Gluten-Free Boston Bakery Verveine Serves the Best Gluten-Free Food | Eater Boston

"A completely gluten-free cafe and bakery opened in 2024 by chefs Monica Glass (Boston’s gluten-free pastry magician) and Ken Oringer, Verveine has become a haven for celiacs and a crowd favorite among all diets thanks to creative flavor profiles and regular specials. Expect baguettes, cinnamon buns, and hand pies, and order Moni’s spicy chile biscuit ($15)—a soft, flaky biscuit layered with scrambled eggs, crisp arugula, avocado, and a hefty swipe of housemade spicy chile jam—plus the ube brownies ($7.25), whose rich purple hue matches their deep, not-too-sweet flavor, and the decadent cream puff ($7.25), piled high with cherry cream between two black sesame pastry puffs. The space exudes warmth and coziness with a sage-green palette and an open kitchen up front where you can watch dough being shaped and biscuits getting cut; seating includes a large shared table and a bistro table fashioned from an old church pew, and weekdays are best for dining in since weekends get competitive. Insider tip: the team sells small-batch bags of its signature gluten-free pastry flour, along with banana bread flour and frozen pizza crusts for halfway-there baking at home." - Celina Colby