Glutenus Minimus Maximizing: Growing Belmont Bakery On The 'Fast Food' Track

Expansion, brides-to-be leads 'destination' shop to add space, seating.

Natalie McEachern, the owner and baker at Belmont's Glutenus Minimus, has been busy telling her neighbors that she is not opening the equivalent of a wheat-free McDonald's on Belmont Street. "I few of them freaked out until I told them the whole story," said McEachern, who opened her no-gluten bakery in October, 2010. McEachern had to reassure abutters and others when they received notice in the past weeks from the Belmont Zoning Board of Appeals that Glutenus Minimus would be seeking to convert its retail operation into a "fast food establishment." But the 31-year-old Arlington native is not seeking to turn her single location bakery into a high-turnover restaurant with cars seeking parking spaces in the narrow side streets.  "It's just …

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