Allergen-Free Bub’s Bakery From Celebrated Baker Melissa Weller Has Opened in Noho | Eater NY

"Cheerful in butter yellow, this postage-sized NoHo bakery adds about a dozen seats (half inside, half outside) and turns out allergen-free treats — no dairy, soy, gluten, nuts, or eggs — with Devoción coffee to go. The standout is “A Big Cinnamon Roll,” a laminated-dough spiral with crisp edges, a tender, gooey interior, a cinnamon-sugar filling, and a vegan cream cheese frosting with a pleasing sweet tang. An opening roster of roughly 20 items leans into American nostalgia: deeply chocolatey devil’s food cupcakes, square biscuits with flaky layers (using a house gluten-free pastry flour), an everything bagel layered with golden beet cured in pastrami spices, plus PB&J, pumpkin pie, and an “Elvis goes banana” cupcake with roasted banana cake and sunflower-seed frosting that can confound allergy-wary eaters with how real it tastes. Inspired by partner Jenn Saesue’s “Bub” and his many food sensitivities, Melissa Weller spent two years on lab-like R&D — reading Science papers, documenting meticulously, and engineering bespoke flour blends to avoid the common gluten-free aftertaste — and, for now, this is the only bakery in the city committed entirely to allergen-free goods. Seasonal touches and possible holiday pies are coming; for now, it’s open Wednesday–Sunday, 7 a.m.–7 p.m. (pastries from 8 a.m.)." - Devra Ferst