A gluten-free shelf inside a wheat bakery is not the same as a bakery a celiac can actually trust. Flour hangs in the air and coats every surface. This is the shorter, safer list: Los Angeles bakeries that are 100% dedicated gluten-free, with no wheat flour anywhere in the building, so you can point at anything in the case, cake and bagels and doughnuts included. We check each one against how the kitchen actually runs, and LA closes bakeries fast, so we re-check often.
Checked by Sansglu
Every bakery here is 100% dedicated gluten-free, with no wheat flour on the premises. We confirm that from each shop's own sourcing rather than user votes or scraped ratings, and we re-check because LA closes spots fast. Last checked July 2026. Read how Sansglu evaluates restaurant safety signals.
Bakeries & sweets
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1. Erin McKenna's Bakery LA
Vegan GF Bakery
236 N Larchmont Blvd · Larchmont
100% gluten-free kitchen · separate fryer
Doughnuts, cupcakes, and the celebration cakes people order for the birthdays they never thought they would get to eat gluten-free again. Whatever is in the case is safe to point at.
The whole bakery is gluten-free, vegan, and kosher, so a celiac kid can finally pick anything in the case. This is the Larchmont outpost of the cult bakery that started life as BabyCakes. The flour blend handles tree nuts and sesame, so it is gluten-free but not nut-free.
Boiled-and-baked bagels that actually pull and chew, plus chocolate babka and an all-day brunch. The bagel sandwiches are the move.
Every product is gluten-free and kosher, so the whole bakery and brunch menu is safe, bagels included. This is the West Coast flagship out in the Valley, with more rooms in Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Silver Lake.
Rice-flour pastries and cakes with a Japanese accent, lighter than any wheat-flour baking. The almond brioche and the custard puff are the ones to get.
The whole bakery is dedicated gluten-free, built on imported Japanese rice flour instead of wheat, so the entire case is safe. It anchors the South Bay, where dedicated spots are rare, and its sister shop Confections by Kirari West sits a block away.
Layer cakes, chocolate-covered doughnuts, thin mints, and the floral berry cakes the shop is known for, all vegan. Whatever is in the Old Pasadena case is the move.
It is a dedicated gluten-free and fully vegan bakery, so the whole case is built to be safe. The walk-in storefront is at 11 West Dayton Street. The shop is honest that supplier ingredients can carry trace gluten, so if you are highly sensitive, read their note and ask before you order.
Cake doughnuts, cupcakes, brownies, and custom celebration cakes. Grab a box of whatever is in the case, it is all safe.
Everything is free of wheat, gluten, eggs, dairy, soy, nuts, and peanuts, so it covers a table where everyone has a different allergy. The counter sits inside a restored historic pharmacy in Boyle Heights, which makes it a destination as much as a bakery.
Gelato and sorbetto in a gluten-free waffle cone, plus tiramisu, cannoli, and cheesecake you almost never get to order out. Get the cone, you can actually eat it.
Every flour in the shop is gluten-free, down to the waffle cones and the tiramisu, and the owners say it plainly on their own site: yes, we are gluten-free, completely, everything. It is a small West 3rd Street counter, best for an afternoon stop.
Warm Mediterranean breads and pita, baklava tart, fig scones, and cinnamon rolls, the kind of gluten-free bread you stop expecting to find. Take a loaf home.
Levant is a fully gluten-free Mediterranean bistro with a real bake shop up front, also soy-free and organic, so every loaf and pastry is safe. Sit for a mezze meal or just grab bread to go.
Use the map to see which dedicated gluten-free restaurants fit your route before comparing individual notes.
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Dedicated kitchens, separate fryers, and clear sourcing matter more than a generic gluten-free option label.
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Gluten-free in Los Angeles, answered
Where can I get a gluten-free birthday cake in LA?
Erin McKenna's in Larchmont, Cake Girl in Boyle Heights, and Yvonne's Vegan Kitchen in Pasadena are all dedicated gluten-free, so the whole cake is celiac-safe. All three are also vegan, and they take custom cake orders, so call ahead for a specific design.
Are there gluten-free bagels or bread in LA?
Yes. Modern Bread & Bagel bakes boiled-and-baked gluten-free bagels in Woodland Hills, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Silver Lake, and Truman's Bakery on West 3rd Street bakes gluten-free loaves and bagels. Both are 100% gluten-free, so nothing shares an oven with wheat.
Are these bakeries celiac-safe, or just gluten-free friendly?
Every bakery on this list is 100% dedicated gluten-free, which means there is no wheat flour anywhere in the building. That removes the airborne-flour and shared-equipment risk you still get at a regular bakery that keeps a gluten-free shelf next to the wheat.
Is there a dedicated gluten-free bakery in the Valley or the South Bay?
Yes. Modern Bread & Bagel anchors the San Fernando Valley from Woodland Hills, and Kirari West covers the South Bay from Redondo Beach with a rice-flour case. Both are fully gluten-free, which is rare outside central LA.
Can I get gluten-free doughnuts in LA?
Yes, and safely. Erin McKenna's and Cake Girl make dedicated gluten-free and vegan doughnuts, and Truman's bakes its fonuts instead of frying them, so there is no shared fryer. The whole case at each is celiac-safe.
Checked, not on the list
Breadblok: A beloved dedicated gluten-free French patisserie in Santa Monica, but it closed all locations in 2023. The website still shows hours, which is misleading, but there is no shop to visit.
Sweet Laurel: The grain-free bakery lost its Pacific Palisades shop in the January 2025 wildfire and has said it will not reopen there. It now ships nationwide only, with no LA storefront to walk into.
Karma Baker: A genuinely dedicated gluten-free and vegan bakery, but the storefront closed and the brand moved to nationwide shipping, and the shop was in Westlake Village in Ventura County anyway.
Gracefully Fed: A dedicated gluten-free bakery in Sherman Oaks that closed its shop and moved to online orders only, per its own site. There is no storefront to visit.
The Sensitive Baker: An early dedicated gluten-free bakery in Culver City, long since closed. The brand became Rising Hearts, whose Culver City storefront has also closed.
Deux Pates: A genuinely dedicated 100% gluten-free French bakery, but its only storefront is in Irvine, in Orange County, outside this guide's Los Angeles scope.
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