Fashion

The Gluten-Free Bakery That Became My Saving Grace During Lockdown

Even better for those not in New York City? You can order your baked goods online….

Once upon a time, when New Yorkers were still enjoying indoor dining, I found myself at a wonderful birthday dinner at Daniel. As someone with Celiac disease, I am overly delighted when a restaurant has any gluten-free bread at all, but here was Daniel serving the most exquisite, soft, doughy rolls I had ever had. I asked the waiter how this was possible, and learned the rolls were from a bakery in Brooklyn called Everybody Eats. Thus, a love affair was born.

I reported this finding back to my parents, as my mom also has Celiac. They began making regular trips to Everybody Eats’s Gowanus location, picking up (for both of us) boxes of star-shaped butter cookies, loaves of challah, and—my personal favorite—cinnamon rolls to rival any gluten-laden version around.

Everybody Eats actually started in a kitchen, the brainchild of Pedro Arroba, who was diagnosed with Celiac in 1996, well before every supermarket’s shelves were lined with gluten-free offerings. Arroba arrived in New York City after fleeing Venezuela in 2003, and started the bakery with just $600 the following year. He and his business partner soon outgrew said kitchen, opening a gluten and nut-free facility to meet the demand that came not only from individual customers, but also an ever-expanding list of restaurants, like Daniel, across New York and New Jersey.

Everybody Eatss Chef Rhea with glutenfree vegan multigrain rolls — Everybody Eats’s Chef Rhea with gluten-free vegan multi-grain rollsPhoto: Courtesy Everybody Eats

And then the pandemic hit, closing restaurants and causing a ripple effect that forced Everybody Eats, like so many businesses, to reposition themselves. I asked Arroba how he has managed to stay open, and how the pandemic has affected his business.

“We have been struggling these past several months, but we have the hope and positive attitude to keep our kitchen open,” Arroba said via email. “We want everyone to know that they can count on us, and we are getting lots of emails and calls of support, which are very encouraging and appreciated.” He’s been expanding his customer base through online ordering and nationwide shipping. Thankfully, especially with the holiday season upon us, this has enabled me and so many other loyal customers to share Everybody Eats with friends and family across the country, gluten-free or not. I sent banana bread to my brother in Cambridge and cinnamon rolls to my in-laws and cousins. We all hope restaurants can return to their former busyness safely and as soon as possible, but for now and hopefully forever, one gluten-free bakery in Brooklyn is available to everybody.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

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Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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