Eleven-year-old Lauren Bleicher has walked a few blocks from her house to taste the new cookies. She declares the cookie “super yummy and very chocolate-y.” Her mother, Margaret, comments it is nice to have an option close by because Crumbl is in Vienna and Levain is in Georgetown.
MOLTN is meant to satisfy those late night cravings for dessert with pick up and delivery options for ten different cookies baked to order and delivered warm. Miglani explains he offers four premium 4-1/2 ounce gourmet cookies including triple chocolate, S’mores, Reese’s peanut butter and red velvet as well as six choices of classic 2-ounce choices. Miglani explains he chose the name MOLTN while throwing around ideas because it just seemed right — the warmth and gooeyness of cookies.
Ian Barnes (left) and co-owner Neal Miglani stand outside their ghost kitchen on Saturday, April 2 as customers line up to try a free triple chocolate cookie right out of the oven.
Currently Miglani is also the cookie maker and baker. “I”m there all the time, me and one employee. It’s a small business.” He says It’s been hectic getting ready for the grand opening on Saturday, April 2, where he will be giving away free samples of the super thick triple chocolate cookies from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at 6017 Wilson Blvd.
Miglani explains the concept of the ghost kitchen is that it is a pick up and go with orders online. No phone, no cashier, no seats. “You can order the cookies for delivery or we will let you know when they will be ready and you can pick them up.”
Cookies are available in 6, 12 and 24 packs. Miglani envisions that in addition to late night cravings, people will order them for special occasions like Valentine’s Day or “had a bad day.” In a week or so he will also add milk shakes to the menu with the traditional choices of chocolate, strawberry or vanilla with a choice of drizzle toppings. “And it’s cool, unique that you can have any of the cookie choices melded in to make a cookie shake.”
Miglani says it is difficult to find a quality selection of desserts in the area with nothing late at night. It seemed to be the perfect time to start this business. He says there is also the perfect demographic with all of the different employers in Arlington, government, families, students. The location they have at 6017 Wilson Blvd. incorporates about 600,000 people between Arlington and Falls Church in the traditional five-mile delivery area.
He grew up in the D.C. restaurant scene helping out in his parents' restaurants. But since high school Miglani has been helping with websites and then got into consulting more, marketing and helping out on the tech side. “There are a lot of old school businesses out there.”
Miglani says this business combines his three passions for technology, real estate and food. He has used the automation in his own business which will update sales as well as expenses in real time to let him know quantities he is selling, what it is costing. “I’m pumped,” he says.
The hours for MOLTN are 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m.-12 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.