Best of Boston

2025 Best Gluten-Free Spot

Verveine Café & Bakery

Here’s the thing about great gluten-free grub: you shouldn’t be able to tell. Award-winning pastry chef Monica Glass and celebrated restaurateur Ken Oringer (of Toro and Uni fame) have cracked the code at their Central Square hot spot, where prosciutto-and-butter-topped baguettes and truffle grilled cheese on Japanese milk bread make you forget they’re catering to restricted diets. And save room for dessert—those chewy ube brownies and nostalgic strawberry hand pies are what the future of inclusive dining looks like.

298 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-395-3125, verveinecafe.com