Sweet Crimes Gluten-Free Bakery

I HAD to stop here on my vacation because a large portion of my family is Celiac. I cannot digest gluten, so I was super excited to actually see a gluten free bakery! The entire case was stocked with pies and cakes. I couldn't accommodate storing that kind of stuff at that moment, so I got donut holes, cookies, and an ice cream sandwich. The donuts and cookies were delicious, and I can't tell you the last time I had an ice cream sandwich, so I was over the moon about being able to eat one and it tasted great! I'm hoping to stop back before heading home so I can take some goodies home to my family to share!

This made my day, actually found a bakery who understood gluten-free and Celiac. Everything in place was gluten-free, doughnuts delicious and the bread they had with BLT was the best id had even in NZ. Took a bus from the capital in DC to find this place, we'll worth it. Was served by a awesome young girl, very helpful. Thank you.

We recently visited the DC area and planned to come here. As my daughter is gluten free. We read the reviews, and still wanted to try. We got the chocolated covered doughnut, a blueberry/lemon scone, choc donut hole, pumpkin bread, cinnamon roll, and a brookie. We enjoyed all, but if we were to get another donut, we enjoyed the donut holes the most, as they taste very similar to a DD munchkin. All the goodies we got were really yummy. Now, service…..this was a hot topic in the one star review category. I’ll say this (I was also a restaurant manager and worked many customer service jobs), I really really wanted to have a great experience, but this us why I gave 4 stars. When we walked in, they did acknowledge we were there, but seemed to be finishing up a personal employee conversation in the back (its very small). That was okay, but being an ultra specialty shop, I feel like there should have been more enthusiasm. When the colorful haired lady came to help us, I ensured to be talkative and kind, even telling her how excited we were to try their food because total gluten free places are rare. It was like pulling teeth to get her to talk to me, to interact, to make suggestions (we were buying several things to try and she made no suggestions and almost wouldnt make eye contact with me, but was engaging with her coworker in the back). We were the only customer there when we walked in, and only 1 other person came in behind us, so they were not busy. I don’t want to say they were rude, but I felt like I wasnt really wanted there. I even complimented her hair, trying to engage, even asking about their stuff…..it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good. We were so taken aback how nice everyone was in DC that we encountered….then our last day we made a special stop, it was just a little off putting. We did like their sweet treats, but I highly recommend training in how to interact with curious customers.