“We were totally without power for 4 days,” said Van Teamer, the owner of Pudgy’s Fine Cookies.

The power is finally back on inside Pudgy’s Fine Cookies. It came back Monday evening. They spent Tuesday trying to clean up and get ready to open their doors.

For the first time since Thursday’s devastating storm, they’re back open for business.

“All of this was full,” said Teamer, as she showed us her now empty freezers. Teamer said the days-long power outage quickly wiped out their product inventory and ingredient supply.

They tossed out 12,000 cookies of raw cookie dough, over 2,000 eggs, and cases and cases of butter. If it was dairy, it had to go.

They’ve managed to restock, and the kitchen is slowly starting to churn out cookies. So far, only half of her creations are on the limited menu. They can’t make enough to fulfill wholesale orders yet.

Teamer knows she’s not alone. Underground Creamery is slowly starting to whip up ice cream, too. Walk-up orders will take a few days to replenish. Recovery is a process.

Several strip centers and restaurants in the Heights remain in the dark. At Pudgy’s, they’re taking it one cookie at a time and are hopeful the community does what it always does, support each other after a disaster.

On Thursday morning, the Small Business Administration will provide new details on the available help for business owners dealing with the aftermath of the storm during a 10:30 a.m. press conference.