Not like regardless of the MTA has deliberate for this weekend, your dietary wants should not preserve you from having fun with NYC’s best hits. Should you do not eat gluten, this information has choices for every little thing from bagels and pasta to Chinese language meals and arepas. A number of the locations on right here aren’t utterly gluten-free—so you’ll want to verify together with your server about particular dishes and cross-contamination issues—however they’re all spots the place you will get a superb meal that gained’t simply be a bowl of rice and an apple.
THE SPOTS
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Uzuki serves pure buckwheat soba noodles and buckwheat-based snacks out of a warehouse-like house in Greenpoint’s Japanese microneighborhood. Costs vary wildly from bowl to bowl: the menu’s splashier soba bowls have toppings like a boatload of sashimi, however the $32 uni shiosoba in wealthy duck broth is simply as satisfying. In addition they have gluten-free soba beer, and you’ll hang around with a date within the lamp-lit room, admiring the ceramics that the chef made themselves. Should you’re in search of extra Japanese gluten-free dishes within the rapid space, Acre and Dashi Okume each have good choices.
Not every little thing at Coqodaq is gluten-free, however an important merchandise is. This fancy Korean fried rooster restaurant in Flatiron fries their rooster in rice flour, so their three flavors of rooster—authentic recipe, gochujang, and soy garlic—are utterly GF. Some sides aren’t, together with the mac and cheese, chilly noodle dish, and the squeeze bottles of sauces. However the kitchen could make your complete meal sans gluten with some substitutions. Should you’re in search of a flashy birthday spot that looks like a membership, get a gaggle collectively so you may snag a sales space, and splurge on just a few caviar-topped rooster nuggets.
Being the gluten-free one in your dinner group can typically really feel such as you’re asking to eat off a children menu that doesn’t include crayons or every other kind of enjoyable. At Thyme & Tonic, you may take a whole GF crew to a really grownup restaurant only for them. The menu is gluten-free and mostly-vegan, with every little thing from kung pao cauliflower rice bowls to a Sunday brunch supplied with help from the GF bakery next-door, Trendy Bread and Bagel. In addition they have an intensive bar with nice cocktails, and there is a full of life scene each in and out on their flower-powered out of doors eating space.
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It may be robust to search out gluten-free baked items that are not so dry they spin right into a pile of mud like Michael Jackson within the Keep in mind the Time video. We will guarantee you the bagels, breads, and pastries at Trendy Bread & Bagel won’t do that. This Higher West Facet bakery has every little thing from GF naan and challah to funfetti cupcakes and chocolate babka, and so they additionally serve some good sandwiches.
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Rice is already gluten-free, however you’ll know Risotteria Melotti is made particularly for gluten-free eaters whenever you see the remainder of the menu. Along with an intensive number of completely al dente risottos, the 100% GF choices embody antipasti like crispy calamari fried in rice flour and bruschetta on rice bread, in addition to rice-based desserts like tiramisu made with rice sponge cake. You’ll eat every little thing in a kitschy house that appears like a country Italian villa gone awry, with a ladder, a picket crate, and vintage lighting hanging from the ceiling.
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No disrespect to gluten-free baked items, however the sandwich bread at Postcard doesn’t style gluten-free. It tastes like fluffy and barely candy angel meals cake, which is acceptable for a candy-colored place that additionally sells mochi doughnuts and strawberry boba tea. This zero-gluten West Village Japanese bakery from the oldsters behind Nami Nori doesn’t have a lot seating—only a single pastel banquette—so plan on stopping by for a fast takeout snack. The egg salad sando is straightforward, messy, and inhalable.
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Mexican eating places are typically one in all your most secure bets should you’re GF, and Claro is one in all our favourite Mexican spots in NYC. The menu is Oaxacan and completely gluten-free. They make their corn tortillas in-house, and even once they come topped with smoky chile sauce, beef tongue, and bacon, you may nonetheless style how good the masa is. Different highlights are the aguachile, garnachas, and incredible mole. The menu modifications seasonally and isn’t notably lengthy, however what they do, they do extraordinarily properly.
