The Cup and the Scone
Wheat-free, uses oatsThe Cup and the Scone is a café-bakery with a gluten-free kitchen in Pontiac, Illinois: specialty coffee, homemade scones and muffins. Oats on the menu ("Sunrise" muffin): poorly tolerated by some people with coeliac disease.
No wheat, rye or barley, but oats are used on site: a risk for many people with coeliac disease.
Good to know if you have celiac disease
Unverified claim. The establishment claims to be gluten-free, but Nutrixe has not yet been able to verify it.
Contains oats. Oats not certified gluten-free are almost always contaminated with wheat during growing and milling. Even certified, their avenin protein is poorly tolerated by some people with celiac disease.
Hours
- Monday06:00 – 14:00
- Tuesday06:00 – 14:00
- Wednesday06:00 – 14:00
- Thursday06:00 – 14:00
- Friday06:00 – 14:00
- Saturday07:00 – 14:00
- Sunday07:00 – 14:00
- Closed today
What we know, what remains to be checked
- Kitchen
- fully dedicated — no wheat, rye or barley flour on site
- Strict coeliac mode
- hidden in the app
- Oats
- present — see the box below
- Fryer
- not applicable in a dedicated kitchen
- Certification
- none known
- Opening hours
- shown above
"Not verified" means we could not confirm it at the source — not that it is safe. Ask on site.
Existing establishment; gluten-free level and risks confirmed at the source.
Sources — Verified on 07/10/2026: the "We are GLUTEN FREE!" page of the official website announces gluten-free baked goods and a "Gluten Free Kitchen", and lists a muffin made with oats.