One of Hillcrest’s few Black-owned, LGBTQ+-owned, and women-owned bakeries, Schmackary’s bakes its full cookie lineup at 1255B University Ave in the 92103 ZIP code. Customers pairing a half-dozen cookies with a latte often stop at Better Buzz Coffee Hillcrest on the same stretch of University Ave. The shop rotates seasonal cookie flavors alongside a permanent collection, with each variety mixed and portioned in-house. Dessert enthusiasts expanding a tasting tour find French-style pastries at Figaro Dessert Cafe a few blocks south. The rotating seasonal flavors and permanent cookie varieties are baked in small batches, maintaining the chewy-center texture that distinguishes a specialty cookie from mass-produced alternatives.