Brewed Awakening Hill Ave

Ordered a latte and a gluten free cookie that was clearing stated gluten free. My husband is Celiac and it is buyer beware but many coffee shops have been very successful with gluten free products and training for cross contamination procedures. After eating the cookie my husband had an acute celiac attack and as you may think, it’s not great. We understand it isn’t always a given when buying food items, that he will be safe but with labelling we take on that risk. However, this is the issue I have and the reason for the review. I called the shop to let them know that there could be a cross contamination with that batch, for them to pull the cookies batch off the shelf. I was directed to the main coffee shop to talk to a more senior/manager person and when I asked for that the person on the phone said I could tell her and she will then see if it needs to involved the manager. I did explain the situation and she was very apologetic but I really wanted to get the point across that the batch of peanut butter cookies sitting at Hill Ave shop are contaminated and they should consider removing them. I got the statements that they do make it gluten free but cannot guarantee 💯 GF. Again this I know but wanted to inform them that a small batch at Hill are contaminated and I didn’t want another person with Celiac take the risk. The cookies right now are not safe, stay away. Other then that the experience and service at the time of the order was wonderful. The rating is do to the fact that I don’t think they will pull the batch off cookies as Hill Ave.

One of my favourite coffee shops in the city, great coffee, good selection of snacks and lunch and yummy gluten free peanut butter cookies. It’s super tiny but still great place to work. Highly recommended.