Wild Flours

A compact, family-run bakery and café on the Soutside, serving beautiful gluten-free home-baking, with beignets a speciality.

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Anyone with a gluten intolerance is still giddy with excitement about this place – yes, you really can eat anything on the menu! In fact it is great news for most restricted diets – there are vegan bread and cake options too. On the menu are toasties, soup, possibly a quiche, cakes and cookies, so it really is more a coffee and cake place than somewhere for a lingering, indulgent lunch. The limited menu and eating space, though beautifully decked out, reflects the fact that this is primarily a bakery kept busy with orders and deliveries. There is talk of expansion, though, so things may soon change. However, it has developed a growing number of devotees to its delicious beignets – small Lousiana style doughnuts – which can be served savoury, with bacon, or sweet with sticky sauces. Sundays are given over entirely for beignet worship. Praise be.