Austin Gluten-Free Bakery and Restaurant Wilder Wood Is Closing | Eater Austin

"I learned that the gluten-free bakery and restaurant Wilder Wood in Central East Austin at 1300 East Seventh Street is closing this month, with its last day set for Monday, September 18. Owned by Joan Griffith as the second location of her bakery (the first being Wild Wood on Guadalupe Street), Wilder Wood expanded into a mostly Tex-Mex restaurant in 2017—serving burgers, enchiladas, and more—after taking over what had been the gluten-free restaurant Silo on 7th. According to a GoFundMe set up to support employees and Wilder Wood’s Instagram, the business is closing because “Austin is changing drastically and survival for small restaurants in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood without the backing of a multi-million dollar restaurant group is becoming more impossible.” The GoFundMe also mentions that a restaurant from New York is taking over the lease, and Wilder Wood hosted a final party on Sunday, September 17." - Erin Russell