Astoria shop offers baked goods, take-home cookie dough
Kim’s Dough2Go opens
on Astoria’s Riverwalk
BY PETER KORCHNAK
Take a stroll through Astoria’s downtown
along the south side of the Columbia River
and you’ll have the opportunity to indulge
in craft beer, wine, ice cream, crab, or chow-
der. And since last December, at the corner
of 11th Street, the specialty bakery Kim’s
Dough2Go has been turning the Riverwalk
into a cookie walk.
In addition to its classic ‘take n’ bake’
cookie dough, the egg-free, no-bake, safe-
to-eat cookie dough is also a customer
favorite.
The shop also features a rotating lineup
of cookies, scones, bagels, and muffins.
“That way, people can know what the dough
tastes like before they buy it,” owner Kim-
berly Barrows said. She’ll also make custom
cookie orders for those who call ahead. And
before they go, customers can grab a cup of
joe from a table in the corner.
Life is what you bake it for Barrows.
The longtime Astoria resident and a correc-
tions deputy at the Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Office of 20 years started decorating cook-
ies a year ago as a hobby. With retirement
around the corner, she made cookies for her-
self and, she says, “for whoever would eat
them.”
Then, with the pandemic disrupting sup-
ply chains left and right, Barrows found
sourcing her cookies a challenge. “So I fig-
ured,” she says, “why not have a store
where you can get supplies for making
cookies.”
And just like that, Kim’s Dough2Go was
born.
Barrows feels lucky to have landed in the
spot on the Riverwalk. Though friends were
encouraging her to start a cookie food truck,
her vision was different. “And this is it,”
she says, gesturing across the cozy space of
her storefront furnished and decorated in a
farmhouse chic style. “I have baked goods, I
have coffee, I’m on the river, and I make my
own hours. What more could you ask for?”
Most of all, Barrows is enjoying herself.
Working at the jail for so long, she says,
“you forget that there are nice people out
there. People come in here and they’re just
happy. It’s just nice to see that.”
That the store gets the most foot traffic
on sunny days helps. Even more so, Bar-
rows says, “cookies are fun and they make
people smile. Who isn’t happy when they
get a cookie?”
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Owner Kimberly Barrows with a selection of cookies and other treats.
Front entrance of Kim’s Dough2Go on the
Astoria Riverwalk.
Kim’s Dough2Go
80 11th St., Astoria
Open Tuesday through Saturday from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
bit.ly/3rCNsCJ
Baked cookies at Kim’s Dough2Go on the
Astoria Riverwalk.
Kim’s Dough2Go sells take home cookie
dough, seen here refrigerated in the shop.