Category: Restaurants

We are no strangers to coffee shops in Boulder that serve gluten-free food. (Happily, it is almost redundant to add “that serve gluten-free food,” as almost all coffee shops in Boulder have at least some gluten-free offerings nowadays.) We stop …

Shine is a restaurant in Boulder with a gluten-free menu that lists foods prepared in an entirely gluten-free kitchen. Actually, that’s not quite right. Shine is a gluten-free restaurant and a bar that serves wine and cocktails, as well as …

We’ve long been fans of Ozo Coffee – they have some of the best coffee in Boulder – so it is a bit perplexing that we haven’t celebrated their extensive lineup of gluten-free snacks before. This is doubly perplexing because …

It took us a while, but we finally tried a gluten-free waffle cake, one made by the appropriately named company Waffles Cakes, which operates out of a food truck that you can find in the Boulder, Denver, and Longmont area …

Recently, we made the unusual decision to go get frozen yogurt in the morning. We were in the Gunbarrel area, slightly to the northeast of Boulder, so there was really only one option: Aspen Leaf Frozen Yogurt. It turned out …

Frozen yogurt tends to be gluten-free, so the fact that Boom frozen yogurt buffet serves gluten-free frozen yogurt isn’t extraordinary. What makes Boom relevant to the gluten-free scene in Boulder is that they have so many gluten-free toppings, gluten-free toppings …

A little over two months ago, Pastavino, an excellent Italian restaurant with lots of gluten-free options, opened on Pearl Street in Boulder. We like Italian food and we need gluten-free food, so we knew it was only a matter of …

If you recently saw a food truck selling waffle cakes around the Boulder, Denver, and Longmont area, you saw Waffle Cakes, the Colorado company that sells an astonishing variety of waffle cakes – including gluten-free waffle cakes – out of …

In Boulder, near the corner of 28th and Valmont, tucked away in the corner of a multi-ethnic strip mall with a place called “India’s Grocery” and a Chinese restaurant, you will find Agave, a wonderful Mexican restaurant with an abundance …

Every so often, humans are struck with the urge to consume a particular type of food. As humans, we experience this desire too. Our most recent urge centered on Mexican food, which is fairly easy to come by in a …

Bogey’s, a restaurant near Boulder with a robust gluten-free selection, first came to our attention during an international adventure. We were thousands of miles away from Boulder when the owner emailed us about his gluten-free dishes, so we remotely wrote …

We recently wrote about Native Foods opening a store in Boulder, an event that we were extremely pleased to announce. Native Foods is one of our all-time favorite restaurants, and we were beside ourselves with anticipation awaiting its official …

As readers of Gluten Free in Boulder probably know, it is our habit to dine at restaurants in Boulder that offer gluten-free options, and then report on our experience at these restaurants. However, it’s rather difficult to review a restaurant …

We’ve been hearing good things about Carelli’s of Boulder for some time, so when we recently learned they have a menu entirely dedicated to their gluten-free options – Italian food like gluten-free pizza and gluten-free pasta – we knew it …

There is gluten-free food, there is vegan food, and then there is the rare gluten-free vegan food. (There is also the related, and only slightly less rare, gluten-free vegetarian food.) It can be a challenge to find gluten-free food that …

We’ve reviewed a lot of gluten-free restaurants in and around Boulder, and today we went to one of the best we’ve ever visited: Aji Latin American Restaurant. It was a pleasure to dine there for lunch on a recent afternoon, …

You wouldn’t necessarily expect a place called Great Harvest Bread Co. to have much by way of gluten-free offerings. Great Harvest is, indeed, a bread company, and so the majority of their products are not gluten-free, but we recently learned …

On a recent journey from Denver to Boulder, we decided to stop in Louisville for lunch. Having been informed that The Louisville Rex has some gluten-free options, we decided to stop in to check it out. In terms of percentage …

There can be no doubt that Boulder has become more accommodating to those on the gluten-free diet over the last year or so, and this trend always comes into sharp relief when we visit coffee shops. In most coffee shops …

The Buff is one of Boulder’s most popular breakfast eateries, and it is easy to see why: the prices are modest, the food is excellent, and it is right in the heart of town, slightly south of 28th and Canyon. …

Julia’s Kitchen and Cafe is a very recent addition to Boulder’s food scene, but its owner, Julia Hellerman, is no stranger to Boulder’s foodies. Hellerman’s Adaba Bars are a staple at the Boulder Farmer’s Market, and she brings the …

