{"id":3287,"date":"2025-10-16T04:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3287\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T04:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:23:22","slug":"insomnia-cookies-to-open-new-location-in-southside-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3287\/","title":{"rendered":"Insomnia Cookies to open new location in SouthSide Bethlehem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Popular late-night cookie delivery chain Insomnia Cookies is set to open a new location in SouthSide Bethlehem, according to a building permit posted on the door dated Feb. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It does not appear that any construction has begun, and no opening dates or branding are visible.<\/p>\n<p>The permit describes an \u201cinterior fit-out of existing vacant commercial space\u201d for \u201cbakery\u2014Insomnia Cookies\u201d on the ground floor of Six10 Flats apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor listed is Cox and Company LLC, with Bethworks Greenway, LLP, named as the owner.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9055-scaled-e1746315634508-1024x577.webp.webp\" alt=\"insomnia cookies permit six10 flats in bethlehem pa 610 flats\" class=\"wp-image-2530\"  \/>Insomnia Cookies building permit posted at Six10 Flats in Bethlehem, Pa<\/p>\n<p>Bethworks Greenway is affiliated with Peron Development, where former Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan serves as Director of Business Development.<\/p>\n<p>Six10 Flats, which opened in October 2023, is the sister building to Five10 Flats, which opened in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Five10 Flats experienced a major fire on Friday, May 2, which displaced all 135 residents and ground-floor business tenants. Both buildings are five stories tall, with commercial space on the first floor.<\/p>\n<p>The location places Insomnia Cookies close to Lehigh University, a Northampton Community College satellite campus across the street, and Moravian University in north Bethlehem, about a 10-minute trip away.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2003 by University of Pennsylvania students Jared Barnett and Seth Berkowitz, Insomnia Cookies began with Berkowitz baking and delivering cookies from his dorm room to fellow students.<\/p>\n<p>The company opened its first retail store that same year in Syracuse, New York.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/insomnia-cookie-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"insomnia cookies hand holding a cookie\" class=\"wp-image-2532\"  \/>Insomnia Cookies (Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation)<\/p>\n<p>Known for delivering warm cookies until the early morning hours, Insomnia Cookies typically operates from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 a.m. on weekdays and from noon until 3:00 a.m. on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>The chain has expanded to more than 265 locations, primarily near college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Krispy Kreme acquired Insomnia Cookies, though the company continued to operate independently.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Krispy Kreme sold a majority stake in Insomnia Cookies to Verlinvest and Mistral Equity Partners.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep you updated as progress continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Popular late-night cookie delivery chain Insomnia Cookies is set to open a new location in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-3287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}