Chip City Cookies, a bakery chain known for oversized cookies and rotating weekly flavors, has closed every store it operated in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia in a wave of shutdowns that local outlets began reporting in late September 2026. The company's own locations page now shows 24 stores in New York, New Jersey and Texas, according to a check of chipcitycookies.com.
What closed and when
In Virginia, Chip City closed its locations in Clarendon and Shirlington in Arlington, along with a Tysons store, in late September 2026. ArlNow reported that an employee said the Clarendon and Shirlington store had closed by the end of business on September 21, 2026. The Tysons store had opened about a year earlier, according to Northern Virginia Magazine. All three are gone from the company's website.
In Connecticut, Chip City's three stores — in Darien, Fairfield and West Hartford — were pulled from the company's website and marked "permanently closed" on Google, according to a report picked up by Yahoo News that was published September 28, 2026.
- Connecticut: Darien, Fairfield and West Hartford stores closed and listed as permanently closed on Google
- Virginia: Clarendon, Shirlington and Tysons stores closed in late September 2026, with the Clarendon/Shirlington closure dated to September 21 by an employee cited by ArlNow
- Massachusetts: all Chip City locations in the state have also closed, according to ArlNow
- Maryland: the chain's only store, in Bethesda, closed earlier, on January 2, 2025
Company has not explained the closures
Chip City has not issued a public statement detailing why it pulled out of these markets. ArlNow reported that the company declined to comment on the Virginia closures, while Yahoo News reported that a company representative was not immediately available for comment regarding the Connecticut closures. The Bethesda, Maryland closure in January 2025 came with an email thanking customers for their support, but no reason was given, according to MoCo Show.
Scale of the pullback
Chip City store counts, reported by market| Market | Status (as reported) | Detail |
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| Connecticut | All stores closed | Darien, Fairfield, West Hartford — closed by late Sept. 2026 |
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| Virginia | All stores closed | Clarendon, Shirlington, Tysons — closed in late Sept. 2026 |
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| Massachusetts | All stores closed | Reported closed alongside Connecticut and Virginia stores |
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| Maryland | Closed earlier | Only store, in Bethesda, closed Jan. 2, 2025 |
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| New York, New Jersey, Texas | Operating | 24 stores listed on chipcitycookies.com as of early Oct. 2026 |
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ArlNow reported that Chip City's website listed 39 locations across six states as recently as June 2026. That count has fallen to the 24 stores now shown on the company's own site, confined to New York, New Jersey and Texas.
Background on the brand
Chip City was founded in New York by Theodore Gailas and Peter Phillips, according to MoCo Show, which reported in January 2026 that the company had been founded about five years earlier as a side hustle before expanding across the Northeast. The chain is known for its rotating weekly flavor lineup, offering up to 18 flavors at a time, according to MoCo Show. MoCo Show, citing Forbes, reported that the company received a $10 million investment from Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer as it expanded.
What is not known
None of the outlets that covered the closures obtained an on-the-record explanation from Chip City about why it exited Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia, or whether further closures are planned in the states where it still operates. It is also not publicly confirmed whether the closures are linked to the earlier, separate shutdown of the chain's lone Maryland store in January 2025.
In Arlington, Virginia, a nearby bakery, MidnighTreats in Ballston Quarter, said it would honor Chip City gift cards and coupons through October 14 and that it was recruiting former Chip City employees, ArlNow reported.
Questions
- Has Chip City closed all of its stores nationwide?
- No. Chip City has closed every store in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia, and its only Maryland store closed earlier, but the company's own website still lists 24 operating locations in New York, New Jersey and Texas as of early October 2026.
- Why did Chip City close its Connecticut and Virginia stores?
- The company has not publicly explained the closures. ArlNow reported the company declined to comment on the Virginia closures, and Yahoo News reported a representative was not immediately available for comment on the Connecticut closures.
- How many Chip City locations are left, and where?
- According to the company's own locations page, 24 stores remain in New York, New Jersey and Texas, down from 39 locations across six states in June 2026, per ArlNow.
- When did Chip City close its Virginia stores?
- The Clarendon and Shirlington locations in Arlington had closed by the end of business on September 21, 2026, according to ArlNow, which cited an employee; the Tysons store closed around the same time, having opened about a year earlier, per Northern Virginia Magazine.
- What happened to Chip City gift cards from closed stores?
- In Arlington, Virginia, nearby bakery MidnighTreats said it would honor Chip City gift cards and coupons through October 14, according to ArlNow.
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