Walking into Flying Apron Bakery’s original location is like tumbling down a rabbit hole into the cheerfully tattered Fremont of hippy-dippy yore. Lined up along the entryway is an impossible variety of pastries—all not only gluten free, but vegan to boot. Making pastry without the aid of flour, butter, or eggs—one bows before that formidable achievement, which, in 2002, these folks were the first retailers in Seattle to attempt. Taste the peanut butter–chocolate chip cookie and marvel at a flavor and texture nearly indistinguishable from its standard-bearer.
