The Original Goodie Shop

The cinnamon sticks are out of this world. When I read a bad review about this place it is crazy to me. The Goodie Shop has been around for years because EVERYTHING is delicious, the service is excellent and the prices are great. I didnt grow up going here but was introduced to it by a friend a few years ago and its now my go to place for cakes, donuts and pastries.

Many great things to say about the goodie shop. My husband and I were looking for a cake for our wedding and tried many different places in Columbus. The goodie shop was hands down the best cake we tasted. The cake itself was moist and fluffy, the frosting was out of this world, and they had plenty of flavors and fillings. We ended up buying a 3 tiered cake and two sheet cakes from the goodie shop for a great price. The tiered cake was decorated beautifully and delivered on time to our wedding. If you need a wedding cake you should definitely consider the goodie shop!

Ordered a last minute (day before) baby shower cake from this place and it did not disappoint! I had never been to or used this bakery before, I chose them from the Unilocal reviews because their pricing was quite affordable, and also because of their great customer service. I talked to Whitney and she was very nice and helpful.
I got a quarter sheet cake, white cake with raspberry frosting. The raspberry buttercream frosting was so worth the extra 6 $, it was absolutely delicious, and a very pretty pink color. I usually don’t like cake frosting, but this had a really nice fruity flavor. I just gave them a napkin design picture for the decoration and told them what colors I wanted and that the picture did not have to match exactly, to just do what they thought looked best, and they did a really great job. The white cake was soft and light, a bit flaky but great taste. I am very happy with the outcome and the cake was a hit :)

Oh man. Just had a creamstick from here… and it’s the best I’ve ever had! They cut the creamstick like a hoagie bun and fill it with sweet cream, then smush it back together. It’s soft and chewy in the inside, a somehow a little crispy on the outside, no soggy donuts here. Wow! Will be back!

I came here for the first time recently… was going to get just an item or two and ended up coming out with a box of about 10 goodies!
There is absolutely nothing fancy about this place. Honestly, on the inside it looks like the kitchen from my elementary school. That’s totally fine with me, but I know some people could be turned off by it not looking like Pinterest threw up all over the place.
They have a good selection of donuts, cookies, cupcakes, and other baked goods. I got a couple donuts, a couple iced cookies, a cream horn, and some cinnamon sticks. Everything was delicious and the cinnamon sticks really are worth the hype. You won’t be able to eat just one, so make sure you get a few! I’m actually going to attempt to make my own! They have lots of cookies iced to look like animals, and they are adorable! A good amount of icing, too, which is fine with me because I like a lot of icing.
I believe I got 10 items and spent $ 12, so to me that is not very expensive. There was a sign on the door that said there was a price increase due to egg shortage, so I’m not sure what everything costs normally. Just FYI — for credit card use you need to spend $ 10.

Best Bakery in the city. Everything is made from scratch. YUMMY. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. I was in awe that the cakes as well as the icing is made from scratch. When I walk thru the door the smell is amazing, it makes me want to buy one of everything

We have ordered cakes from The Goodie Shop for special occasions for years. For my birthday they have my husband a plain white cake with absolutely no decorations and told my husband it was his fault for– apparently– not expressing his desire for any birthday cake decorations over the phone. This is our second problem cake in a row. I don’t know if they’ve changed management, but stay away at all costs. Go to krogers or giant eagle and save yourself the headache.

For those who love a good ol’ school bakery, then you may need to make a side trip someday up to The Original Goodie Shop.
Hint: If you’ve never been here before, then tell the counter. Chances are they’ll let you try what they’re known for, and that being their cinnamon sticks. Personally, I enjoyed them. I could see them being a great after breakfast snack.
They really had a selection of a little bit of everything… pastries, donuts, cookies, and other contraptions… not to mention cakes.
I stuck with a box of their assorted Christmas cookies and each one was terrific, and satisfying to my sweet-​tooth. This would make a great gift. (Just sayin’)
Their frosted cutouts were not too shabby, either. I thought they did quite an exceptional job of decorating them.
There’ s a small sitting area where you can relax… read the paper, and nosh on some sugary delights.
For all who requires sugar running through their veins, this is a must stop kind of place.

