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By Jefferson Adams

October 13, 2021
By Jefferson Adams • October 13, 2021

Gluten-Free Guide to Los Angeles

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Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.

Wondering where to get good gluten-free food, desserts and groceries in LA? Here's a rundown.

Caption: Los Angeles. Image: CC BY 2.0-- Todd Jones Photography

Celiac.com 10/13/2021 - Los Angeles is enormous. It's also home to a thriving food and eating culture that checks just about every box imaginable. As such, a full guide to eating will be an endlessly updating and refreshing journey. This guide should provide enough good tips, though, to get you a little further down that gluten-free road. Our guide includes lists of 100% gluten-free establishments, other eateries that feature a gluten-free menu, and some stores and markets where you can buy gluten-free food. Because LA is so huge, and there is so much going on, it's certain we've just begun to scratch the surface with this guide. If we've missed a great spot you know about, please share it below, and we'll be sure to add it to the list!

Gluten Free Restaurants in Los Angeles

The restaurants in this section are either 100% gluten free, or else they offer a gluten-free menu. Still, always double check to make sure the restaurant can get you what you need.

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Azla Ethiopian
Azla Ethiopian offers tasty, 100% gluten free and vegan Ethiopian. Their injera, the teff flatbread, is also 100% gluten-free.

Bulletproof Cafe
Bulletproof Cafe offers delicious food that is completely free of sugar, gluten, grains, and dairy (except for butter & ghee). Bulletproof offers high-quality food, and easily handles most dietary restrictions.

Califlower Pizza
Califlower Pizza offers 100% gluten free pizza place for pick-up or delivery. Crust is made with cauliflower, chia seed, and a gluten free flour blend as a base. Their pizzas are gluten free, soy free, and nut free.

Honey Hi
Honey Hi is a 100% gluten free restaurant in Echo Park “serving food that promotes personal, public & planetary well-being.”

Kyes
Kyes offers healthy gluten-free and wheat-free wraps from its Santa Monica location. The Kyes menu marks items as gluten-free and wheat-free. The wheat-free items contain ingredients that might have cross-contamination, so anyone with celiac disease will do best to stick with gluten-free items.

Moon Bowls
Moon Bowls offers “Korean-inspired” bowls that are 100% gluten free for pick-up or delivery. Moon Bowls makes everything from scratch, including sauces.

Pikunico
Pikunico offers a Gluten Free Menu, Dedicated Fryer, Fried Chicken, and more.

Powerplant Superfood Cafe
All food at the Powerplant Superfood Cafe is 100% gluten free and vegan, yes, even the double decker pesto burger.

Rice MB
Rice in Manhattan Beach offers 100% gluten-free sushi. That’s right! Everything is 100% gluten-free, including sauces, ramen, and even the tempura! You're welcome.

Sweetfin
Sweetfin is a 100% gluten free poke chain, with numerous locations across LA. Think of it as gluten-free sushi in a bowl.

Wild Living Foods
Wild Living Foods serves 100% gluten-free, plant-based food, with everything cooked below 118 degrees to keep the nutrients and enzymes intact.

Gluten-Free Bakeries in LA

Breakaway
Breakaway offers gluten-free everything. From cookies to bagels, all of their products are made in a dedicated gluten free kitchen and are free of: dairy, casein, peanuts, soy, nuts, and gums.

Ecco Un Poco
Ecco un Poco offers a great spin on authentic Italian gelato shops. And everything at Ecco un Poco is gluten free. The cones, the cookies, the gelato. Everything. Knock yourself out. West 3rd street close to the Grove and Melrose Place.

Erin Mckenna’s Bakery
Erin Mckenna’s has two dedicated gluten-free bakery locations in L.A. – one in Larchmont Village, and one on Montana Ave near Santa Monica. All Mckenna's products are vegan, and free from gluten, refined sugar, dairy, and egg. Mckenna's uses gluten-free oats in some products, but not in its donuts or biscuits.

Fatamorgana Gelato
Fatamorgana offers another great gluten-free spin on the traditional Roman gelato shop. Cones and gelato are all gluten free, all natural ingredients, and myriad flavors. Just off South Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, and in Studio City.

Fonuts
Fonuts offers 100% gluten free donuts and only gluten-free donuts from shops at West 3rd Street near the Grove and Melrose Place, and another in Studio City. Note: Fonuts donuts are made with almond flour, so beware anyone with almond allergy or sensitivity.

