No gluten-free doughnuts at the Mini Bar

I was looking forward to the opening of the Mini Bar, a new doughnut shop in Jacksonville Beach, because it was promising to offer fresh gluten-free doughnuts. At least that's what the Times-Union story said.

So I went to visit this morning and found, of course, they don't have gluten-free doughnuts.

We can talk about how unreliable the Times-Union has become since they whittled the staff down to nothing, but let's talk about the doughnuts instead.

Basically, they told me they are considering offering gluten-free doughnuts, but they haven't figured out a way to do it safely (free from cross-contamination) and to keep them fresh. They considered making a separate batch of gluten-free doughnuts early in the morning before they start making the other doughnuts, but then they might not be able to keep them fresh.

So, we still have to do without fresh gluten-free doughnuts.

Sigh.