Phone rings.
Me: «Hello»?
Sweet Tooth: «Hey Mike! Will you do me a favor?»
Me: «Um sure Sweet Tooth. I know you’ll just nag me to death if I don’t, so what do you want this time?»
Sweet Tooth: «You remember those Cinnamon Sticks at the Original Goodie Shop? It’s been years buddy. Grab a few for me and pick up a bear claw too while you’re at it.»
Ever have a Bear Claw? Great flaky pastry with cinnamon sugar, nuts and a little icing drizzled over it and while it’s sweet, it’s not too sweet. They’ve always been on of my bakery favorites.
And now the real reason why I’m writing this review… the Cinnamon Sticks… OMG the Cinnamon Sticks. A gift from the Gods folks. They are baked layers of dough, cinnamon, sugar and with a butterscotch glaze. They are intensely sweet with a chewy satisfying goodness that is the perfect compliment for a cup of coffee.
My recommendation is to never buy more than what you would eat at one time because you will most likely eat each and every one that’s in your house. I’d also recommend that you put some butter on them and then microwave them for about 10 seconds… Do this and you’ll be thanking me later.

Overwhelmingly underwhelmed.
The teenage boy behind the counter was a bit on the shy side but very nice. He seemed knowledgable with his responses to my questions. I came in already knowing what I wanted to try per the aforementioned reviews/​recommendations.
I ordered the following:
The signature cinnamon sticks — Size of 1 stick approx. 3″ x 1″ at $.75 each
My cinnamon sticks were unpleasantly doughy in texture and cloyingly sweet to the extreme (pain in my cheeks style extreme). If that weren’t enough, they are unnecessarily drenched in a grainy combo of cinnamon & sugar. I choked down my first bite only to be left with a hideous film in my mouth from the overabundance of shortening used in the dough.
The iced butter cutout cookies — Most of them are $ 2.50 each
Ugh…you know how it feels to eat a bad cookie? It feels like a mouthful of dry, bland, shortening flavored sadness topped with overly sweet and flavorless icing! They present really well. The overall designs are done beautifully. This is what I have termed «a bakery red herring», referring to something that misleads or distracts from the relevant or important issue… taste.
When all said and done, if I feel a tube of Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls & package of Lofthouse cookies would have been blown them away… Ouch
In all fairness, this review is strictly based upon the items above; neither of which I would recommend. Furthermore, I’m also not indicating the entire bakery is dreadful… only those 2 pastries.

Try the cinnamon sticks. You’ll buy a few for you and your family, eat them all on the way home and have to go back to the store for more.
I hope this happens to other people, otherwise my experience is pretty embarrassing.

I LOVE their Cinnamon Stix. These little things are worth the drive to try.
I also like to order their iced butter cookies for many occasions. When they are that fresh, they are hands down the best iced cookie I’ve ever eaten. They are a little pricey but worth the cost. They have many selections of shapes and designs to work with. They are very talented in their designs.
Oh… If they have them, try their buckeye «black and white» type cookie. These things are evil.

Growing up, it was a treat to receive old-​fashioned iced butter cookies from the local bakery. The cookie was buttery, crispy, and not too dissimilar to pie crust.
Then I moved to Columbus, and found it incredibly difficult to find anything to replace my childhood memories. Iced sugar cookies were all too soft, too sweet, with too much goopy icing.
Then I found the Goodie Shop. I was thrilled to bits to find the old-​fashioned, crispy buttery snap cookies of my childhood lived on there! With just the perfect amount of real frosting– not the chemical-​flavoured canned stuff, but real sugar! Just enough to sweeten the almost salty cookie to create that balance of pastry I had grown up savoring.
The staff was also very kind and accommodating of us dashing in at the last moment to order half a dozen cookies.
Only mediocre experience was the red velvet cookie, which really didn’t taste any different. Still a tasty dessert though!
Thank you Goodie Shop!

The best thumb print cookies ever. I get them every year on my birthday instead of a cake.
So glad Upper Arlington pulled together to save this place. It’s worth it!

