All Gluten-Free

Ringleader Aaron Adams opened this vegan fermentery last summer on SE Morrison with multiple goals. First, it’s a blueprint for a kind of future-forward microrestaurant—ethical, eco-sustainable, post-punk-rocking, and plant-based, with most ingredients staunchly gleaned within a 105-mile radius, as all around microbes fizz in incubators and slow cookers. Here, everyone orders “The Bowl,” a power shot of quinoa, cabbage kraut, Read more...

Ichiza brings pan-Asian vegan small plates and oolong tea service to Goose Hollow, recreating the flavors and recipes of owner Cyrus Ichiza’s childhood. Ichiza uses traditional “slow food” techniques and tasty mock meats distributed by Cyrus’s aunt to craft dishes like vegan chicken adobo marinated in coconut vinegar black soy sauce. It’s possible to order one large entrée, but you’re best Read more...

This gluten-free-friendly Montavilla neighborhood coffee shop specializes in bialy sandwiches, fresh cupcakes, and French macarons.  Read more...

Once a solar-powered vegetarian food cart, Off the Griddle is now a brick-and-mortar diner on Southeast Foster. The meatless menu is packed with burgers (five vegan and five vegetarian options), and also boasts a selections of salads, sandwiches, snacks, and fancy mac & cheese bowls. Flip the menu over to find a wealth of cocktails and boozy floats; the Cinnamon Toast, Read more...

Ground Breaker is an apt name for this brewery and gastropub, the first of its kind on the west coast to be completely gluten-free. Nine taps pour award-winning ales, and menu choices range from vegan lentil burgers to Olympia Provisions salami pizza (all gluten-free, of course). Read more...

Lisa Clark has wooed legions of farmers market shoppers with her decadent gluten-free and vegan Peanut Butter Crispy Bars, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Whoopie Pies, and Cowgirl Cookies. In 2013, Clark opened her West End retail shop, offering sweet and savory treats paired with cocktails. Read more...

Chef Aaron Adams’s self-assured Buckman dining room boasts whimsical modernist vegan tasting menus and grand, self-imposed sourcing limits. (Nearly everything on the menu comes from less than 100 miles away.) Sit at his long chef’s counter, and his pure devotion to local fruits and vegetables shines. Carrots cook sous vide in their own sweet juices before getting seared black in Read more...

A juicer’s whir soundtracks the chic hippie paradise Harlow, where every meal is an excuse to savor a rainbow of plant-based plates and fruit- and veggie-packed elixirs. The menu’s so lively, it transforms “good for you” food from prescription to indulgence. Yogis, office workers, and families crowd the cheery, all-gluten-free, mostly vegan spot’s tables to nosh on spice-happy African peanut Read more...

With Harvester Brewing, James Neumeister raised the bar for American gluten-free beers. America’s first dedicated gluten-free brewery opened with three beers—Pale Ale, Red Ale, and Dark Ale—brewed from sorghum, gluten-free oats, and Willamette Valley chestnuts. The brewers’ years of recipe development have paid off, especially in the Dark Ale, which crackles with the flavor of chestnuts roasting over an open fire.  He does the same with beer-friendly food. In Read more...