If you’ve ever wondered if it’s awesome to review gluten-free restaurants in Boulder, we can assure you it is, especially when we come across a gem like San Francisco Soup Company, which offers a wide array of delicious, healthy gluten-free …

There are a number of places to get excellent gluten-free pizza around Boulder, including Proto’s and Naked Pizza, both of which have been reviewed by us in the last year, and evidently Z Pizza is no exception. Having …

Snooze is, frankly, awesome. There is no other way to put it. Even though it opened less than a month ago, this new Boulder restaurant was packed with guests, and for good reason. The food, service, and atmosphere was exceptional, …

The good thing about breakfast, from the gluten-free perspective, is that lots of breakfast foods, like eggs and potatoes, as well as meats like bacon, sausage, and ham, are naturally gluten-free. It is for this reason that the Walnut Cafe …

Half Fast Subs is a student-oriented sandwich shop in a student-oriented part of Boulder: the Hill. It is also a great restaurant that serves a notoriously wide array of excellent sandwiches, some of which are now available gluten-free, as we …

On a recent afternoon at Ras Kassa’s, a Boulder restaurant situated near the corner of 30th and Pearl, we were introduced to a rare culinary experience: an Ethiopian, all-you-can-eat buffet that is entirely composed of gluten-free food (besides the injera …

Ever since hearing that Bombay Bistro has excellent gluten-free Indian food, we’ve been meaning to check them out, but our schedule would never allow it, in part because the popular Boulder restaurant is only open for dinner. On a recent …

Some restaurants we’ve reviewed in and around Boulder indicate their gluten-free offerings by putting a symbol by them on the regular menu. Others create a standalone menu that lists every gluten-free item available. Turley’s, a well-established restaurant with a …

Sun Rose Cafe – art gallery, music venue, and restaurant open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner – has an separate and full gluten-free menu, a happy fact we discovered this afternoon on a trip through Longmont. About a 20-minute drive …

Gluten-free dieters in Boulder are probably familiar with Udi’s gluten-free bread, offered at seemingly every grocery store in Boulder and the surrounding area. Udi’s offers a ton of gluten-free foods, including the aforementioned gluten-free bread, as well as gluten-free bagels …

There’s nothing like a good breakfast, even if you’re eating it mid-afternoon. This is the lesson we drew from our visit today to the Village Coffee Shop, a popular diner in Boulder that is now offering several gluten-free options for …

Exactly two weeks ago, Naked Pizza opened a location in Boulder, and, having just tried their delicious gluten-free pizza this afternoon, we can report that this is excellent news. If you like pizza and follow a gluten-free diet, we strongly …

We recently reported that Tres Pupusas plans to open a café in Boulder that sells their increasingly popular gluten-free pupusas, frozen packages of which are now available at a dozen Front Range locations (mostly Whole Foods Markets). A …

Centro Latin Kitchen and Refreshment Palace, located on the west end of Pearl Street in Boulder, has garnered plenty of praise, as a quick look at the numerous positive reviews posted on its website reveals. Westword proclaimed it one of …

When we walked into Suki Thai Noodle House this afternoon in Boulder in search of gluten-free Thai food, one of the first things we noticed was a yellow sign placed on the ordering side of the counter. In so many …

We love Asian food. It’s delicious, and it also seems to be gluten-free more often than not, probably because the cuisine of this region of the world centers on rice, vegetables, and meat, or so our Western experience of this …

If you’ve been to the Boulder or Longmont Farmers’ Market during the last couple of seasons, you may have had the opportunity to try a gluten-free pupusa offered by Tres Pupusas (or maybe you tried three, given the company’s name). …

For health-conscious eaters with a gluten intolerance, you have yet another place to try: Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, which recently opened a restaurant in Boulder. With the exception of a few items that one wouldn’t expect to be gluten-free, all of …

Happy hour is great. There’s really no other way to put it. It allows you to go to restaurants that may otherwise be out of your price range, opening the door to a variety of different foods and drinks at …

It’s great when a personal interest (funny movies) can be incorporated into the hard business of writing about gluten-free food (in this instance, gluten-free frozen yogurt): In the film Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller is cast as Tugg Speedman, an actor …

A quick search of this site revealed an interesting fact earlier today: the word “hamburger” is never mentioned in an article, and the word “burger” only comes up in connection with one post. Evidently, we haven’t been pursuing …

If you drive north on Broadway, almost to the fairly new North Boulder development that houses restaurants like Proto’s Pizzeria, you might notice a small, yellow storefront on the west side of the street, and if you do …