Like many others, I have a lot of fond memories of the Tremont Goodie Shop. As a kid, I had relatives who lived just down the street, so we would walk down with them when visiting to pick up some treats like the cinnamon sticks, pecan rolls, and orange rolls. Ooey, gooey, and delightful!
Fast forward to the present… the Goodie Shop is located in a cozy corner of the Tremont Center and has so many delicious things to look at, making it hard to decide what to get! Everyone I know talks about the cinnamon sticks, and they do some really great decorating on cookies and cakes.
The Goodie Shop has developed a partnership with the local gluten free bakery, Gluten Free You and Me, to provide gluten free cookies. They have the cutest holiday cut-​outs right now — Rudolphs and Christmas trees — that use a gluten free cookie base and is then decorated by the Goodie Shop. They are so cute and really tasty too — there’s a nice hint of lemon in the cut-​out cookies.
Service is friendly and efficient, and they are happy to answer any questions.

I was really expecting more and they had such a vast selection I went wide and bought 2 huge boxes full of cookies, cupcakes, donuts and pastries and could not wait to eat them so we sat at one of their tables and dug in!
It is quite pricey and I was pretty disspointed having gone so overboard and getting so much.
Note to self, try it first you do not need 12 cupcakes if most of them have the same chocolate or vanilla base, I must learn to pace myself…
The cupcakes were fine, the donuts kind of stale and very generic.
The cookies, sticky buns and mini pies really not worth all that money.
It is a cute store in a great location with friendly service that will talk you into buying anything and everything going on how great everything is.
I might give them another chance someday, but I was just not impressed.

So happy the community pulled together to get this place going. It’s a landmark for sure. I remember bringing my grade cards here to get free cookies. I remember trick or treating here in elementary school on dress up day. I remember painting the windows during the holidays and seeing my pictures taped up in the windows. They make my favorite sugary sweet treat of all time — I grew up referring to them as «goonies» but their window tag labels them as «cinnamon sticks.» You MUST try them. Heat them up in the microwave for a few seconds and you’re golden. My mother still gets them around the holidays for us. They also make great cakes. $ 5 minimum on credit/​debit cards (naughty naughty).

I don’t know if it was because we got there after noon or what but everything we got was dry, dry, dry. (Exception being the cinnamon sticks which are as awesome as everyone says and has no butterscotch I can detect as someone said.) We got a sampler since it was our first time: cupcakes (1 choc, 1 van), 1 «soft» choc iced chocolate cookie, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 cat face cookie and the last chocolate bizmark which apparently contains no filling. (?)
Cinnamon stick, excellent. Tons of cinnamony goodness and would definitely get it again if I ever found myself in that area of town. The soft cookie disintegrated when I cut it in half for us to split and the icing had hardened. The cat face cookie was seriously dry and couldn’t even be swallowed without milk and it too fell apart when cut in half. The bismark was decent but they were out of whatever one has cream filling. The cupcake… say it with me now…“dry.” Not even the icing could save it. I never drink a full glass of milk with my treats but I didn’t have a problem with it this time. This was recommended by a friend so I’m sad this wasn’t a hit for us. We’ve been having a serious slump this month with food. BOO!
I will say for all of that it was under $ 8 which seems reasonable.

Good baked goods and good service. I stopped in this evening and picked up some cookies and a pastry. I would have bought a small pie but they were out of my favorite flavors. They have a wide variety of baked good, especially breads.

Tremont Goodie Shop is my favorite bakery in Columbus — no doubt about it.
They bake in-​house all of their own breads, cookies, donuts, cakes, pies, pastries, pot pies and whatever else they might happen to whip up. The selection is incredible. There are so many goodies to choose from that it would be tough to sample them all. My favorites are their signature cinnamon sticks (sorta like the inside of a cinnamon roll) and their gigantic orange cookies.
The customer service is pitch-​perfect as well. The employees are patient as I spend far too much time picking out a selection of treats. They do special orders as well — everything from wedding cakes to a personalized dozen donuts.
I love to stop in here, grab a cookie and a half-​pint carton (!) of milk and enjoy.
A caveat: There is a five-​dollar minimum for credit/​debit card purchases. I guess you’ll just have to pick out another goodie or two to make up the difference. Damn.