Blooming Lotus Bakery

2215 E. North Ave., Milwaukee

Primarily a bakery—but they serve coffee and have few tables. Is it bad to make a place into a café for your own agenda? (Mine being, a place to sit, drink coffee, and write in a notebook.) Well, they welcome it, but I always get a bakery item here because everything is gluten-free, and in general conscious of healthier ingredients. I’m glad you can sit inside again (post-pandemic) because it’s an attractive little place, and good location (North Ave. just east of Prospect). A fun thing about sitting in there—you see the people coming in to buy stuff to go. At one time, people discovering each other’s gluten-free diets would come together like long-lost friends—but anymore, it’s a relatively common diet. Still, I can’t help feeling a kinship with celiacs of the world—and anyone, strictly gluten-free or not, might enjoy these delicious baked goods. And yes, sometimes they have doughnuts.

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