Gluten Free in San Francisco

Since moving to California last July, we have been to San Francisco four times.  It is an hour and a half from where we live, so it makes for a fun day trip.

We always eat breakfast at Mariposa's San Francisco Ferry Building Bakeshop, which you can read about here.  Last weekend, my husband and I split a Pain au Chocolat and an apple turnover, my new favorite pastry at Mariposa.  When we lived in Orlando, I used to order the Pain au Chocolat online.  Mariposa does ship a selection of their baked goods, but they are best fresh from one of their bakeshops.

Asian Box - California

Last updated March 3, 2019 

Yesterday, we spent the day in San Francisco.  We started with breakfast at Mariposa, a 100% gluten free bakeshop in the Ferry Building.  After stuffing ourselves full of gluten free almond bear claws, cinnamon buns, Pain au Chocolat, and a yummy tart, we walked down to Pier 39 to see the sea lions, then took a Gold Rush walking tour of the city.  Originally, our plan was to have an early dinner at Pica Pica Arepa Kitchen, a 100% gluten free restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, that we first dined at three years ago on our last visit to San Francisco.

As the day wore on, and we talked about having a lighter dinner, we decided to go to Asian Box, which was within walking distance of our Gold Rush tour.

Mariposa Baking Co.

In the summer of 2013, we took a trip to California, because my brother-in-law was getting married in Temecula.  Before the wedding, we spent a few days in Disneyland, and after the wedding, we flew up to San Francisco.  While we were in San Francisco, I had breakfast every morning at Mariposa's San Francisco Ferry Building Bakeshop.

This blurry picture is the only one I could find of the baked goods I had from Mariposa while we were in San Francisco.  Mariposa's bear claws might be the best gluten free pastries I have ever had.  The bear claws, which are gluten, dairy & soy free, have an almond filling that reminds me of the almond croissants I used to love pre-celiac.