NYC Gluten-Free Restaurants

Lately, I have been hearing more and more people who have been diagnosed with Celiac Disease or a Gluten-Intolerance say that now that they have been diagnosed, bye, bye dining out.  I want to shake them and say, "What are you talking about"?  "You don't have to stop your life, you just have to be careful"!  I was out to dinner a few months ago with some friends at Schillers (owned by Bathlaazar and Pastis-GF friendly by the way), and I was talking to this lovely girl named Beth who told me that her friend and husband were on their honeymoon in Hawaii and her husband who was diagnosed with Celiac didn't want to eat a thing in fear of Gluten and cross-contamination.  She said he lost about 10 pounds on his own honeymoon.  I was aghast!  We don't live in the stone ages here, and yes many people do not understand what a Gluten-Intolerance is or what Celiac is, but more and more restaurants, hotels and so forth are starting to understand.  So many restaurants if not gluten-free, but gluten-free friendly can and will accommodate you.  You just have to tell them either ahead of time, or ask.  ASK, ASK, ASK.  Always ASK.  Don't be afraid to ask.  This is your disease, your lifestyle only you can take charge and take care of yourself.  Chances are the chef will be able to prepare something for you, even if it is a grilled piece of meat or fish with steamed veggies.  I hope this post reaches out to many because I have Celiac and I dine out all the time!!  I am just very open with the waiter about my dietary needs, and I usually speak to the manager of the restaurant wherever I am dining.  Most managers will know what I am talking about and even the wait staff will.  Of course you will always find some restaurants that don't but for the most part you are safe.  If you by chance find a restaurant that does not understand, then order the simplest things.  Order a piece of chicken, steak or fish naked and grilled with olive oil and lemon.  That's easy isn't it?  Or if it is an ethnic restaurant that you know will not be able to accommodate you then ask first and if it's not in the stars for you just skip it.  There are plenty of other restaurants you can frequent.  There are also certain foods that will always be gluten-free such as cheeses, meats some rice’s and risotto’s and veggies.  Just say no to sauce if you don't know how it is prepared or if the waiter/manager cannot tell you what's in it.  At that point you have to use your judgment.  Now at some point in your gluten-free life you will unfortunately ingest gluten.  It happens.  The idea is to not let it happen often.  Try and control it as much as you can, but please, please do not let yourself live in a bubble.  Life is too good and too short.  So by popular demand I am bringing you a plethora of GF friendly restaurants to your fingertips.

This is for the New York City area.  I will add other posts for other states, cities and countries (coming soon)  And check back often, because I will be consistantly updating these posts.

If there are any restaurants that are NYC and GF or GFF that I have not listed, please email me at YummybyJulie@gmail.com and I will add it to this list.

My list below contains both Gluten-Free and Gluten-Free friendly restaurants.  Some are links to their actual websites, some have both the website link and the GF menu.

Symbol table:

GFM=Gluten Free Menu

GFF= Gluten Free Friendly (Gluten-Free friendly means that the restaurants can have dishes prepared gluten-free, may have gluten-free items and are savvy to any Celiac or Gluten-Intolerant person)

New York City

FRENCH:

Pastis located on 9 Ninth avenue @ Little West 12th St.

Pastis is GFF.  The wait staff is very familiar with the understanding of Celiac Disease and now because so many of their returning customers have a Gluten issue, their famous fries are now dipped in a seperate oil batch so there is no cross-contamination.  Their fries are fried in peanut oil and the rest of their fried items are fried in canola oil.  This also goes for their sister restaurants:

Schillers Liquor Bar located on 131 Rivington St @ Norfolk St.

Bathlazar located on 80 Spring St. between Crosby and Broadway

Bar Breton: GFM-located @245 5th Ave between 28th and 29th St.

AMERICAN:

Coffee Shop/American: GFF located @ 29 Union Square West and 16th Street

Rare Bar and Grill and Grill/Burgers: GFF (As per the Manager at the Lex. location the standard burger is gluten-free.  There are no fillers in this burger.  Minus the bun and add a few toppings like Portobello mushrooms and tarragon butter.  Sadly the fries are NOT gluten-free, nor is the Spinach dip.

Chili's/American Chain: GFM (Menu says valid through 2009, but I called a few locations and this menu is still entact, so dine away)! (various locations across the U.S.)

Wendy's/American Chain: GFM and GF items (various locations across the U.S.)

Cafeteria NYC/American: GFF located at 119 7th Avenue @ 18th Street

Aloe/American-GFF-Call ahead of time located at 406 E. 9th Street 

Angus McIndoe /American-GFF located at 258 W. 44th Street

Big Booty Bread Company/Snacks-GFF (GF breads and pancakes) located at 261 West 23rd Street between 7th and 8th ave.

