About Austin Gluten Free

Austin Gluten Free exists so that people with celiac disease, wheat allergy and gluten sensitivity can decide where to eat without doing the research themselves every single time. We list 50 locations across 40 businesses in and around Austin, plus 39 guides covering specific restaurants, chains and categories.

Who We Are

Our founder was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2012 and moved to Austin in 2018, which is when this started — as a spreadsheet of places that had turned out to be safe, kept mostly for personal use. It grew because other people kept asking for it.

Today it is run by a team of five. All of us are part-time and unpaid, and all of us are involved in the Austin gluten-free community in one way or another. That is worth saying plainly: this is not a company. It is a handful of people who eat gluten-free in this city and got tired of guessing.

How We Check a Restaurant

When we add or update a listing, we do four things:

• Talk to management about their cross-contact procedures and how staff are trained on them.
• Confirm the equipment — whether there is a dedicated fryer, and whether pans and utensils are kept separate.
• Go through the ingredients on the dishes we are recommending, because flour turns up in sauces, marinades and seasoning blends more often than anyone expects.
• Ask at least three people with celiac disease who have actually eaten there. Their experience frequently differs from what the restaurant tells us, and when it does, theirs is the version that goes on the page.

What We Stopped Doing

This page used to describe a longer process: quarterly re-visits to every restaurant, watching kitchen workflow during service, testing dishes with a portable gluten sensor, checking signage and bathrooms.

All of that was true when the directory had six restaurants on it. It is not true at fifty. We kept describing it long after we stopped being able to do it, which was our mistake, and we have removed those claims rather than quietly leaving them there.

What that means for you: a listing reflects what we found when we checked it, not a standing guarantee. Restaurants change fryers, change suppliers, change chefs. Always say the word “celiac” out loud when you order. Our printable dining card is there to make that conversation easier, and it is free.

Corrections

Directories go stale quietly. Ours does too, so when we find an error we fix it and say what it was. Recent corrections:

• 5 September 2026 — Bom Bakeshop was listed at a street address as though it were a storefront. It has no storefront; it operates as a popup, currently Fridays and Saturdays inside Dia’s Market. Anyone following our listing would have driven to the wrong place.
• 5 September 2026 — Zucchini Kill was described as a vegan bakery with some gluten-free options. It is a fully dedicated gluten-free, vegan and soy-free facility. We undersold one of the safest bakeries in the city.
• 5 September 2026 — Dia’s Market had no address on its listing and was filed under the wrong part of town.

If something on this site is wrong, tell us. We would rather be corrected than trusted for no reason.

How We Pay For This

Two ways, both of which you should know about.

Display advertising. The ads you see on the site are served through Ezoic.

Amazon affiliate links. We are an Amazon Associate, and we earn a commission when someone buys through a product link here — at no extra cost to you. Everything currently linked is something we have used ourselves, and where that stops being true we will say so on the product rather than leaving you to assume.

What we do not do: we have never taken payment for a listing, and no restaurant has ever paid to appear here or to be described a particular way. If that ever changes, it will be labeled clearly and the listing will still have to meet the same standard as everything else.

Community & Speaking

We get together with other people in the Austin gluten-free community every few months. These are informal — a meal somewhere, comparing notes on what has changed. There is no membership and nothing to sign up for; if you want to know when the next one is, get in touch.

Members of the team have spoken at the SXSW Wellness Expo and at Austin Food & Wine Festival workshops, and we have worked with local nutritionists including Dr. Elena Ramirez, RD, on specific events. If you are putting together a panel or a training session and think we would be useful, ask.

Where We Cover

Austin, and increasingly north and west of it — Cedar Park, Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Lakeway. We have some coverage south to Buda. We do not cover San Antonio, and we would rather say that than list places we have not been.

Getting In Touch

Corrections, additions, a restaurant that should be listed, or a bad experience at one that is — all of it is useful. Use the contact form, or email press@austinglutenfree.com for press and collaboration.

We aim to reply within two business days.