Sticky Fingers

1370 Park Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20010 (202) 299-9700

www.stickyfingersbakery.com/

I have been doing a lot of traveling lately.  In fact, Easter Sunday will be the first day I spend home in NYC in a month.  Last weekend, I was in Washington, DC to visit my friends from studying abroad in Aix-en-Provence.  Out of the five girls, two of us are gluten-free, so the DC residents found a gluten-free friendly spot in Columbia Heights called Sticky Fingers. 

Sticky Fingers is a vegan bakery and cafe with some gluten-free options- another example of alternative diets joining forces.  Being mostly a vegan joint, the gluten-free food options were limited to three sandwiches, pancakes, chocolate chip cookies, and vanilla/chocolate cupcakes.  Erin and I both had the gluten-free pancakes, because how often do you see that on a menu?  I’ve made pancakes from a GF mix before and they are pretty good, although they lack a little oomph.  These pancakes were fluffy, but tasted slightly of xanthan gum.  Enjoyable, but outstanding?  No.  What was outstanding however, was the tofu scramble that came with Erin’s meal.  They were spiced and colored with curry to make them seem more egg-like and while I wouldn’t say they tasted like eggs, the texture was spot on, and the flavor was unique enough to make me forgot I wasn’t eating eggs.  Yum. 

Of course, we had to try the gluten-free goodies.  When the opportunity to eat GF baked goods presents itself, you take advantage.  The chocolate chip cookie was slightly mush, although the flavor made up for the lack of texture.  The cupcakes, however, were a disappointment.  The cake was dry and the frosting tasted artificial. 

Props to Sticky Fingers for including gluten-free items, but it was clear that they were primarily a vegan bakery.