After trying several different suppliers of gluten-free pizza crust, Proto’s, a well-regard pizzeria with with locations in North Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Broomfield and Denver (and Boise, Idaho), finally settled on Clarity Foods of Longmont. The GF crust they make is …

If you live in Boulder, Louisville, or the surrounding area, and if you’re hungry for a gluten-free lunch, try Smiling Moose Deli. With gluten-free soups, salads, and sandwiches available, and with plans to expand their GF offerings in the near …

For over a year, Nick-N-Willy’s Pearl Street location has offered gluten-free pizza. So, if you live in Boulder and love Nick-N-Willy’s, your gluten intolerance isn’t a devastating limitation – you can still get your delicious, stone-oven baked pizza. But what …

Martino’s Pizzeria is the type of place that makes you wonder if a gluten intolerance is really a limitation. It’s not so much that Martino’s Pizzeria has lots of GF options, although it does, it’s just that the gluten-free food …

Modmarket is in many ways a paradigmatic Boulder restaurant. It serves healthy and fresh foods that often incorporate local ingredients (depending on the season), and the interior of the Boulder restaurant – currently the only one, although an additional location …

Berry Best Smoothies in Boulder is no stranger to gluten-free foods. We’ve celebrated the gluten-free items available at Berry Best Smoothies before, and the shop’s website has a prominent section detailing the many gluten-free foods available in the …

When you wake up some mornings, you just feel like a serious breakfast. A piece of fruit and coffee isn’t always sufficient. Today we found ourselves with such a craving, and since we just learned that the Original Pancake House …

There is much to admire about Vietnamese food. It’s delicious, reasonably easy to find (at least in Boulder, for whatever reason), and, as we learned this afternoon, overwhelmingly gluten-free, at least at Black Pepper Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant located near …

Sushi is a divisive food. You either love it or you don’t, much like a sports team or a politician. (Seriously, how many people kinda like or dislike Sarah Palin. No, you’re with her or against her, plain and simple.) …

Downtown Boulder has tons of great restaurants, and if you happen to be gluten intolerant, this characteristic alone should not prevent you from eating at any one of them. It seems cruel to deny people the pleasure of an excellent …

Eating at a fondue restaurant is a majestic affair. It is an almost royal experience to be given exotic eating utensils and placed before a vast array of dishes and plates, each one containing a different type of food that …

It’s amazing how a seemingly minor option at a restaurant can open up a world of choices to those with a gluten intolerance. Consider a restaurant that has gluten-free dough available, like Basil Flats in Longmont. Every item on the …

Thanks to a new crust, Street Legal Pizza of Flatiron Crossing Mall is now serving gluten-free pizza, providing one more restaurant option to hungry shoppers with a gluten intolerance. The gluten-free pizza crust is supplied to Street Legal by The …

Suppose you’re in Boulder walking on Pearl Street and suddenly your in need of food that harmonizes with your gluten-free diet. Where might you go? Although it might seem counter intuitive to visit a restaurant that prominently features beer and …

A few posts back, we wrote that Beau Jo’s pizzas could be ordered gluten-free. That was great to learn, but now we have even more good news on the pizza front to report: Boulder Organic Pizza (BOP) has gluten-free pies …

Everybody likes pizza, or at least it seems that way. When you’re a child, you love pizza. When you’re in college, it’s practically all you eat. And even well into adulthood, pizza remains a staple of the human diet. It’s …

The Boulder-based Noodles & Company has gluten-free options available, but they’re not exactly in plain sight. Instead, they have a nutrition/allergen chart to reference, which is available online and at store locations, and with just the slightest degree of ingenuity, …

VG Burgers bills itself as a quick-serve restaurant, and while the service may be quick (unfortunately, I can’t say because I have yet to eat there), it is very different from any fast-food eatery you’ve likely encountered. First and most …

Anybody who has eaten at PF Changs knows that their menu is massive. When looking it over, one is often seized with more than a bit of anxiety: “How can I ever be sure I reviewed the options thoroughly enough …

The Huckleberry restaurant, Bakery and Tea Room is run by the same people who run Aji, Leaf, and the popular Dushanbe Teahouse. All of those restaurants are known for being friendly to those who need to …

O-Pizza is a place where gluten free pizza junkies can truly get some good gluten free pizza!

Aji Latin American restaurant in Boulder doesn’t advertise it, but they do have a full, special menu with dishes for those who need to eat gluten free, or have other special dietary needs.

The Berry Best Smoothie seems like an unlikely name for a restaurant or store that would have gluten free foods and gluten free products. But it is, and they do!