Gluten Free in New York City - Fast Casual Restaurants, Bakeries & Gelaterias

Over Christmas Break, we spent nine nights in New York City, my favorite city in the United States for gluten free dining. You can read my sit down restaurant reviews here.

One of my favorite meals of the trip was brunch at Noglu, a 100% gluten free French bakery with locations in New York City and Paris.

Gluten Free in New York City - Sit-Down Restaurants

Over Christmas Break, we spent nine nights in New York City, one of the best cities in the United States for gluten free dining.

On Christmas Day, we had dinner at Senza Gluten, one of our favorite restaurants in New York City. Everything at Senza Gluten is gluten free, and they recently opened Senza Gluten Cafe & Bakery down the street, which I will review in my next post about fast casual dining in New York City.

Gluten Free in New York City - Part 5

We started our final full day in New York City with breakfast at our hotel, then we headed out to see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.  I recommend buying your tickets ahead of time from Statue Cruises.  We bought Reserve with Pedestal Access tickets, which meant we had a lot of steps to climb, but if you are up for it, try to get Reserve with Crown tickets, so you can go all the way up to the crown.  Buy them early, because they sell out fast.  

We had lunch at Hu Kitchen, a fast casual restaurant that focuses on clean eating.  All of their food is gluten free and non-GMO, and they do not use cane sugar, soy lecithin, refined sugar, or emulsifiers. You can read Hu Kitchen's food pillars here.  If you eat a Paleo diet, you will love Hu Kitchen.  

Gluten Free in New York City - Part 4

On our fourth day in New York City, we had breakfast at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, which you can read about here, then headed to the 9/11 Memorial.  

The 9/11 Memorial is free, but we bought tickets ahead of time to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and One World Observatory, located at the top of One World Trade Center.  We all loved One World Observatory with its amazing views of New York City, and enjoyed walking around outside and exploring the 9/11 Memorial, but my 10 year old daughters had a hard time with the 9/11 Memorial Museum.  I highly recommend all three activities, but the 9/11 Memorial Museum might not be appropriate for young children. 

Gluten Free in New York City - Part 3

Our third day in New York City started with breakfast at our hotel, the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.  

The buffet breakfast at Crossroads American Kitchen & Bar was included with our room for the last four days of our stay, so we ate breakfast there every day except our first morning in New York City, when I dined at The Little Beet, which was a short walk from Times Square.  

Gluten Free in New York City - Part 2

Day two of our trip to New York City started with us walking to The Little Beet for breakfast.   All of the food at The Little Beet is gluten free, and they promote it as being 100% guiltin' free too, because they use local, seasonal, and natural ingredients that are non-GMO and unprocessed.  You can read about our lunch at The Little Beet here, in my post about our first day in New York City.  

I ordered a bacon, cheese and egg sandwich on a whole grain english muffin.  This was my first breakfast sandwich in seven years, since my celiac diagnosis.  The english muffin tasted more like a bun than an english muffin, but the sandwich was very good.  The egg was cooked well, and the bacon was nice and thick.  

Gluten Free in New York City - Part 1

My aunt and uncle, who live in our hometown of Pittsburgh, have been waiting over 10 years to take us to New York City, since before my twins were born.  For years, my aunt looked forward to taking my daughters to the American Girl store and to see Broadway shows, but we wanted to wait until they were old enough to remember and appreciate the trip.  The American Girl store never happened, because my girls don't like dolls, but we had an amazing vacation.  

We stayed at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, and our room had this incredible view.  We arrived at our hotel via Uber, which I highly recommend, from Newark Airport by 11:00 a.m., checked in, and headed out to buy some show tickets and have lunch.  Before our trip, I did extensive research on gluten free options in New York City.  I read the newly published New York City: The Gluten-Free Guide from Anna Sonnenberg of Gluten-Free Jet Set, and visited blogs like Gluten-Free Globetrotter and Gluten Free, Follow Me.