You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten Free’s 360 North Westfield St. location.
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AGAWAM — If you’re craving something good to eat in the neighborhood but have dietary restrictions, well, not to worry because there’s a new place at 360 North Westfield St., that is worth checking out.
You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten Free offers a wide variety of items from sweet to savory and everything in between. Owner/baker Julie Drake Morin wants to reach everybody. She wants people that are not gluten free to come into her place and just enjoy food.
“My goal is for all of us to be able to enjoy it together, so no one feels left out,” she said. “I just really want to have a place where you can come and get a multitude of things. My passion is to have a little bit of everything. I want people to enjoy some delicious food and not even have to think about it being gluten free.”
Customer Kristen Perugini had one of her cookies, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Star, and thought it was incredible.
“Julie has a great touch with gluten free ingredients,” Perugini said. “She not only bakes sweets, but her lunch specials and pizza dough are amazing. Because of her, living a gluten free life is no different than living an allergy free one. She makes it very easy for the extremely large gluten free community.”
Morin has always been passionate about cooking and worked as a chef for many years. Then she found out she has celiac disease, a disease in which the small intestine is hypersensitive to gluten, leading to difficulty in digesting food. Morin told Reminder Publishing the gluten free foods she was eating didn’t taste as good, so she started looking into recipes and began baking from home. Morin created a following and You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten Free emerged. She chose that name because it is her absolute passion to create gluten free dishes that are incredibly delicious that you won’t believe it’s gluten free. She wants everyone to enjoy her goodies; not just celiacs or people with dietary restrictions.
“It’s been going very well since we’ve opened,” Morin said. We’re really happy with just the way things have been going so far. I want to continue to grow and reach as many people as I can.”
You Won’t Believe It’s Gluten Free is open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit their Facebook page and follow them on Instagram @youwontbelieveitsglutenfree_.
