Aaron London, of AL's Place Fame, Launches Boxed Cookie Brand

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/08/aaron-london-of-als-place-fame-launches-boxed-cookie-brand/Chef Aaron London, who once had a Michelin star at his Mission restaurant AL's Place, walked away from the hospitality industry in 2022, and now we know what he's been up to in the years since. Some of us may still be mourning the loss of AL's Place, which was certainly one of the more consistently interesting and delightful of San Francisco's Michelin-starred pantheon of recent years. But chef Aaron London was burnt out after many years in professional kitchens, and seven years running his own spot, and decided he wanted to actually see his kids grow up, so he moved on. Now we finally know what he's been up to: a new boxed cookie brand called AL's Real Goods, whi