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Garlic Jim's

heep70

By heep70
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

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heep70 Rookie
heep70
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Hats off to Garlic Jim's gluten free pizza in South Hill Puyallup WA. It has been a long time since I had pizza. It was just fantastic! It was a little on the small side and a pricey, but for a gourmet pizza it was worth every shinny penny I spend on it.

Thanks Garlic Jim's for stepping up!

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ksymonds84 Enthusiast
ksymonds84
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Hats off to Garlic Jim's gluten free pizza in South Hill Puyallup WA. It has been a long time since I had pizza. It was just fantastic! It was a little on the small side and a pricey, but for a gourmet pizza it was worth every shinny penny I spend on it.

Thanks Garlic Jim's for stepping up!

We just got one here in Colorado Springs too! I met the local owner when we were all showing off our goods on a restaurant segment on our local news station. This owner told me how he had the local celiac group in to train all his employees on proper handling to prevent cc. I was very impressed. He brought gluten pizza's for the show though so haven't got a chance to try them yet. They try to use what they can locally find for the crust. Which is probably why yours is small. Here, they are using outside the bread box pizza crusts and I already love those :)

Janessa Rookie
Janessa
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I am waiting (not very patiently) for the Redondo Beach location to start carrying the gluten free crusts, the manager keeps telling me in a couple weeks and that was 3 months ago!

celiac-mommy Collaborator
celiac-mommy
Posted

Ours is too!! (Vancouver WA) I'm very thankfull! My kids like it, but they buy the crust from a local gluten-free bakery and it's too heavy on the bean flour for me-but all that matters is that they like it :)

Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
Posted

I need to figure out where the one is near me. It says Bothell/Woodinville. I live in Bothell, but am very close to Mill Creek so I spend most of my time out that direction. I wonder if they would deliver to where we live?

We are eating pizza tonight on Ener-G rice crust. It works for me because I can put rice cheese on it, but if daughter could have a pizza come to a door she'd be really happy!

bakingbarb Enthusiast
bakingbarb
Posted

We ordered a gluten free pizza from the Mukilteo Garlic Jims. I wasn't highly impressed with it but it is nice to have the choice and for that I am happy. I preferred the pizza from Romios in Greenwood but its night out for us to go there. Mukilteo Garlic Jims is just down the street which is a great thing!

It gets spendy ordering gluten free pizza though, I need to try again to make it at home.

glutenada Newbie
glutenada
Posted

We moved from AZ back to WA last year and one of the things I really miss is the Picazzo's gluten-free pizza in Phoenix area.

I recently was in the Lakewood, WA area and we got a gluten-free pizza from Garlic Jim's. I had a few bites and that was enough for me. I found it to be WAY too heavy on the beans and kinda beany textured. Yurgh. It turned me off pizza for a bit.

Picazzo's opened a location in Portland, Or and I want to take a day trip down there just to get a pizza. It's SO good.

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I guess I'm just one of the odd ones for not liking GJ's pizza :0

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  • 2 months later...
colorado Apprentice
colorado
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Sorry to resurrect this thread, but there is one in Highlands Ranch, CO. We got a coupon from them. I guess they have been there a year, but just recently started doing the gluten-free at this location.

We tried them out and it was wonderful. Had the Ultimate minus the mushrooms, would have been about $20 if it weren't for the 25% off coupon.

For those living in Colorado we have been fortunate to have Beau Jo's using Deby's crust, but this was much better in my opinion. Then again I may be spiteful as I loved the mountian pie at Beau Jo's for a few decades before having to switch.

Anyway, in terms of flavor I recommend Garlic Jim's, however, I am really doubtful od no cross contamination for those that are more sensitive. I noted even on their menu they recommended those with a wheat allergy not order it as it is too risky.

I didn't get to see where they prepared the gluten-free ones of if they come pre-made or what. YMMV.

Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
Posted

Don't order it with a wheat allergy? Oh that's great! :blink:

  • 3 months later...
RickEddy Newbie
RickEddy
Posted
Don't order it with a wheat allergy? Oh that's great! :blink:

The Garlic Jim's in Colorado Springs has closed. Sad day for us as we loved their gluten free pizza. We have just discovered Borriello Brothers Pizza, and are awaiting the delivery of one of their gluten free pizzas as I type this. Here's hoping it's as good as GJ's!

brigala Explorer
brigala
Posted
I didn't get to see where they prepared the gluten-free ones of if they come pre-made or what.

Garlic Jim's gets their gluten-free crusts made elsewhere. I don't know if it's the same at every location, but here in the PacNW I've been told they get them from Bavaria Mills, which is a dedicated gluten-free bakery. (They make a number of amazing gluten-free products, by the way).

