Being gluten free and having a giant sweet tooth can be tricky, especially when it comes to finding good desserts out. But then we discovered SweetArt, a bakery focusing on using real ingredients that offers a daily gluten free cupcake. Yep you heard right, gluten free cupcakes EVERY DAY! Don’t get us wrong, they also have great food, but we keep coming back for the cupcakes.
Category: Shout Outs
Shout Out: Onesto Pizza & Trattoria
Great Italian restaurant serving pizza made with home made organic crust! This is especially important because glysophate, a harmful pesticide is added to most wheat products. They have a garden where they plant organic vegetables used in their restaurant. The restaurant uses grass fed meat, wild fish and fish that is sustainable. They recycle and purchase organic whenever possible.
The food and service is excellent. The atmosphere is casual and fun with outdoor seating available in the warmer weather. Continue reading Shout Out: Onesto Pizza & Trattoria
Shout Out – City Coffee House and Creperie
City Coffee House and Creperie is one of the many STL restaurants jumping on the gluten free crepe bandwagon, and we have to say, it’s a good bandwagon to be on. This Clayton cafe serves a variety of salads, coffees, and breakfast foods, but they are most well know for their crepes! The thing that makes them special is that their organic buckwheat batter can replace EVERY regular crepe for just an extra $1 charge.
Shout Out – Ice’s Plain and Fancy
Ice’s Plain and Fancy is a fairly new, locally owned ice cream shop. They are very unique in the fact that they make their ice cream right in front of you using liquid hydrogen. They get their milk from a local farm in Missouri and they also offer vegan ice cream made with coconut milk, in case you have a dairy allergy! Continue reading Shout Out – Ice’s Plain and Fancy
Shout Out – Noodles & Company
Noodles & Company is a chain that is working to start transitioning to get more local and fresh ingredients. For now we would like to give them our very first shout out because of their innovative and creative allergen friendly menu, and the small steps that they are making to be more eco-friendly and have higher quality ingredients!