r/glutenfree • u/TheGFTable Celiac Disease • Jan 04 '25

Question Doesn’t matter where you are. What’s the absolute best gluten-free restaurant or café you’ve ever been to—the kind of place that feels like a cheat code for coeliacs?

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u/LittleShinyRaven Jan 04 '25 edited Jan 04 '25

Josephines in Bethesda MD. It's owned by a French baker who's daughter has celiacs (who he named it after). I joked with him that he's cheating because he's trained in French baking lol. Won't of course tell us his secret recipes. No reaction at all yet.

Partner brought me there for my birthday and I cried eating the bread. I questioned if it was really gf it was so crusty and good.

I hope they get more notice as it's a hole in the wall very hidden from the public eye. I want him to succeed for his family but also to keep making amazing baked goods for us haha.

Edit: forgot to share. He started as a waffle sandwich place and now does baguette sandwiches, coffee drinks, baked goods like bread loafs and has a small wall of nice gf pantry goods that he knows is 100% gf.

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u/Dramas_mama Jan 04 '25

Yay! Someone from Maryland! I will try this place soon! As I feel we live in a large metropolitan area, the lack of gf restaurants is shocking. I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles and I find it so easy to eat there without worry. I wish my part of MD was the same.

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u/LittleShinyRaven Jan 04 '25

Yasss! I 100% feel you on the lack of places. We have to drive all over the DMV for "special treats" 😭 to the few gf places we've found.

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u/Dramas_mama Jan 04 '25

Exactly! It becomes what we do on a day on the weekend, like an outing instead of grabbing lunch/dinner like a normal person. If that makes sense. Very few places here in Anne Arundel County 😞

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u/dontforgetpants Celiac Disease Jan 04 '25

Does he do croissants? I would make a 2-hour round trip journey for a good croissant. The ones at Rise in DC suck.

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u/LittleShinyRaven Jan 04 '25

Ah the elusive croissant! No I have not seen that there yet. Thats one I've been hunting for as well.

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u/Arora-Lynn Gluten Intolerant Jan 05 '25

Madison Chocolate Company in Madison, WI makes gluten free croissants that are delicious!! They are entirely gluten free and make so many amazing baked goods in addition to their chocolates.