Chicago is documented restaurant by restaurant on ConfidentDiner: 27 listings, each built from the restaurant's own published allergen material. 24 of the 27 publish an allergen menu (22 of them item-by-item), 5 document a dedicated facility, and 21 of the 27 are independently owned — the chains are documented separately, at chain level. The cuisines with real depth here are American (12), Bakery (5), Brunch (4).
Filter this page by your allergen, the protocol items that matter to you, cuisine, price and neighbourhood — every count is computed from these 27 listings. Where a restaurant has not documented something, its page says so plainly and gives you the exact question to ask instead. Nothing here is a safety guarantee: protocols are what restaurants publish, dated, and kitchens change.
Hub content last reviewed 2026-10-28.
What the documentation shows
0% with a documented dedicated fryer (0 of 27 in Chicago)
81% publishing an item-by-item allergen menu (22 of 27 in Chicago)
Chain restaurants publish their allergen protocol at head-office level — an allergen matrix, a cross-contact statement, sometimes a documented procedure. We record exactly what each chain publishes, allergen by allergen, and say plainly what it does not publish. A chain profile is a ceiling for its locations, never a grade for the branch you are visiting.
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Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Dedicated facility
Cross-contact statement
An Andersonville bakery where everything is gluten-free, with a published product allergen list and dairy-free, egg-free, and soy-free options documented in its FAQ.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
A Fulton Market all-day restaurant and coffee bar (Lettuce Entertain You) that publishes a full gluten-free menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and brunch.…
834 W. Fulton Market Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60607 · 312-733-0370
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Order flagging
Chicago's long-running Spanish tapas bar in Lincoln Park (Lettuce Entertain You), whose menus mark gluten-free items and include several paellas and gluten-free beer options.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
A French bistro in the Belden-Stratford in Lincoln Park (Lettuce Entertain You) whose menus mark gluten-free items from starters through steak frites.…
2300 N Lincoln Park West, Chicago, IL 60614 · 773-348-8886
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
A California-style Lincoln Park restaurant (Lettuce Entertain You) whose menus mark gluten-free items, with gluten-free pizza crust available on request.…
1954 N Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60614 · 773-634-4100
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Allergen menu
A 1940s-style River North steakhouse (Lettuce Entertain You) with an extensive dedicated gluten-free menu, including sandwiches on a homemade gluten-free bun.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Dedicated fryer
A River North barbecue and live-music spot (Lettuce Entertain You) that marks gluten-free items on its menus and can use a separate fryer for fries and wings on allergy request.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
The River North location of Chicago's family-owned deep dish institution, which publishes a gluten-free thin crust and states plainly that the crusts are finished in a kitchen wher…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
The Wicker Park taqueria from Chicago's One Off Hospitality, whose own catering menu states the menu is entirely gluten free except desserts, with items marked on the regular menu.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Order flagging
Cross-contact statement
A literary-themed Irish bar and restaurant in Lakeview with a separate gluten-free menu and gluten-free brunch menu, and a printed note that it does not have dedicated cooking equi…
3130 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657 · 773-244-0404
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28 Independent
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
Mindy Segal's Wicker Park bakery, which labels gluten-free items on its daily menu, offers nut-free and dairy-free pastries, and publishes a frank cross-contamination statement.…
1623 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 · 773-489-1747
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
The River North location of the national health-focused chain, kept in this set because it publishes a full per-item allergen guide covering all ten tracked allergens.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
The River North location of the national Italian chain, included because its published allergen guide covers the full menu item by item, including a soybean-oil fryer disclosure.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
The Ontario Street flagship of the Chicago-born hot dog and Italian beef chain, which publishes an item-by-item allergen guide for nine of the ten tracked allergens.…
100 W. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60610 · 312-587-8910
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
The Streeterville location of the national Mediterranean bowl chain, whose published allergen statement excludes peanuts, nuts, and eggs and itemizes sesame, soy, and wheat contact…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
Cross-contact statement
The River North location of the national Asian chain, included for its national item-by-item allergen matrix and designated gluten-free menu sections.…
Allergen menu documented · last checked 2026-10-28
Item-by-item allergen menu
Dedicated facility
A Loop fast-casual bowl shop (national chain) whose entire menu is prepared in a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, with a published allergen PDF covering all ten tracked allergens.…
24 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 · 872-276-3804
How many restaurants in Chicago publish an allergen menu?
24 of the 27 Chicago listings publish an allergen menu in their own material, and 22 of those mark dishes item by item. The rest are listed for the protocol facts they do document — each listing's table shows allergen by allergen what is and is not published.
Which Chicago restaurants document a dedicated facility or dedicated prep?
5 listings document a dedicated facility and 7 document at least one of a dedicated facility, dedicated prep area or dedicated fryer. The most documented include True Food Kitchen (River North), Maggiano's Little Italy (River North) and P.F. Chang's (River North). "Dedicated" is always the restaurant's own published wording, quoted with its source — never our inference.
Are the Chicago listings mostly chains or independent places?
21 of the 27 (78%) are independently owned, including small local groups. National chains are not mixed into these listings: their protocols live in the chain section (30 profiles), because a head-office document is a ceiling for a location, not a grade for it.
How current is the Chicago information?
Every listing here was checked against its restaurant's own published material on 2026-10-28, and each page names its source and check date. Menus and kitchen practice change without notice — confirm current practice with the restaurant before ordering, every time.
How these pages are built
How a restaurant gets on this page: its own allergen menu or protocol statement was found and dated, or it answered our protocol questionnaire. Listings with no documented protocol are labelled "Listed" and show the questions to ask instead of a claim.