Real gluten-free bread is the hardest thing to find and the easiest to get wrong. A gluten-free muffin from a bakery that mills wheat all day is not worth the risk. This is the shorter list: New York bakeries with a 100% gluten-free kitchen and no wheat flour anywhere on the premises, so a celiac can walk in and order the whole case. Bagels, babka, birthday cakes, French pastry, donuts. We check each one against how the kitchen actually runs, not what the crowd posted.
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Every bakery here runs a fully gluten-free facility with no wheat flour on site. We confirm that from each shop's own sourcing, certifications, and celiac-community record, not from user votes or scraped star ratings. Last checked July 2026. Read how Sansglu evaluates restaurant safety signals.
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1. Modern Bread and Bagel
GF Bagels & Bread
472 Columbus Ave · Upper West Side
100% gluten-free kitchen
An Ancient Grain bagel, kettle-boiled and hearth-baked, with the scallion cream cheese, plus a black-and-white cookie you can actually eat. The babka and challah sell out on weekend mornings.
The whole facility is 100% gluten-free and certified kosher, so you order off the entire board and skip the usual speech. Owner Orly Gottesman built the flour blend herself after her husband was diagnosed celiac. It is not nut-free, so flag a nut allergy at the counter.
Lemon pie, éclairs, muffins, donuts, cream puffs, and blueberry scones are current best sellers. Check the viennoiserie, special-occasion cake, and savory-lunch sections for the rest of the menu.
Noglu describes the Madison Avenue French patisserie and café as 100% gluten-free. It identifies plant-based and dairy-free options but does not say the whole menu is dairy-free or vegan, so check current item details for additional allergens.
The classic chocolate layer cake and the black-and-white cookies. This is the place for a gluten-free birthday cake that nobody at the table clocks as gluten-free.
Everything is baked in a dedicated gluten-free facility, and the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia lists them, which is about as strong as a reference gets. Also dairy-free and kosher pareve. They bake with tree nuts, so it is not nut-free. You can also find their cookies and cakes at Whole Foods around the city.
The cinnamon rolls and cookies are the easy first order. Bub's publishes full ingredient lists, so review the current recipe if you are managing allergens beyond gluten.
Bub's says the bakery avoids all top-9 allergens and sources products labeled gluten-free. Many items use gluten-free oats or coconut, and some use mustard, corn, or legumes, so check the published ingredients if any of those matter for you.
Start with a cream or Nutella bombolone, cinnamon roll, custard éclair, or fresh baguette from the current bakery menu. The brunch menu adds handmade pasta, panini, pancakes, and French toast.
Senza Gluten by Jemiko describes this Greenwich Village cafe and bakery as a 100% gluten-free environment. The current menu publishes item-level ingredients and flags dairy, eggs, soy, corn, and nuts, so check the listing for needs beyond gluten.
The funfetti or Tall Dark & Handsome celebration cakes, loaded cake pops, salted caramel bars, brownies, cookies, and apple pie. Order a full cake ahead; individual treats are available from the current shop selection.
Posh Pop says every recipe uses wheat-free and gluten-free ingredients and describes strict procedures to prevent gluten exposure. Its products are not certified allergen-free, and the facility is not nut-free or peanut-free. There is a separate Times Square bakery at 315 West 39th Street.
Current products include lamingtons, cinnamon sugar donuts, vegan mini banana bread, classic brownies, muffins, cakes, cookies, and gift boxes. Vegan choices are labeled in the online shop.
Sans Bakery identifies 31-00 47th Avenue in the Falchi Building as its retail storefront and production bakery. It asks visitors to email or call to confirm retail hours; online ordering and listed retailers are alternatives. Products may contain casein, nuts, and soy lecithin.
The scones and the seasonal cakes, sweetened with maple instead of cane sugar, plus the donuts when they have them.
Everything is made on the bakery's own machines in a 100% gluten-free space, and the whole menu is vegan and refined-sugar-free. It runs as window service, so it is grab-and-go. Nut-free is not stated, so ask if that matters for you.
The babka, the bialys, and the loaf breads, plus a quiche if you want lunch. A celiac reviewer confirmed the whole kitchen in person.
A 100% gluten-free kitchen and cafe in Riverdale, worth the trip to the north Bronx for anyone who misses real babka. Dairy-free options exist, but it is not nut-free, so flag it. Also easy if you are coming down from Westchester.
Yes. New York has a real cluster of dedicated gluten-free bakeries where no wheat flour is used on site, including Modern Bread & Bagel, Noglu, By the Way Bakery, and Bub's Bakery. Every bakery in this guide runs a fully gluten-free facility, so the whole case is within the dedicated setup.
Where can I get gluten-free bagels in NYC?
Modern Bread & Bagel on the Upper West Side kettle-boils and hearth-bakes gluten-free bagels in a 100% gluten-free kitchen, and 3x3 Kitchen in Riverdale bakes gluten-free breads and bialys. Both are dedicated facilities, so the bagels come from a no-wheat setup.
Which NYC bakery is best for a gluten-free birthday cake?
By the Way Bakery and Posh Pop Bakeshop both make full gluten-free celebration cakes, and Modern Bread & Bagel makes cakes too. Posh Pop says all its recipes use wheat-free and gluten-free ingredients, but its products are not certified allergen-free and its facility is not nut-free or peanut-free. Order ahead and confirm any additional allergens.
Is there a nut-free and gluten-free bakery in NYC?
Bub's Bakery in NoHo says it avoids all top-9 allergens, including wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts. Everybody Eats in Gowanus is dedicated gluten-free and says its facility is also free of nuts, soy, and sesame. Check each bakery's current ingredient guidance for your specific allergy needs.
How should celiac diners use this bakery list?
Every bakery here uses no wheat flour on the premises, which removes the main source of cross-contact that makes most bakeries difficult for celiac diners. A few use gluten-free oats, and some are not nut-free, so if oats or nuts are a problem for you, ask at the counter before you order.
Checked, not on the list
Postcard Bakery: This 100% gluten-free and nut-free Japanese bakery in the West Village closed for good in December 2025. A real loss.
Erin McKenna's Bakery (Babycakes): The NYC location closed years ago. The bakery still runs in Los Angeles, which we cover separately.
Tu-Lu's Gluten-Free Bakery: Closed. It was a dedicated gluten-free bakery in the East Village for years.
7 Grain Army: Closed. It was a gluten-free spot in Williamsburg.
Knead Love Bakery: We left it off. Their own site warns that their grain suppliers grow and process alongside gluten, so it does not meet our dedicated-kitchen bar.
The Donut Pub: It sells a gluten-free donut, but it is a conventional wheat bakery, not a dedicated facility.
Glace by Noglu: We left it off because Glace's current site does not describe its Madison Avenue shop or Rockefeller Center truck as a dedicated gluten-free operation.
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