Where to eat when it has to be properly gluten free: fully gluten-free kitchens first, then coeliac-careful ones. Every place sourced, checked 2026-10-29. Full guide: chefamazing.com/gluten-free/florence
Save this list in Chef Amazing Where to eat in Florence: the full guideGet: The Bomba schiacciata: pancetta, grilled peppers, gorgonzola and honey
The whole place is gluten free, and AIC-certified. Florence's sandwich street, made safe. Order at the original corner shop, not the to-go window next door: bigger sandwiches, more fillings.
Get: Pappa al pomodoro, tagliatelle al cinghiale, cantucci with vin santo
The whole place is gluten free. Sgrano's sit-down sister: handmade pasta and Tuscan classics, a few blocks from the sandwich shop.
Get: Whatever house pasta is on, and the orange and almond cake
The whole place is gluten free. Its beers are gluten-reduced, so stick to wine. Florence's first gluten-free restaurant (2014), with a courtyard in a 16th-century cloister. The menu turns with the seasons.
Get: Mozzarella in crosta, fresh pasta with garlic and chilli
The whole place is gluten free, and vegetarian. Quinoa's vegetarian sister across the river. Small plates for the price.
Get: Risotto
Reported fully gluten free. A risotto house where nothing has gluten in it.
Get: Pistachio, amarena, stracciatella, in a cone
The whole place is gluten free, cones included. Tiny shop, the best pistachio our source has had in Italy.
Get: Gianduia (chocolate hazelnut) or pistachio
The whole place is gluten free. The Italian gelato chain that went fully gluten free. Cones use gluten-free wheat starch, so a cup if you're wheat allergic.
Get: A cornetto with jam (mornings only)
The whole place is gluten free, and vegan. Gluten-free and vegan bakery with two shops. Some bakes use gluten-free oats.
Get: Bombolone, scarpazzone (stuffed savoury pastry), a loaf of bread
The whole place is gluten free, shop included. Worth the 20-minute bus: pastries, pizza, panini and a whole gluten-free grocery. Uses gluten-free wheat starch.
Get: Pizza
Reported fully gluten free. A gluten-free pizzeria in San Lorenzo.
Get: Tacos
Reported fully gluten free. For when you've had enough pasta.
Get: Bread and pastries
Reported fully gluten free. A gluten-free bakery-café north-west of the centre.
Get: Pastries and cakes
Reported fully gluten free. A gluten-free pastry shop in Novoli, north-west of the centre.
Get: Pappa al pomodoro, pappardelle al cinghiale, risotto with burrata and bacon
AIC-certified, separate gluten-free menu. Our source's favourite meal of a week in Italy. They ask who's gluten free as you sit down. Book.
Get: Pappa al pomodoro, pappardelle al cinghiale, trippa alla fiorentina
AIC-certified, separate gluten-free menu. A few filled pastas can't be made gluten free. Tuscan classics on a piazza. Skip the pizza, eat Florentine.
Get: Diavola pizza, arancini, tiramisu
AIC-certified, separate prep. Crust uses gluten-free wheat starch. The Roman chain started by a coeliac mother.
Get: Gluten-free pizza
AIC-certified, separate gluten-free oven. Our source's best gluten-free pizza in Florence: separate equipment and separate ovens.
Get: Neapolitan gluten-free pizza
AIC-certified. Won a gluten-free pizza contest and gets the hype. Our source says go at lunch or early, and that Mister Pizza and Sgrano are better.
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