08/26/2025
Meet Lucy, The Cook Store’s Mascot & Professional Greeter
Seven-year-old Lucy has been coming to The Cook Store since she was a seven-week-old pup. She’s been the main attraction ever since.
A goldendoodle with a cloudlike coat and the demeanor of a seasoned Southern hostess, Lucy spends her days greeting guests from her monogrammed front chair. (Don’t even think about sitting there—she truly doesn’t understand why anyone would put a purse, package, or person in her spot.) When she’s not overseeing foot traffic from the front, she’s stretched out on the cool tile by the pots and pans, supervising with restrained authority.
Lucy is not food-driven. She doesn’t work Saturdays. She prefers affection to treats and has never met a rule she couldn’t follow. “She can tell time,” says owner Wesley Lassen. “She knows when it’s time to walk, time to go home, and if my phone dings after 4:00, she knows her dad is probably on the way.”
She loves her people, especially the mailmen, John and Cedric, and is protective of the staff. She’s tolerant of visiting dogs, but make no mistake: this is her domain. If another pup needs to come in, Lucy will gladly step out for a stroll while they borrow her spotlight.
She walks the Village three times a day, popping into shops, turning heads, and prompting more “Aww!” than most babies in bonnets. “People always speak to her before they speak to me,” Wesley says. “She’s the most popular.”
Lucy is calm, loyal, gentle—and yes, famously soft. “People say all the time, ‘She looks like a stuffed animal,’” Wesley says. “Or they ask, ‘Can I pet her?’ She’s just that kind of dog.”
She doesn’t beg for attention. She just gets it.
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