A full 135 years after their first cookie store opened in Chicago, followed by a slew of Paris openings in the 80s onwards, the Chicago/Paris chain Laura Todd is finally getting around to opening their first London store.
Gloucester Road tube station is the site they've chosen for their entry into the London bakery scene and they'll be opening in the actual listed station building itself.
If you haven't tried their cookies in France or Belgium before, then this is rather an upmarket offering with raw sugar, free range eggs, Patissier butter from Normandie, traditional French flour and sustainable cocoa all in the cookie mix. Their vanilla cookie features vanilla from Madagascar and Uganda, and their praline is made with French hazelnuts.
For their London shop they'll be serving up coffee in partnership with the boutique French roastery My Little Cup. It's mostly a takeaway operation, but there will be a few seats inside.
More about Laura Todd
Where is it? Gloucester Road Underground Station, Gloucester Road, London SW7 4SF
When does it open? Late May 2026
Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram
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