Verveine Cafe & Bakery

This place is a heaven for gluten free people! Incredible pastries and I visit everytime I am in town. A little high priced but very high quality baked goods. We got the red velvet cookie, cookies and cream basque cheesecake, potato galette, Nutella bun, blood orange cream filled pastry, and a coconut pastry. Our favorite was the potato galette by far! And the Nutella bun! Definitely worth the visit, even if you have to wait in long line!

the bread was REALLY amazing, it made me nervous that it wasn’t GF and i checked like 3 times lol. i also got an ube matcha which was delicious. the ube brownie was super soft and great. the raspberry (lemon?) doughnut had me genuinely second guessing if it was gluten free and freaked me out a bit lol, it was good but i don’t really like fried doughnuts. the araye was my personal favourite, i wanted like 5 more immediately lol. if i lived closer i would get one every day lol. the sandwiches were so delicious, but the araye still stays on top YUMMMM. unfortunately there is very little seating during the winter and there is also very limited space inside, but the amount of people in there and the crowding isn’t necessarily their fault.

My favorite cafe in Cambridge at the moment. Love coming here for quick bites. I’m not someone who follows a gluten-free diet, so when they first opened last year, I wasn’t sure what the pastry situation would be. But their pastry selections had a lot of interesting items that lean more Asian–European fusion, so I ended up focusing more on the flavors than the texture/flakiness. Things rotate pretty often, but most of what I’ve tried (ube brownie, matcha cookie, etc) were excellent. The food menu isn’t as adventurous as it was in the beginning, but their sandwiches are still solid. I still think about the congee soup they used to serve. Sweetness from the Thai sausage and caramelized onions, a little heat from the sausage itself, and subtle aromatics from the maitake mushrooms. Wish they

The actual place of my dreams. I’ve never had a more exquisite GF experience!!! Visiting from NY, I have a lot of experience with gluten free that is indulgent, yummy but also very junky and processed feeling. (GF doesn’t mean healthy!). But here…..everything I had was just absolutely well done!!!!! We came here on the first day of our trip to Mass and I’m so glad we did because we then went everyday again after that!!! The most delicious and perfectly textured breads, exciting t sweet treats. The coffee was perfect and hot chocolate was just right. We loved everything so much but our favorite was the pita filled with beef (Araya I think it was called). Not on the menu but one of the premade things they offer in the display case. I recommend everything BUT a unique experience is anything i

Undoubtedly one of the best gluten free bakeries I’ve ever been to — and I’ve been to a LOT. Probably my favorite in the US (!) tied with a spot in NYC. Been twice in 3 days here in Cambridge. Tried the baguette, scone, two cookies, pizza hand pie, and BEC sandwich. (And have some things ready for Thanksgiving…) The scone and hand pie stand out, as my (non-GF) partner has agreed that they’re incredible! There was quite the line both Sunday and Tuesday, and I arrived more than 5 minutes before opening.