What initially started out in 2013 as a pastime for Antoine Tang—baking cookies out of his home kitchen—has slowly turned into a sweet business. As part of an effort to scale up that was 12 years in the making, Tang operates two Antoine’s Cookies Shop outposts in Palo Alto and San Mateo, and he’s about to open a third store right here in the heart of downtown Los Gatos.
With a launch date coming in June, the niche business will sell only cookies—11 flavors, ranging from cookies and cream to chocolate chip—at a corner store on 35 W. Main St.
“I started my cookie shop business in 2013 out of my house as a cottage food business. I brought them to my work and church group, and then friends started asking to purchase a couple dozen cookies from me, which led me to begin a Yelp page,” Tang says, detailing how passion for a hobby evolved into a business…