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The Findlay Market cookie stand has been in the Market since 1870. Its current owner, Diana Andrade, bought the business in 1989 and renamed it Adrian's Place. The cookie stand attracted her for many reasons - one of them being that the boxes would never be very heavy! That way she could get everything done by herself.

Diana's decision has worked out very well for Findlay Market customers. They can find over forty kinds of cookies at Adrian's, as well as candy sold the old fashioned way: out of big, clear jars. You can get a hot cup of coffee or cocoa at Adrian's to go with your cookies, should you choose to munch on them while you're still at the market.

Diana is a native of Mexico City, and came to the U.S. after graduating from college with a degree in education. She also brought with her an extensive knowledge of Mexican cuisine, which she includes in her cookie selection. Mexican wedding cakes are a popular cookie.

Diana has always been an entrepreneur, and she comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Diana's mother owned Amburgey's Manufacturing on Eastern Avenue. The factory made pillows, cushions, and mattresses and had twenty-five employees. Diana was one of them. Working alongside her mother was a business education in itself.

Her entrepreneurial instincts told her to take advantage of being the only Mexican merchant at Findlay Market, and add something other than cookies to her business. She decided to offer tamales and found that customers come back for them as often as they do for the cookies.

Diana is also a "corporate cookie caterer." She owns Mrs. Alison's Cookies, another Cincinnati business that's been around for over a hundred years. Based in Norwood, Mrs. Alison's supplies over thirty kinds of cookies to area business. Mrs. Alison's was already the name of the company when she bought it, and decided not to change it.

Adrian's Place, however, is named after her baby boy who was born in 1978, and lived only fifteen days. Having his name around every day helps Diana to keep his spirit alive. It's that kind of approach to life that Diana appreciates about Findlay Market. She likes that she gets to know customers personally, and they want to know her too. That way, making a living is about much more than just selling cookies.