Steeliac

Tag: gluten free cafe

  • Cosy Chameleon

    Cosy Chameleon

    ***Unfortunately now closed***

    Cosy Chameleon is a cafe and gift shop on Abbeydale Road South in a small run of shops near the Tesco Express. (It replaced Seasons in summer 2024.) It’s a cafe with a difference – offering reptile encounters as well as food and drink. Not at the same time though – there are no animals in the cafe and shop – so don’t let that put you off.

    What’s more relevant for us is that the chef in the cafe has a son who is coeliac, so this is one of those little gems where they really understand cross contamination and have maximised their gluten free offering. Hurrah!

    We popped in for lunch and I was able to have a bacon, brie and cranberry toastie, which came with a salad garnish, coleslaw, bean salad and crisps. As you can see from the picture, it was a generous portion, with plenty of bacon – nice and crispy, just the way I like it.

    A white plate with a big toasted sandwich made from an unsliced white loaf, with bacon, brie and cranberry. Also on the plate are a few crisps, a side salad, coleslaw and beans

    They do a variety of sandwiches, which can be toasted or regular, as well as soup and cheesy jacket potatoes.

    I didn’t really need anything after the toastie, which was quite filling, but I was very keen to check out the sweets, given the great selection on offer, and all being homemade. So I made a bit of room for a mini carrot cake loaf with my coffee. The coffee was also excellent, in my opinion.

    Two cloches on a counter with gluten free cakes in - mini carrot cake loaves and mini Victoria sponges
    Apple tarts and Bakewell sponge cakes in a glass counter
    A close up of a mug of coffee
    A rectangular, grey plate with a round apple crumble, a jug of custard, a spoon and fork. They have also made an outline of a fork as a decoration using icing sugar
    A piece of carrot cake with soft icing on the top and a miniature icing carrot, with a black paper napkin and a fork, on a white plate

    My husband had an apple crumble and custard, which was also gluten free, and was apparently delicious.

    I felt well looked after here and would happily go back. I would have enjoyed seeing the reptiles whilst I was there, but they are tucked safely away from the cafe area, out of view.

    Cosy Chameleon
    290 Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S17 3LP

  • Joni at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

    Joni at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

    I went to a stained glass workshop before Christmas with a good friend at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. At lunchtime, we popped to the new cafe for a bite to eat. I was delighted to find that the cafe is Joni, who used to sell the most amazing macarons at the Christmas markets pre-Covid. There is another cafe in Outibridge but I’ve never been to that one.

    We didn’t have loads of time, but I’d pre-ordered a rainbow salad, which was really nourishing and such lovely colours (clue’s in the name…) It contained turmeric roasted cauliflower, marinated chickpeas, avocado, harissa spiced squash, slaw and roasted cherry tomatoes. My favourite kind of lunch.

    There are a few other gluten free items on the menu such as soup, bhaji wraps and marinated chicken flatbreads, however they are marked as “gluten free option” so I can’t say whether they would actually come with wraps or flatbreads. They have some breakfast items as well, like bacon butties, avocado toast and pesto mushrooms.

    We didn’t have time to indulge in a sweet treat as we had to get back to the stained glass, but there were a few gluten free options, all reassuringly stored on the top shelf of the counter to avoid falling crumbs. Rocky road, flapjacks and cannoli were on offer that day.

    Definitely somewhere to go back, although it’s a busy place and not that big, so I’d definitely recommend booking.

    Joni
    204 Abbeydale Rd South, Beauchief, Sheffield S7 2QU