The Red Bandana Bakery

The Red Bandana Bakery A dedicated gluten-free facility, offering vegan, dairy-free, and other allergy-friendly breads & tr Our grand opening celebration will be Saturday 11/11.
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The Red Bandana is a happy, healthy little bakery in Bethesda, MD. We like to make people happy with celebratory dessert food but we don’t want to feel guilty about what we’re feeding them so we try to make it as good for their body as it is for their soul. We’re constantly learning more about how to accommodate special diets, so if you aren’t sure if we know how to make something for you or your

loved ones, please ask! We are a dedicated gluten-free facility, and we also specialize in vegan, dairy-free, low-fat and low-sugar baked goods. We have just finished construction on our cafe in downtown Bethesda! We are now soft-opened with a limited menu available while we gear up and get trained–stop by and say hi! As always, you can still:
Place custom orders by phone or email
Find us at the Bethesda Farmer’s Market on Sundays
Order for delivery at UberEats
Order for shipping on this website or on our page

Red Bandana is hiring for a full-time baker/customer service associate!This position will be full-time and include scrat...
06/10/2026

Red Bandana is hiring for a full-time baker/customer service associate!

This position will be full-time and include scratch baking, cleaning and maintaining sanitation standards as well as customer service, taking orders, answering the phone, making coffee drinks & sandwiches. It is primarily a baking position, but requires teamwork and multi-tasking.

Reliability, a great customer service manner, great communication, and a good attitude are the most important hiring criteria, and the ideal candidate would have professional food service experience and knowledge of gluten-free and/or vegan diets. Must be able to lift 50 pounds, be on your feet continuously for 9 hours, and move quickly. Attention to detail is also critical.

We are a small local shop that is totally gluten-free and specializes in other healthier, allergy-friendly baked goods, so The Red Bandana is a place where you can be creative, love your clients and your work, and feel good about what you’re doing.

Salary: $18.00 – $22.00 (depending on experience and performance) per hour, plus tips

Schedule:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9:30am-6:30pm
Saturdays 9:30am-4:30pm

To apply, please submit the forms at:

We are looking for one part-time helper (15-20 hours per week) to join our happy healthy team: baking experience is a plus but good attitude, dependability, pleasant customer service manner, and respect for health, safety, and social distancing are musts.

Mothers Day is Sunday! Preorder her favorites by Thursday to guarantee availability (link in bio) 💐
05/05/2026

Mothers Day is Sunday! Preorder her favorites by Thursday to guarantee availability (link in bio) 💐

Red Bandana is seeking a friendly, outgoing, reliable, efficient, and detail-oriented team member. This position would b...
04/25/2026

Red Bandana is seeking a friendly, outgoing, reliable, efficient, and detail-oriented team member. This position would be full-time and include customer service, baking recipes from scratch, answering the phone, making coffee drinks & sandwiches, and assisting with custom cake making.

We are a small local shop that is totally gluten-free and specializes in other healthier, allergy-friendly baked goods, so The Red Bandana is a place where you can be creative, love your clients and your work, and feel good about what you’re doing.

A friendly, enthusiastic, and helpful customer service manner is the most important qualification for this job, but hospitality and foodservice experience would be a plus. Sorry, we are not accepting applications for temporary positions at this time.

Location: 8218 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 101, Bethesda MD 20814

Schedule:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9:30-6:30
Saturdays 9:30-4:30

Salary: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour plus tips

To apply, please fill out the application and availability forms at https://theredbandanabakery.com/careers/ and email those along with your resume to Jaimie at [email protected]

We are looking for one part-time helper (15-20 hours per week) to join our happy healthy team: baking experience is a plus but good attitude, dependability, pleasant customer service manner, and respect for health, safety, and social distancing are musts.

See you there!! 🎨🍪👩‍🎨
04/22/2026

See you there!! 🎨🍪👩‍🎨

The free downtown Bethesda event will bring more than 100 artists, live music and local restaurants to Woodmont Triangle in May.

04/20/2026

You know we are big readers here at RBB, so we were so excited for and the launch of his book , and honored he chose us to make these custom cookies of the cover for his event this weekend ☺️📚

We’ll be carrying the cookies in the shop while supplies last, and have copies of the book available for sale too!

Do some spring shelf-cleaning and find your new favorite recipe at The Red Bandana Bakery’s Cookbook Swap!Saturday March...
03/24/2026

Do some spring shelf-cleaning and find your new favorite recipe at The Red Bandana Bakery’s Cookbook Swap!

Saturday March 28, noon-3pm
8218 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 101, Bethesda MD 20814

Free to bring and take as many books as you like!
Cookbooks of all categories welcome
Leftover books will be available for additional swapping at the bakery until 4/4—after that any remaining will be donated to Goodwill of Greater Washington

Happy 60th Birthday to John Mertz, the Red BanDaddy ❤️🚐👨‍🏭 It is an understatement to say we couldn’t do it without him—...
03/19/2026

Happy 60th Birthday to John Mertz, the Red BanDaddy ❤️🚐👨‍🏭 It is an understatement to say we couldn’t do it without him—true to form, he has spent his birthday today fielding texts about a broken freezer.

In Red Bandana’s ten years in business, we have made him:
👨‍🏭Move freezers
👨‍💻Cosign loans
👨‍🏭Repair the van
👨‍🏭Maintain the van
👨‍🏭Fix freezers
👨‍🏭Fix grills
👨‍🏭Rewire electrical plans
👨‍🏭Repair plumbing
Commiserate with customer and billing issues
👨‍🏭Repair refrigerators
👨‍🏭Shop for replacement lighting and plumbing fixtures
👨‍💻Work the booth at Taste of Bethesda

He’s amazing, and he can do anything 💙

🥧 Happy Pi Day! 🥧Today only, the first 20 customers at Red Bandana Bakery will get a FREE slice of pie on us!If you miss...
03/14/2026

🥧 Happy Pi Day! 🥧
Today only, the first 20 customers at Red Bandana Bakery will get a FREE slice of pie on us!
If you miss the free slice, don’t worry—we’ve got plenty more. We’re stocked with full-size pies and mini pies in these flavors:
🍎 Apple
🎃 Pumpkin
🥜 Pecan
🍑 Peach
🫐 Mixed Berry
🥧 Chicken Pot Pie
Stop by, grab a slice, and treat yourself to a little pie happiness today. We can’t wait to see you! ❤️

Happy Purim! Red Bandana will be open today with special Monday hours from 4-5pm! We will have gluten-free and vegan ham...
03/02/2026

Happy Purim!

Red Bandana will be open today with special Monday hours from 4-5pm! We will have gluten-free and vegan hamentashen available in raspberry, chocolate, funfetti, apricot, strawberry, poppy, and prune while supplies last!

02/19/2026

Purim is Monday March 2 -- Tuesday March 3, 2026!

We will be making hamentashen in:

poppy
raspberry
chocolate
prune
funfetti
strawberry

Pre-order your favorites now at:

Address

8218 Wisconsin Avenue Ste 101
Bethesda, MD
20814

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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