Gluten/Wheat Free Bakery Coming Soon to East Arlington
The bakery will also be 95 percent dairy free, and its goods will contain no tree nuts, except coconut.
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A gluten/wheat free bakery is moving into the old Barismo spot in East Arlington.
Something Sweet Without Wheat could open at 169 Mass. Ave. as soon as Saturday, Dec. 1, according to Teresa Fiore, who will manage the shop.
“That’s our goal,” she said recently. “We’d like to be a part of East Arlington First Lights.”
The family owned and operated specialty bakery, which was started by two Stoneham sisters just over two years ago, is based out of a commercial kitchen on 6th Road in Woburn. Up until now, the bakery mostly wholesaled its goods to local markets and food stores or sold them by phone or online. The East Arlington location will be the bakery's first retail-only operation.
“We’re super excited,” Fiore said. “Arlington just seems really community oriented, and that’s what our business thrives on.”
The bakery’s owners, Sandy Federico and Christine Penney, started baking the gluten/wheat free treats about six years ago to address Federico’s daughter Alexa’s health issues – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Soon Penney would learn that she had the same issues and that her son was allergic to wheat, so they, along with Federico for moral support, would go gluten/wheat free as well.
The sisters were determined to bake tastier treats than the “cardboard-like” options available. After they figured out how, they started their business out of Federico’s kitchen in Stoneham, before moving to Woburn eight months later, in the spring of 2011.
Federico’s background is in nursing; Penney was a hairdresser.
Due to the small size of the new store, the baked goods, which include a wide variety of options, even gingerbread, will still be made in Woburn and then delivered to East Arlington each morning.
In addition to being gluten/wheat free, the sisters’ treats are also 95 percent dairy free and contain no tree nuts, except coconut.
Are you excited for Something Sweet Without Wheat? Let us know by posting a comment below.
Molly C
6:57 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
So very excited. I buy their products at Wilson Farms. I love buying treats at Glutenus minimus, but sometimes it is a challenge to get over to Belmont. It will be nice to have someplace nearby to get my sweet fix without the gluten
Cathy F. Zolner
8:59 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Welcome to Arlington! I am gluten-free and a Health Coach in Arlington. So glad that you are coming to Arlington. I love the Herbal gluten-free bread! Share the word with those you love who are gluten-free!
Stephanie Marlin-Curiel
10:36 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Very excited about this! We are not gluten free, but my sister in law is and we know plenty of others who are. Hope you make some stuff vegan as well. It is just great to see alternative diets out there in the open, with top billing, and on the main drag.
Lindsay
11:51 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
This is so exciting for my family!!! We travel everywhere trying gluten free items!!! We definitely look forward to enjoying your bake goods!!! Thank you for coming to this area:)
inthegloaming
3:36 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
OMG you may just save my life! I've been trying to go gluten-free to see if my symptoms, which get worse with every year, are from wheat. But I'm a carbo-holic: never having bread means I don't know what to eat at all. So far I've failed, and the gluten-free products I've tried do indeed taste like cardboard. FRESH bread (with or without gluten) is a godsend, worth every penny over what it costs for the stuff in grocery stores. I'll be there the day you open, with bells on! Thank you!!!!!
Pamela mazzone
9:40 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Pamela, love the idea you are coming to Arlington, we have celiac and several allergies in our family. The grocery stores carry only frozen tastless items.. Looking forward to having freshly baked goods and now can get birthday cakes. Soo excited.. Good Luck..
Joe Penney
7:26 am on Friday, November 23, 2012
Thanks for the kind words everyone! Its exciting for us to see that you are excited. Its great to be in such a lively community. I'll be going over there in an hour to paint.
See you all soon,
Joe
Elissa
3:29 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
What a great place for Gluten Free Bakery. There are no fresh G.F. places around,that you dont have to worry about cross contamination. This is soo needed,cant wait for you to open.. Soo exciting.There is such a huge need for this..tired of the frozen stuff....Good Luck...
Kathleen McGourthy
2:02 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
The best part is the baked goods from Something Sweet Without Wheat taste delicious!
Good Luck Teresa!
ELISSA
4:37 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Love the fresh baked delicious goodies from Somthing Sweet Without Wheat,we drive to Woburn to buy their great items. There is no other places anywhere that makes wheat free gluten free that we dont have to worry about getting sick.. Love the idea we wont have to drive so far ,cant wait no more baking for me,hurry and open for the holidays... CONGRATS...
Rachel
8:52 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
We are a nut-free family from Teele Square and are very excited to this Bakery opening close by!
Wendy
1:36 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
I can't wait to visit your bakery. I have 2 teens with celiac disease (all gluten-free) and I am always looking for great GF bakeries! Wendy