Marin's First Gluten-Free Bakery Opens Tuesday

Acccording to San Rafael resident Heather Hardcastle, who has been selling her baked goods at the San Rafael Thursday morning Farmers’ Market since 2009, her new 1,200-square-foot Flour Craft Bakery will be the first entirely gluten-free bakery in Marin. It's set to open on Tuesday, March 12 in San Anselmo. 

The business, at 702 San Anselmo Avenue, will offer breakfast pastries, desserts, fresh breads, cookies, cupcakes, seasonal pies and custom cakes. Lunch items will also be available, as well as single-origin coffee from San Francisco’s Sightglass Coffee and loose-leaf teas from Oakland’s Sky-Tea.

Hardcastle, a Culinary Institute of American trained pastry chef, became gluten-free a decade ago and had to teach herself how to make everything using gluten-free foods.

Her granola line can be found and natural food markets throughout the Bay Area including Marin’s Good Earth, Woodlands Market and Whole Foods. 

Hardcastle launched a kickstarter campaign in September 2012 to help her earn the funds for the bakery. She reached her 20,000 goal in 30 days with the help of 97 backers. 

The new bakery comes at a good time, since many Marinites might still be mourning the recent closure of San Anselmo’s Sweetlife Bakery. 

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