Chip City Cookies has shut down its Tysons Corner Center location after roughly a year in business. The closure is part of a broader pullback that eliminated all three of the chain's Virginia stores.

The second-floor shop next to Auntie Anne's is no longer open, and the company's website no longer lists any Virginia locations, FFXnow reported Wednesday, Sept. 30. Chip City's Clarendon and Shirlington outposts in Arlington also closed. The chain appears to have shuttered all of its Connecticut and Massachusetts locations as well.

The closures appear to have happened abruptly. A person who identified as a former employee posted on Reddit on Sept. 21 that they got a phone call on a day off saying the Shirlington store would close permanently at the end of business that day, ARLnow reported. The former employee said all Virginia locations were gone. ARLnow reported that Chip City did not respond to a request for comment.

Founded by Peter Phillips and Teddy Gailas in New York City, Chip City was known for gooey, 5.5-ounce cookies and a rotating flavor menu that included cannoli and horchata. The chain first reached Virginia in 2024 and peaked at more than 45 locations nationwide. It now lists 24 stores in New Jersey, New York and Texas, down from 39 across six states in June, according to Internet Archive records cited by ARLnow.

The Tysons shop had opened in late August 2025, replacing the short-lived Z Ice Cream and Pastries.

Its exit adds to a wave of retail turnover at Tysons Corner Center, which has cycled through 43 different retail spaces over the past year and has 13 construction projects underway, according to FFXnow, citing the Washington Business Journal. Crumbl Cookies also closed its Vienna location, its first in Virginia, in mid-September after six years, FFXnow reported Sept. 16.

No replacement tenant for the Chip City space has been announced.

Northern Virginia-based MidnighTreats said it would honor Chip City gift cards and coupons through Oct. 14 at its Arlington location at 4238 Wilson Blvd. The shop also encouraged former Chip City employees to apply for open positions.