The Baked Bear
$ • Ice Cream Shop
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I was so sad after reading the reviews and then going. Girl behind counter seemed so disinterested. I told her I was a Celiac. She didn’t change her gloves and she cross contaminated. She picked up cookies for customer before me then went and touched my gluten free ones. Very upsetting as I couldn’t eat them. Still bought them and gave to friend as I didn’t want another celiac to suffer from her neglect.
After telling the person behind the counter about a gluten allergy, she didn’t change her gloves and cross contaminated the food and the area. Only 2 flavors of ice scream were gluten free and neither tasted good.
Had a wonderful experience at the Baked Bear. I had their GF/vegan chocolate chip cookie (they also offer a brownies cookie I think) and vanilla ice cream sandwich. It was delicious! The server wore new gloves and got my items first from a separate area before getting my childrens regular items in the display area. It's a bit pricey but definitely worth it. It's located in the Broadway at the Beach which is a fun area to check out anyway!
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This place was amazing! They have 2 types of gluten free/vegan cookies that are kept in their own area, same with tubs of ice cream. Staff and owner were very knowledgeable about cross contamination. I didn’t get sick!!
Great gluten free cookie and ice cream options. Knowledgable about cross contamination and offered to scoop from a new tub of ice cream from the back
Great place for dessert! They offered 4 different varieties of cookies all GF, and 4 flavors of ice cream. You can make an ice cream sandwich (really😁!!) and/or get a cup with a cookie in it. Manager seemed very knowledgeable of GF , put on gloves, and scooped ice cream away from other customers. I’ll be back again!
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Got a gluten free ice cream sandwich! They were knowledge about cross contamination and the cookies were comparable to the Sweet Lauren’s break and bake. Didn’t get sick and will be going back!!
I went in last week with my boyfriend and did the whole gluten free spiel. I was expecting that it would be an experience that I was debating if it was worth it or not. Instead, the girl behind the counter was pretty knowledgeable and was able to answer any questions I had.
They have 2 different flavours of gluten free cookies which are made in house (that were SO good!! They were so chewy and soft and they knew exactly how to make them well).
They bake them in a dedicated area and while they all share the same oven, the cookies have a dedicated cookie sheet and they make sure to bake the gluten free cookies at a different time from the gluten cookies. I also had to ask for gluten free cookies because they keep them in the back so the cookies aren’t anywhere near the gluten cookies.
They only unfortunately have 3 gf flavours of ice cream but they assumed I needed the allergy scoop and I didn’t even have to ask!!
I am not the type to write reviews at all but I was seriously impressed by this place. I wanted to wait a week before writing to make sure I didn’t have a reaction and I am completely fine. I also discovered this place from a friend who is also celiac with extremely severe reactions when glutened.
Very yummy GF and vegan cookies! 🥰
My daughter and I are both symptomatic. We had the gf chocolate chip cookie with vanilla ice cream and toppings. It was delicious! Huge though, we probably could have shared one.
Very friendly staff, but all they had were the gluten free/vegan brownie cookies and no chocolate chip. The cookie was very burnt and hard as a brick. 10 year celiac and I would say this had to be one of my least favorite experiences. I had high expectations with the good reviews, but very let down.