Karma Baker
Karma Baker is a bakery in Westlake Village that offers delicious, moist, gluten-free cakes, rolls, cupcakes and donuts. Note: Some of Karma Baker's products, including the donuts, use gluten free oat flour. Ask about any oat ingredients, if you have an oat sensitivity.

Kirari West Bakery
Kirari West is a gluten-free bakery that started in Japan using rice flour instead of wheat. In 2014, they opened their first U.S. location in Redondo Beach.

Twice Baked Baking Company
Don't let the strip mall fool you. Twice Baked in Long Beach offers incredible gluten-free products, from breads and pizza crusts to our favorites, the bear claws and apple turnovers.

Wow Bakes (Delivery or Pickup Only)
Wow Bakes is a one person operation, run by a woman named Sharon, who bakes delicious sourdough goods herself in Santa Monica. Wow Bakes offers properly boiled gluten-free bagels that are firm outside and chewy inside like a bagel is supposed to be. They also make a mean gluten-free pop-tart. Wow Bakes ships delicious bread and bagels across the country. Some products are made with oat ingredients, but not bagels, pizza crust, or pop tarts.

LA Gluten-Free Grocery Guide

Bobs Market
bobsmkt.com
(424) 322-7797
1650 Ocean Park Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Grocery Stores, Caterers, Food Delivery Service

Eddie & Peter Super Market
Eddie and Peter Supermarket offers great deals on seasonal produce, excellent service, and plenty that is naturally gluten-free.
(323) 667-0311
4920 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Erewhon Markets
Since 1968, Erewhon Natural Foods Market has offered organically grown produce, groceries and macrobiotic staples.
(323) 937-0777
7660 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Natural Sunshine
Natural Sunshine offers health foods, supplements, and more.
357 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

Sara's Market
Sarah's Market is a much loved, well-stocked East LA business for many decades.
(323) 268-6809
3455 City Terrace Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90063

Sprout's Farmers Market
Sprout's offers fresh seasonal produce, high quality meats and seafood, plus loads of fresh fruits and vegetables, barrels of wholesome grains, nuts and sweets, along with a full-service deli.
(310) 500-1192
1751 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Super King Markets
There are multiple Super King Market locations in the LA area.
(323) 225-0044
2716 N San Fernando Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90065

The Original Los Angeles Farmers Market
The Farmers Market of Los Angeles is the original, and some argue, the best. Take a stroll past myriad stands offering seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables, and plenty of gluten-free things to eat.
(323) 933-9211
6333 W 3rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Grocery Stores, Fruit & Vegetable Markets, Supermarkets & Super Stores

Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's offers tons of gluten-free options and has 11 Los Angeles locations.

Whole Foods Market
There are numerous Whole Foods Markets around Los Angeles. They offer numerous gluten-free items, and offer delivery via Amazon Prime.
(323) 964-6800
6350 W 3rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Rising Hearts Bakery in Culver City is gluten-free, casin-free, and kosher.

Hugo's in West Hollywood and Studio City have gluten-free options.

Rodini Park in North Hollywood has gluten-free pits and gluten-free chocolate cake. They do use the same stove top grill for the gluten-free pita as the regular pita, so there is cross contamination. But it's an option for someone with sensitivities as opposed to celiac.

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13 hours ago, Guest K3P0 said:

Rising Hearts Bakery in Culver City is gluten-free, casin-free, and kosher.

Hugo's in West Hollywood and Studio City have gluten-free options.

Rodini Park in North Hollywood has gluten-free pits and gluten-free chocolate cake. They do use the same stove top grill for the gluten-free pita as the regular pita, so there is cross contamination. But it's an option for someone with sensitivities as opposed to celiac.

Breakaway bakery has been closed for several years. Rainbow Acres and Santa Monica Co-op are lovely healthy food stores in West L.A. that have numerous gluten-free options. Leo's Superfoods in the SFV is completely gluten-free and Vegan. Lassens markets are a SoCal health food chain - often more expensive than whole foods, but usually way more options in stores that are smaller and easier to navigate. Fresh Brothers Pizza is a local chain that has a separate prep area for their reasonably priced and reasonably tasty gluten-free pizzas, salads and wings. Many of the smaller tacquerias have naturally gluten-free food, as much Mexican food is corn-based. For the cautious, Guisados is a local chef-driven Mexican chain where almost everything is gluten-free, things that aren't are marked on the menu, and they take gluten-free seriously.

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Guest Irene Pridworthy

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The Hudson Theatre Coffee Shop in Hollywood makes a gluten-free, vegan, brownie with walnuts that is the best I've ever had.

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