Please & Thank You Cookie Shop, based in Louisville, KY, received last year’s US Today Readers Choice Award for Best Cookies in America. Brooke Vaughn owns this bakery/record shop. “I wanted it to feel like your living room,” Vaughn said. “Like you would walk in and you were sort of like, ‘Okay I can drink a cup of coffee and talk to my friends, listen to good music here.’ Today, the business includes five locations and an airstream. (Image credit: Please & Thank You Cookie Shop)
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