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Gluten free · checked October 29, 2026
New York may be the easiest big city in America for coeliacs: gluten-free bagels, two fully gluten-free Italian restaurants on one street, hand-roll sushi and bakeries in almost every neighbourhood.
I have celiac disease, so it has to be gluten free with no cross-contact. Is this made away from flour, and does it go in a separate fryer?
The whole kitchen is gluten free. Order anything.
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Greenwich Village · 206 Sullivan St
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Fresh pasta, then the tiramisu
The city's first fully gluten-free Italian restaurant, open since 2014. Cosy, good for a proper dinner. Cash or Amex only.
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Greenwich Village · 171 Sullivan St
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: The Georgian cheese bread, then a bombolone
The same owners' café a block from the restaurant: flatbread pizza, sandwiches on their own bread, Italian pastries. Cash or Amex only.
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Upper West Side · 472 Columbus Ave
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: An everything bagel with cream cheese, tomato, pickled onion and smoked salmon, then babka or rugelach
A coeliac writer's best gluten-free bagel ever. Breakfast and lunch, and they ship.
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West Village (also Williamsburg) · 33 Carmine St
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: The temaki sampler, and the coconut shrimp hand roll
Open-style hand rolls from high-end sushi veterans, with gluten-free soy sauce. Book: it fills up.
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East Village · 309 E 5th St
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Gorgonzola risotto, or pistachio if they have it
A rice-farming family from Verona. Go for the risotto, not the burger.
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West Village · 535 Hudson St
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Pizza and meatballs
Pizza, pasta and burgers in the West Village.
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Midtown, near Times Square · 315 W 39th St
The whole place is gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: A s'mores cookie bar, or a chocolate-frosted doughnut
Cakes, cookie bars and cupcakes. The place for dessert, not bread.
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Upper East Side (also Upper West Side) · 1236 Lexington Ave
The whole place is gluten free, and the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia recommends it. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: An Amy cake (a mini frosted bundt), a whoopie pie, or a muffin
Started by a lawyer who quit to bake. Near the Met and Central Park.
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NoHo · 325 Lafayette St
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: A cinnamon roll
Cinnamon rolls, scones and cookies. Coeliac diners rave about the cinnamon roll.
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Upper West Side (and other branches) · 267 Columbus Ave
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: A tapioca crepe with avocado and cheese, and pão de queijo
Brazilian tapioca crepes, naturally gluten free, for a quick lunch.
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East Village · 123 E 7th St
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: A savoury crepe, then a sweet one
Cheap crepes and gelato in the East Village.
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Midtown, Garment District · 104 W 37th St
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: A Thai curry bowl
Fast Thai lunch with everything labelled and staff who know their stuff.
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Chelsea · 75 9th Ave
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Mushroom kimbap with kimchi
Korean rice rolls and bowls at Chelsea Market.
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Chelsea · 409 W 15th St
Reported fully gluten free. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Sesame soft serve or halva
Tahini, halva and sesame ice cream at Chelsea Market.
Not a gluten-free kitchen, but trained for coeliacs: accredited, a separate fryer or a separate menu with real protocols.
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Midtown, Hell's Kitchen · 309 W 50th St
A separate area of the kitchen to make and cook the gluten-free food, diners were told. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Gluten-free Neapolitan pizza
Neapolitan pizza close to the theatres, with over 180 safety ratings from coeliac diners.
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Midtown and around the city (Chelsea Market is the original) · 228 W 47th St
Staff ask about allergies, and gluten-free plates come out marked with a toothpick. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Chicken and waffles, or the pastrami sandwich
American comfort food where much of the menu is naturally gluten free, including the fried chicken and waffles.
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Midtown East, at the Kimberly Hotel · 145 E 50th St
A separate toaster for gluten-free bread, and the whole menu can be made gluten free. Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Arancini, then butternut squash ravioli
Italian at the Kimberly Hotel, good for a date.
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Flatiron · 12 E 22nd St
Gluten-free menu, and coeliac diners report eating the fried food safely. Ask about the fryer each time. Source: Find Me Gluten Free (coeliac diners' reports), checked October 29, 2026
Get: Korean fried chicken, with fries and onion rings
Korean fried chicken coeliacs can actually eat, onion rings included.
Say it when you sit down, ask what's safe, and check again when the food comes. Places that don't know the word rarely have the processes.
Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there)A chain can be fully gluten free at one branch and not another. Check the branch, not just the name.
Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there)Some of the best gluten-free pizza in the city uses gluten-free wheat starch. Skip it if you're wheat allergic.
Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there)The fully gluten-free places are small and popular. Nami Nori and the Senza Gluten restaurant fill up.
Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there)Source: Wheatless Wanderlust (coeliac writer, ate there)
Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University: New York's celiac clinic, with patient resources.
Find Me Gluten Free: New York: Coeliac diners' reviews, updated daily.
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How Chef checks: every place here says it on its own site, or a coeliac writer who ate there does, and we link which. We checked on October 29, 2026. Kitchens change, staff change: if it's coeliac disease, say so every time. Photos marked "a photo like it" aren't of that place. No place paid to be here.
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