Bite me is a gem in the neighborhood, and if you have food allergies and a sweet tooth.. and necessity
I first tried BMK when Deb the owner requested my assistance with an issue the building had. Tbh, id not have sought out gluten, dairy, nut free or vegan products. In fact.. ive all but ignored them in any place else thinking 'i dont need that, so why try it?'.
First off - the owners are amazing human beings. Absolutely wonderful people. Every aspect of the place has an awesome story from the name, to the color, to how hard they fought to stay a mixed use property to the family literally living there. Its all just a wonderful story.
On to the treats. Being GF, DF, NF, vegan is going to 'change the flavors and textures' that were used to. A $10 rack of cupcakes at Walmart made moist by liading it with plastic (yes.. you're reading that right), sugar, artificial crap is cheap, and what we're used to. Heck.. if you're simply throwing cupcakes at 2 year olds I could argue it may make more sense if you dont mind feeding your kids poorly made food (im not exempt.. ive done it).
But Bite me Kupcakes isn't $10 trash cupcakes.
Its difficult to articulate just how good this place is in a review. But the coffee cake is by a WIDE margin the best Ive ever had, love you mom, you make great coffee cake but Deb's gotcha beat. The vegan brownies are fully cooked, but i think pumpkin to replace egg? is the universe's *perfect* intersection of 'slightly fudgy & undercooked, but holds together when you eat it'.
The cupcakes - imagine Willy Wonka was a cupcaketeer, who made healthier versions of cupcakes. Funky, awesome flavors in addition to, and as alternative to just having 8 variations of chocolate and vanilla.
Something I noticed - my first experience with GF, NF, DF, vegan.. i ate a large piece of coffee cake. The odd thing was not feeling like a boat afterwards, which as I read is quite common. Despite not being allergic, these things can often cause inflamation which bc weve eaten them all our lives we didnt notice. You notice when its gone!
Perhaps the most telling to me was the 'kid test'. My kids were completely uninterested in trying anything here based on the GF, DF, NF, vegan 'its going to taste like cardboard'. Not only do they love it, my 16yo goes here on date nights with her bf and buys brownies and cupcakes on her own.. with her money.
All in all, if you're looking for cheaply made products the quality level of Walmart, Bite Me refuses to sell that. Let's face it - you can probably just buy that at a convenience store when you buy gas. If you're looking for much more fun, 'healthier' unhealthy options , and when you want to be bad, not as bad, Bite Me Kupcakes is the place to go.
I'll be super dissappointed if this place ever stops being a place read more