster." - Sarah Engstrand
"A new Crestview ghost-kitchen concept focusing on chicken salad that opened over the summer. The menu centers on the namesake chicken salad and also includes sandwiches, wraps, big cookies, and sides. Co-owners Ivan and Molly Mills, who also run local catering company Vanilla Orchid, operate the business; Molly previously worked as a chef at Hudson’s on the Bend. The partners originally planned a brick-and-mortar but pivoted to a pickup-and-takeout model because of the coronavirus pandemic. Orders are placed online for pickup from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday." - Nadia Chaudhury
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