Their daughter Sanjana loves the Baked Bear, a cookie ice cream sandwich chain that was founded in San Diego. "We really need something like that in Jersey," she told her mother. "And you wouldn't ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — An opening date for The Baked Bear, a San Diego, California-based ice cream sandwich shop, is approaching for its first northern New Jersey and Union County location in Westfield.

The Westfield shop will be the fourth location in New Jersey. The Baked Bear was founded in 2013 by childhood friends Rob Robbins and Shane Stanger who left their former careers to open the first ...