The Cookie Jar Restaurant.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: DINING

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The Cookie Jar restaurant came to be because of a love for cookies. Gloria Burcell, who owns the Fairbanks bakery/restaurant, says, "I loved chocolate chip cookies, so I perfected them for myself and loved ones," which is how she first came to bake. Inspired by the story of Mrs. Fields and with the support of her family, she decided to turn a passion for cookies into a bakery. And once that bakery was opened, "we listened to our customers and did what they said as best we could," which is why the Cookie Jar is now also a restaurant.

The Cookie Jar Restaurant, located at 1006 Cadillac Court, serves breakfast all day, adds menu items such as salads, homemade soups, sandwiches on homemade bread, and burgers for lunch, and offers additional choices such as steak, seafood, and a larger variety of pasta dishes and sauces for dinner.

For those that may not have time to sit down for a meal, the Cookie Jar offers packed lunches...