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Cupcake DownSouth

21 ratings
$ • Bakery
Reported NOT to have a gluten-free menu, but gluten-free options are available
Reported GF menu options: Cupcakes
Safety Rating
10 ratings

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433 King St
Charleston, SC 29403

Most Recent Reviews


Celiac

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Love their cupcakes, all flavors are great. My husband get me a giant cupcake for my birthday every year for the last three years.

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Symptomatic Celiac

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Enjoyed today’s flavour which was death by chocolate - so fresh and obviously premium ingredients. Would give it five stars if they had more than one flavour!!! A go to place if you have missed having a cake.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 5 years ago read full review

This establishment is NOT a dedicated gluten-free facility and may not be safe for those with celiac disease. Please contact the establishment directly to inquire about safety precautions.

Gluten-Free Features

  • Cupcakes

Categories

  • Bakery

Notes


GF cupcakes available on Tuesdays and Saturdays

Photos


A sample of the daily flavours - couldn’t find them online though!
Gluten-Free at Cupcake
Single GF flavour kept on top shelf and handled only via grease proof  paper
Key lime
Gluten free chocolate chip
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Gluten Intolerant

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Very good cupcake. I had the Cinnamon Bun cupcake which is the Sunday offering, check their menu online for the daily offering of gluten free and plan the day you are going.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 5 years ago read full review

Celiac

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I'd give it 5 stars if they had s bigger variety. They have one Gluten Free cupcake flavor each day. the vanilla with coconut was 5 stars. The carrot cake the next day was very good, too, but I really wanted another vanilla with coconut frosting.

Updated 6 years ago read full review

Celiac

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They have one flavor a day at the downtown location and don’t make all that many. But what they do make, they take standard precautions. They are baked in the same oven, but not at the same time, and they are housed in the same display case, but they don’t touch. They had a staff member on hand who could explain and also add the disclaimer that they can’t guarantee. The fact that they could tell me details and a disclaimer is usually a sign to me that they are low risk. I ate two and I did not get glutened or ill. They were incredible - the first cupcake I’ve had in almost a year!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 6 years ago read full review

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They have one gluten-free flavor a day so if it's not a flavor you're into you're out of luck!

Updated 6 years ago read full review

Celiac

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Great GF cupcakes Seems like a different one each day

Updated 6 years ago read full review

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One gluten free cupcake option (today chocolate salted caramel). Was pretty good overall. They only offer gluten free option 5 out of 7 days a week, so call to be sure they have them when you are thinking of heading here!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 7 years ago read full review

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Updated 8 years ago read full review

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The cupcakes were fine, if anything a bit hard. The icing was really good, though!

Updated 8 years ago read full review

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We made a special trip downtown just for a GF cupcake. There was only 1 option, a chocolate chip cupcake. It was stale tasting and dry. Save yourself the trouble and just get them to give you the icing by itself, it was delicious.

Celiac friendly?

No

Updated 8 years ago read full review

Celiac

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This location now has a daily gf selection. We had key lime gf cupcakes. They had great texture and flavor. We are very sensitive and did great. They did have the gf in the same case, but on top to the side. They were very careful.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 8 years ago read full review

Celiac

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A M A Z I N G!!!! They only have GF on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Luckily we were here on a Saturday. I thought for sure they would have been sold out by the time I got there. But they had some. It's awesome that they offer gf cupcakes. So rare to find fresh cupcake.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 9 years ago read full review

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Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 9 years ago read full review

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The Red Velvet cupcakes were wonderful! While they only offer one or two flavors on their gf days, that's more than most places offer. I'm just happy to have a place to eat a cupcake with non-gf friends. The gf cupcakes were on a separate tray but in the same case as all the others. We did not have any problems, though, and have eaten there several times.

Updated 10 years ago read full review

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one kind of cupcake, which was decent...but have had so much better in NC.

Updated 10 years ago read full review

Celiac

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tuesdays and saturdays they have gluten free cupcakes & vegan chocolate cake. the cupcake was delicious & not dry. I'd call before making the trip but it was worth it!

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 10 years ago read full review

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GF Tuesdays = one flavor choice only. Icing was great. Cupcake was kind of dry.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Updated 10 years ago read full review

Celiac

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Cupcakes were in the same case as regular ones. I got one to go and instead of putting it in a box, they dropped it down in a sack, and of course the frosting stuck to the inside of it. It was very small, NOT worth nearly $4. All that being said, if did taste okay, and the staff was friendly. That's why it gets 2 stars instead of just one.

Updated 11 years ago read full review

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Stopped by while on vacation for Gluten Free Tuesdays. The GL cupcakes were excellent - two different types were available the day I stopped by and both were impressive. Staff was helpful and courteous.

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Reviews of this Chain

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GF cupcake was DRY and Crumbly … staff told me they were baked fresh daily, but the GF cupcake we received may have been several days old

WORST GF EVER

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Awesome GF cupcakes! Icing is perhaps the best- salted caramel on Saturday.

Quality & Quantity


Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Celiac

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Quality & Quantity


Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Celiac

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I have gone on different days and had the gluten free cupcakes. Check the website cause they change the gluten free cupcake made by day.

Safety


How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Quality & Quantity


Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Celiac

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Such a delicious gluten free cupcake! I believe every day they bake 1 base gluten free flavor with several icing choices (but the base flavor changes from day to day). It was so moist and flavorful. When packaging the cupcakes they also made sure to ask if they needed to package my cupcake separately from my husbands non gf cupcake, which I really appreciated. Highly recommend!

Quality & Quantity


Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

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Other Characteristics
  • Good for dairy-free
  • Good for takeout

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