I can't imagine that it would be safe to eat ANYTHING that came out of a pizzaria if you were extremely sensitive to cross-contamination. I know my nearest pizza place has offered to package up toppings for me when I order pizza for my family, so I can put them on my own crust at home, but I haven't been willing to risk it.

That said, I HAVE risked Garlic Jim's pizza, and I'm sure I'll do it again. I wouldn't do it often, but I don't seem to be too sensitive to occasional cross-contamination. The only time I've ever really had CC problems has been when I've been eating at my friend's house (safe food, unsafe kitchen) day after day for a couple weeks. After a while it builds up and I start feeling sick. I've started washing all my clean dishes in the sink before using them when I'm at her house now. :)

  • 3 weeks later...
Tica Apprentice
Tica
Posted

"I can't imagine that it would be safe to eat ANYTHING that came out of a pizzaria if you were extremely sensitive to cross-contamination."

I met with the owner of our local Garlic Jim's. He was VERY nice and knowledgeable reagrding CC. He gave me a tour of the premises. He showed me where they store and process their flour for the regular pizzas and where they keep the gluten-free dough. There is also separate counter-top and utensils and sauce is kept in squeez bottles to aviod CC. They apparently tried a variety of crusts before they decided on the one they are currently selling. So I guess that each restaurant uses different gluten-free crusts.

We love the crust and my daughter is thrilled to eat pizza again.

  • 4 weeks later...
nasalady Contributor
nasalady
Posted
"I can't imagine that it would be safe to eat ANYTHING that came out of a pizzaria if you were extremely sensitive to cross-contamination."

I met with the owner of our local Garlic Jim's. He was VERY nice and knowledgeable reagrding CC. He gave me a tour of the premises. He showed me where they store and process their flour for the regular pizzas and where they keep the gluten-free dough. There is also separate counter-top and utensils and sauce is kept in squeez bottles to aviod CC. They apparently tried a variety of crusts before they decided on the one they are currently selling. So I guess that each restaurant uses different gluten-free crusts.

We love the crust and my daughter is thrilled to eat pizza again.

Garlic Jim's is the BEST as far as we're concerned, and both my husband and I are very very sensitive. I too asked about their protocol and was assured that they took great care to prevent cross-contamination by having a completely separate area for gluten-free baking.

Check out their unbelievable gluten free menu!

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And here are all of their locations in California which currently serve gluten free pizza:

Burbank NOW OPEN! Call 818-556-JIMS (5467)

2128 N. Glenoaks Blvd. #103 Burbank CA 91504 Map

Tel: 818-556-JIMS (5467)

Hours: Open Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm; Fri, Sat 11am-11pm

Now serving gluten-free pizza! Peel-A-Deal fundraiser participant.

Pasadena (on Colorado Blvd) NOW OPEN! Call 626-844-3546

2982 E Colorado Blvd. #110 - Pasadena, CA 91107 Map

Tel: 626-844-3JIM (3546)

Hours: Sun - Thurs 11am-10pm; Fri - Sat 11am-11pm

Now serving gluten-free pizza! Peel-A-Deal fundraiser participant.

Redondo Beach NOW OPEN! Call (310) 543-5500

1876 S. Pacific Coast Highway Redondo Beach CA 90277 Map

Tel: 310-543-5500

Hours: Open Everyday 11am-10pm

Now serving gluten-free pizza! Peel-A-Deal fundraiser participant.

Simi Valley NOW OPEN! CALL 805-526-1500

131D Cochran St Simi Valley CA 93065 Map

Tel: 805-526-1500

Hours: Mon.-Thur. 4pm-10pm; Fri.-Sat. 11am-11pm; Sun 11am-10pm

Now serving gluten-free pizza! Peel-A-Deal fundraiser participant.

South Pasadena (on Fair Oaks Avenue) NOW OPEN! Call 626.799.JIMS (5467)

700 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite J - South Pasadena, CA 91030 Map

Tel: 626-799-JIMS (5467)

Hours: Open Daily 11am - 11pm

Now serving gluten-free pizza! Peel-a-Deal Fundraiser Participant.

Ahorsesoul Enthusiast
Ahorsesoul
Posted

I emailed to thank them for their gluten free menu.

  • 9 months later...
Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
Posted

We got Garlic Jim's pizza tonight. I ordered the gluten-free one with extra of every kind of cheese they sell because I had read there wasn't much cheese on them. It was very good and got here very fast. But there was one problem. I also ordered two regular pizzas for my husband and they failed to mark the one box gluten-free. I could tell it was the right one because his didn't have feta cheese on it and his crust looked different.

  • 1 month later...
CeliacAndCfsCrusader Apprentice
CeliacAndCfsCrusader
Posted

Tried it here in CO.

Super nice staff (kids), but they had NO training on CC or gluten-free proper prep.

Yup, I DID get affected a few hours later.

My wife makes tasty pizza anyways.....

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