Hampton Chutney/American-GFF (definately try their Breakfast Dosas made with GF crepes, eggs, veggies, a chutney of your choice GF and a cheese of your choice-One of my favorites)! 2 locations: Soho: 68 Prince Street between Broadway and Lafayette and UWS: 464 Amsterdam Avenue, between 82nd and 83rd

Gramercy Tavern/American-GFF (Gluten-Free dinner are welcome, speak with the manager) located at 42 E. 20th Street

Josies Restaurant/American Fusion-GFF  (Wheat Free Tamari and soy sauce is available upon request)

Various locations: Murray Hill: 565 Third Ave @ 37th Street UWS: 300 Amsterdam Ave @74th Street

Per Se/American-GFF (Call ahead of time) (Online website not fuctioning) located on 10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor near 59th Street

Peter's Gourmet Diner-GFM (x'd items on menu cannot be made gluten-free, however diner specializes in Gluten-Free) located on 1606 1st Avenue between 83rd and 84th Streets

S'MAC-GFM-Luckily this gem has gone partially gluten-free.  You know what that means? Lots of amazing mac and cheese dishes, brownies and more all gluten-free AND kid friendly.  What a gem!!

Located on 345 East 12th Street between 2nd Avenue and Avenue A in the heart of the East Village.

Houston's/Hillstone-GFF (alert server upon arrival and they will acommodate you easily) (**NEWS!! Houstons NYC Manager is putting together a line of Gluten-Free desserts for their Celiac customers) located on 378 Park Ave South at 27th Street and 153 East 53rd Street at the corner of 54th and 3rd ave.

Tribeca Grill/Contemporary American-GFF (alert server upon arrival) Located on 375 Greenwich Street near Franklin St. in the heart of Tribeca.

Gotham Bar and Grill/Contemporary American-GFF (alert server upon arrival) Located on 12 East 12th Street between University Place and 5th Ave.

Craft and Craft Bar/GFF (alert server upon arrival.  This restaurant believes in cooking in natural forms, this makes this restaurant easy to serve Gluten-Free) located on 43 East 19th Street near Park Ave South and University.  Craft Bar is located on 900 Broadway at E.20th Street.

CHINESE/JAPANESE:

Lili's 57/Chinese and Japanese: GFM located at 57th Street and 7th Ave.

Lili and Loo/Chinese and Japanese: GFM (same owner as above) located at 792 Lexington Ave (near Bloomingdales) between 61st and 62nd St.

P.F. Chang's /Asian Chain: GFM (various locations in most states) Location Finder

Nobu/Asian Fusion: GFF (alert server upon arrival.  Gluten-Free sauces are available) 3 locations!! Nobu Tribeca located on 105 Hudson Street between Franklin and N. Moore St. , Nobu 57 located on 40 West 57th Street.  Nobu Next Door located on 105 Hudson Street between Franklin and North Moore St.  

ASIAN FUSION:

Stanton Social/Asian-American Fusion: GFM (menu is not listed online, but I have eaten there, and their GF menu is fantastic.  I was so surprised at the menu, it was quite wonderful) located at 99 Stanton Street between Orchard and Ludlow

Asia de Cuba/Asian/Latin: GFM located on 237 Madison Ave between 37th and 38th Streets (def try the GF Black Cod Miso and the Latin Flourless Chocolate cake)

Buddakan NYC/Asian: GFF (the Managers and waitstaff are very gluten-free savvy) located at 75 ninth avenue between W. 15th and W. 16th Streets (there is also a Philly location too) (There is no GF menu online, but I have eaten here GF and they were VERY accommodating.  The wait staff takes this disease very seriously)

King's Seafood Restaurant/Cantonese-GFM located on 39 E. Broadway in China Town

Philippe Chow/Chinese-GFF (dishes can be made gluten-free upon request such as GF noodles, steamed chicken/beef and veggies) located on 33 E. 60th Street at Madison Ave.  (*Chicken Satay is NOT GF)

Ruby Foo's/Asian Fusion-GFM Gluten-Free menu various locations.  Located on 2182 Broadway between 77th and 78th Street and 1626 Broadway at 49th Street

TAPAS:

Macondo NYC/Latin Tapas-GFF (chef can prepare GF dishes upon request.  Wait staff is accommodating) located at 157 East Houston St between Allen and Eldridge St.  (Great tapas, one of my fav's)

DELI:

Bloom's Delicatessen/Deli-GFM (not published online yet) located at 350 Lexington at 40th St.

Friedman's Delicatessen/Deli-GFF (GF bread is available for sandwiches) located at 75 Ninth Ave and Chelsea Market

ITALIAN:

Risotteria/Italian: GFM located on 270 Bleeker near 7th Ave South (Best breadsticks ever!!  Great GF Pizza, pastas, risotto and my favorite GF panini's) (I first had GF beer here.  RedBridge.  Fantastic).

Bistango NYC/Italian: GFM (anything from their regular menu can be converted into a gluten-free dish)

located on 415 Third Ave at 29th Street (this restaurant really dedicates itself to being Gluten-Free.  Try their bread, pasta's and entree's oh and don't forget their desserts)!

mozzarelli's Pizza/Italian: GFM and GFF (I heart their Pizza.  And I think it's better then Risotteria's pizza).  If you ever miss walking into a pizza parlor and having a slice; miss no more.  Now you can in the heart of chelsea.  What's so great is that you can just order a slice.