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Friedman’s was opened with celiacs in thoughts, with the objective of making a completely GF menu. At any of their six NYC areas, you will get brunch favorites like pancakes, waffles, french toast, and fried rooster, in addition to sandwiches and dinner entrees that would tackle their wheaty counterparts any day of the week. Go away some room for a aspect of mac and cheese. Most issues with a ton of cheese sauce combined in are a go, however that does not make us any much less impressed by the rice-based model right here.
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Atla is an all-day Mexican spot in Nolita the place you may eat some flax seed chilaquiles and potato flautas, each of which comprise zero gluten. The tacos are additionally gluten-free, as are a bunch of different issues just like the maitake mushrooms and beef brisket. Atla is from the identical folks behind Cosme, nevertheless it’s way more informal, and it’s best for when it’s essential to meet up for a daytime meal with a consumer or a pal who’s barely cooler than you.
Everybody deserves an excellent, dependable Normal Tso’s choice, fried up in no matter breading they like. At Lilli and Lavatory on the Higher East Facet, you may discover shiny rooster, dumplings, lo mein, and much more on their intensive gluten-free menu. We just like the dense, flour-alternative crust on dishes like their Normal Tso’s shrimp and tangerine beef, and the lo mein will get the job completed should you’re in search of one thing extra substantial. (There’s additionally an excellent sushi choice.)
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Should you don’t wish to fear about coming in touch with any gluten in any respect, Senza Gluten must be (or would possibly already be) in your common rotation. This can be a utterly gluten-free Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village, and the apparent upside right here is which you can order something with out worrying whether or not or not you may truly eat it. Just a few issues to know: This place solely takes money and Amex, the entrees are within the $30 vary, and also you’ll hear romantic music that would plausibly be performed in a business for jewellery or cellular phone household plans.
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Peacefood is ideal for whenever you want a low-key place the place you may simply stroll in and never fear about explaining your dietary preferences to a few totally different waiters. At this all-day vegan spot, GF gadgets are clearly labeled on the menu, with choices like pumpkin quiche, chickpea fries (a vital order), and quite a lot of baked items. Peacefood is informal, the meals comes out shortly, there is a location close to Union Sq., along with this one on the Higher West Facet.
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Rubirosa is a crowd-pleaser. The ambiance is darkish and full of life, the thin-crust pizza is among the greatest within the metropolis, and also you don’t must spend a ridiculous sum of money to have an excellent time. Plus, there’s a whole gluten-free menu that features every little thing from pizza and pasta to rooster parm and mozzarella sticks. Sure, the waits might be extraordinarily lengthy (perhaps even just a few hours), however both make a reservation on-line or put your identify in for a desk and discover a bar the place you may hang around close by (like Spring Lounge or Mom’s Destroy).
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7 Grain Military must be thought of a holy place for folks in search of gluten-free baked items. The entire muffins, espresso truffles, and sandwiches at this Williamsburg bakery are made with grains like fonio and quinoa. Their espresso cake has the consistency of a Twinkie, and the blueberry muffin full of candy cranberry jam is an everyday visitor star in our meals goals. The small store on Roebling Road closes by 3pm, and we extremely suggest coming early to strive every little thing whereas it’s contemporary out of the oven.
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Trendy Love isn’t your typical consolation meals restaurant. This Williamsburg spot is completely vegan, so the “fried rooster” is oyster mushroom and the “chorizo” on the nachos is produced from sun-dried tomatoes and walnuts. About half the menu is gluten-free, however even should you’re with associates who don’t share your dietary restrictions, this place has nice dishes that everybody will take pleasure in, such because the mac and cheese made with cashew cheddar.
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It most likely goes with out saying, however at Arepa Woman, you have to be consuming arepas. Many of the choices listed below are gluten-free, and so they’re marked as such on the menu. The grilled and stuffed arepas rellena are strong, however you’ll want to get not less than one arepa de queso. These arepas are thick, fluffy, and full of melted mozzarella and your alternative of meat.
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Pastai is Chelsea’s resident charming Italian place. The meals tastes good, they make their very own pasta, and you could possibly simply carry a date or a small group right here. They will additionally make any of their dishes with gluten-free pasta, additionally made in home. There’s a bunch of bar seating and an old-school-looking eating room with black and white portraits of individuals you may fake are a part of your loved ones.