Gluten-free in Portland

This is a guest post by my friend Darcy, who visited Portland last weekend and checked out the gluten-free food scenes over there. Below is a report of her food adventure in the City of Roses:

GF Chef 

This is gluten-free comfort food. Started by a retired couple after he learned that he had Celiac disease. They also serve Chicken and Waffles, using different flour mixes.

28234915_1463688533760128_2786650355067384180_o
Fish and chips

Both the chicken and the fish come with great crunchy and satisfying breading without tasting like a cardboard.

28238327_1463688537093461_1504410040124191096_o
‘The Timmy’ fried chicken smothered in gravy over biscuits with cheese and bacon. Sausage gravy.

It’s not just good for being gluten-free it’s legit simple but filling comfort food. There are currently zero restaurants in the Seattle area that have single serving options for gluten-free fried Chicken. 

28061179_1463688477093467_8098978825442558581_o

Highly recommend coming here when in Portland as it sits in a good trailer park that hosts everything else from barbecue to banh mi. 

Homegrown Smoker

This is vegan barbecue in Portland.

28238200_1466901853438796_5204687246193033177_o.jpg

SLOSMOMOFO – Smoked soy curls grilled and basted with HGS BBQ sauce and chipotle slaw on a bun.

28164610_1466901880105460_5391791494207312910_o.jpg

CAROLINA CHIKN Sandwitch – Smoked chikn grilled and basted in Mellow Yellow sauce, chipotle slaw and pickles on a bun.

28164560_1466901856772129_5877464649830514950_o.jpg

It is 100% vegan and both items listed above can also be made gluten-free.

Corbett Fish House

28423519_1466901810105467_5320655386502755528_o.jpg

Corbett Fish Houses offer 100% Gluten-Free menus.

For the batters, you have two options – the default of brown rice fried in bran oil, or gluten-free beer batter.

 

I can’t recommend the gluten-free beer batter enough. To me it tastes exactly how I remembered Fish and chips. All of their fried foods are nice, crispy, and light. They are not overly oily. That’s because they change out the oil at least once a day, so you’re bound to have a great meal anytime of day that you order.

Back to Eden Bakery

28161882_1463688260426822_7744897077802837512_o

Located in the Alberta arts district in NE Portland, this is my favorite bakery. Everything at this bakery is gluten-free, and dairy-free. There is a Back to Eden cafe + bakery next door to the Back to Eden dessert bar. They both have treats, but the dessert bar has the definitive selection of desserts by far.

28164878_1463688387093476_6269569863808404682_o
Lavender lemon poppy seed cup cake
28061738_1463688347093480_7177885496201503693_o
Chocolate peanut toffee bar
28070613_1463688323760149_8049359400814602257_o
Cardamom chamomile donut
28161581_1463688330426815_738558324555137936_o
Kombucha float
The kombucha float is comprised of Dr. Kombucha’s Love flavor, a blend of Jasmine, green tea, chamomile and rose. The soft serve is vanilla. They also offer cakes, pies, quiches, and flour mixes. If you’re in Portland and want to try some adventurous desserts, I can’t recommend Back to Eden enough.

22 thoughts on “Gluten-free in Portland”

      1. I remember I had a lavender scone and a chocolate rootbeer donut (yes, two!). And if you are really feeling indulgent, Salt and Straw is down the street. Their olive oil-sea salt and pear-gorgonzola ice cream was DIVINE!

        Liked by 1 person

      1. I remember loving the food in Seattle as well, though I have had less time in Seattle than Portland. We are hoping to get up the the northwest to visit friends and family in the next year or so–I will have to be sure and hit up both cities for a comparison 🙂

        Liked by 1 person

  5. What perfect timing… I’ll be going to Portland in a few months… and I’ve been longing for good tasting gluten and dairy free food.. especially bakery stuff… I just can’t find anything decent unless I make it myself… and I’m def NOT one who bakes! Thank you for this list… at least now I know I can eat in Portland… now all I need is to find a list for Seattle and I’m all set 😘

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s