Slice The Perfect Food-Vegan and GF Pizza-GFM (offers Gluten-Free crusts for an additional $5) located on 1413 2nd Ave between 73rd and 74th Streets and 535 Hudson St. between Perry and Charles.  

Otto Pizzeria /Italian-GFF-Pasta only located on One Fifth Avenue near 8th Street

Cafe Viva Gourmet Pizza/Pizza-GFF (pizza crusts are only wheat free, not gluten-free.  Try their rice pasta instead)

Lumi/Italian-GFM- located on 961 Lexington Ave /Corner of 70th St.

Lupa Osteria Romana/Italian-GFF-located on 170 Thompson Street near West Houston St.

Opus/Italian-GFF (About 80% of their menu is GF, but alert chef upon arrival) Located at 1574 Second Ave between 81st and 82nd Street

Pala/Italian-GFF-Located on 198 Allen Street between E. Houston and Stanton Street

Pizzabolla/Italian-GFM (Pizza and Pasta, pls call ahead of time to ensure GF meals) located on 102 North End Ave between Vessey and Murray Street (Battery Park/Financial District area)

Plum Pomidor/Italian-American-GFF-Located on 4009 Broadway at 168th Street

Sambuca/Italian-GFM-Gluten-Free Menu Located on 20 West 72nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue (I love this restaurant and always recommend it to fellow Celiac's)

MEXICAN:

Dos Caminos/Mexican: GFF and GF items 3 locations! Park Ave: 373 Park Ave South between 26th and 27th Streets  Third Avenue: 825 Third Ave at 50th Street  Soho: 475 West Broadway at Houston St.

Rosa Mexicano/Mexican: GFF 3 locations!! 

Maya/Mexican-GFF located on 1191 First Ave between 64th and 65th Streets

BBQ:

Wild Wood/BBQ: GFF and GF items (just tell the manager and wait staff that you are gluten free.  There are some great ribs that are GF and really yummy.  Try the dry rubbed) located on 225 Park Ave South at 18th Street.

Blue Smoke/BBQ: GFM-located at 116 E. 27th Street between Park and Lexington

VEGETARIAN: 

Candle 79/Vegetarian-GFM-located at 154 E. 79th Street at Lexington Ave.

Angelica Kitchen/Vegan-GFF-located at 300 East 12th Street

Bonobo's Restaurant Vegetarian Restaurant-GFF and GFM located on 18 E. 23rd Street overlooking Madison Square Park

Candle Cafe/Vegetarian-GFM located at 1307 3rd Ave. (Sister restaurant to Candle 79)

Gobo Food for the Five Senses/Vegetarian-GFM and GFF (depending on location) 2 locations!! West Village and Upper East Side

Pure Food and Wine/Vegetarian-GFF (A great restaurant and sooo good)! located on 54 Irving Place between 17th and 18th Street

Raw Soul Restaurant and Juice Bar- GFF (Most of the items are naturally GF/But call ahead of time to ensure) located on 348 145th Street between Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues

GREEK:

Gus's Place/Greek-GFM (including beer, bread and dessert) located on 192 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village.

STEAK HOUSES:

Nick and Stef's Steakhouse-GFF-(alert the chef upon arrival and you will be accomadated) Located at 9 Penn Plaza, near Penn Station

Outback Steakhouse-GFM-(various locations) Allergy Info and Gluten-Free menu located on 919 Third avenue at 56th Street, and 60 W. 23rd Street at 6th Avenue.  (Brooklyn location too)!

Ruth and Chris's Steakhouse-GFM  (various locations across the U.S.) (Most meals can be made gluten-free even if they are not on their menu) located on 148 West 51st St. near 7th ave.

Ted Montana's Grill -GFM located on 110 W. 51st Street near Broadway

Strip House Steakhouse-GFF (alert server upon arrival) located on 13 E. 12th Street between University Place and 5th Ave.

PUBS and BAR FOOD:

O'Lunney's Times Square Pub-GFF (alert server or manager upon arrival)-Located on 145 W. 45th Street between 6th and 7th Ave.

LUNCH SPOTS:

Hale and Hearty Soups-GFF (Various soups are made GF.  Ask server when placing order.  Each soup behind the counter has a GF symbol on the back of the index card on top of the soup to notify the server if it is in fact GF)  Various locations around NYC

Pret a Manager-GFF (Various soups are made GF.  Pls check with server.  Call ahead of time) Various locations around NYC

**For the most part all salads at these "lunch" places are gluten-free, just minus the croutons!

ETHNIC:

Rice/Modern American/Ethnic-GFM/GFF (Ask server for GF options-there are many) located in Nolita on 292 Elizabeth Street between Houston and Canal Streets

Roy's Hawaiian Fusion/fusion-GFF (note that you are GF when making a reservation) chain/various locations located at 130 Washington Street between Albany and Carlisle Street in the financial district.

***This list will be constantly updated.  Enjoy and live life!!


xoxo Julie


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