Local Eats: Rise Authentic Baking Co. in Grand Rapids offers classic treats with a vegan, gluten-free makeover
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Nick and Becca Van Liere never considered themselves bakers, but their Rise Authentic Baking Co. has grown from an apartment-based pastime into an entirely vegan and gluten-free bakery.
When the couple were studying natural resources management and social work respectively at Grand Valley State University, Nick said he never considered even opening a bakery.
But seven years later, the bakery is a staple in the city’s West Side community, located at 1220 Fulton Street.
The duo ditches typical baking ingredients like eggs, butter and flour in favor of substitutes like vegan butter, and flour alternatives. Instead of lox on a bagel, it’s a carrot substitute on a homemade gluten-free bagel.