Sweet Crimes – a Capitol Hill Gluten Free Bakery Is Opening on Pennsylvania Ave SE
by Larry Janezich
Posted August 11, 2021
Last month, Sweet Crimes Gluten Free Bakery announced its relocation from an outlet at 1407 T Street, NW, to their own new storefront on Capitol Hill. The move in now underway and owner Catherine (Keri) Lijinsky hopes to open during August.
The store is at 1238 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, steps away from The Rushmore Apartments – the new 119 unit mixed use complex which occupies the former Frager’s temporary garden center.
Sweet Crimes founder Keri Lijinsky is a Maryland native with a long history of “creative” baking. She has lived overseas in many different places, including Japan, England, Switzerland, and the Philippines – where she worked in public health and global development. After discovering her gluten intolerance she found high quality gluten free baked goods hard to come by. Upon returning to DC in 2013 and baking gluten free items for family and friends, the positive response inspired her to perfect the chemistry of baking with gluten free flour. After tweaking recipes for two years, Lijinsky went on-line to sell baked goods, and then followed the path to opening her own storefront shop that lead through vending at farmer’s markets (including Eastern Market), catering, and pop-ups.
The bakery will offer a line of products including breads, pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, blondies, cupcakes, doughnuts, bagels, quiche, and sandwiches. The store will also sell its signature dry mixes for home use.
Here’s the product line from the T Street location: https://sweetcrimes.com/collections/all (not the same as the menu, which will be forthcoming).
Here’s the website: https://sweetcrimes.com/
Here’s the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/eatsweetcrimes
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