TAP NYC | 100% Gluten-Free Sandwiches & Açaí Bowls | Upper West Side

"TAP NYC wants you to “tap into your wholesome self.” At least that's what it says at the top of the menu. With its bright orange branding and focus on superfoods, this 100% gluten-free, UWS cafe does look like the sort of place you’d find inside a start-up obsessed with self-optimization—but we’re not mad at it. Their açai bowls and gluten-free tapioca crepes are handy meals after a morning workout or a stroll in hot weather. Of course, your health points drop a bit if you get the ones stuffed with nutella or housemade pulled pork and pineapple chutney, but your optimized self deserves a little self-care too. " - Neha Talreja, Matt Tervooren

"Is tapioca - the gluten-free, fat-free source of the crepes at TAP - a “healthy superfood,” as it says inside this bright Upper West Side Cafe? We have no reason to doubt it. Now, whether that still holds when you stuff them with steak and cheese or Nutella and banana, is another story. Regardless, they’re delicious. Despite disintegrating when you bite into it, the mild tapioca shell holds a lot of substantial ingredients inside, like housemade pulled pork and pineapple chutney, or stretchy queijo coalho and juicy tomatoes." - Matt Tervooren

"Walking into TAP feels like stepping into a laidback beachside restaurant in Rio de Janeiro. It’s a tiny counter-service spot specializing in savory and sweet tapioca crepes, hence the name. The ideal order here involves a pulled chicken crepe with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese along with a side of pão de queijo — TAP serves some of the best Brazilian cheese bread in town. The açaí bowls are also legit." - Robert Sietsema, Carla Vianna