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True Food Kitchen (River North)
True Food Kitchen is a national chain built around seasonal, ingredient-driven cooking, and its Chicago restaurant sits on Erie Street in River North. It earns a place in this Chicago set on documentation alone: the chain publishes a nutrition and allergen guide with per-item allergen statements covering milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut, peanut, wheat, gluten, soy, and sesame. The Chicago location page is equally plain about preparation, describing dishes as gluten-friendly in a shared kitchen where cross-contact is possible and pointing diners to the guide. A third-party listing has claimed this location closed; the chain's own location page shows it open with current hours, and this record follows the restaurant's own page.
Contact & location
- Address
- 1 West Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654 River North
- Finding it
- ZIP code from open place data; restaurant location page publishes the street address without the ZIP.
- Phone
- Call 312-204-6981
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 11:00 AM–9:00 PM; Fri 11:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sun 10:00 AM–9:00 PM
Decision snapshot
- Evidence tier
- Allergen menu documented
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 11:00 AM–9:00 PM; Fri 11:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sun 10:00 AM–9:00 PM
- Allergen menu
- Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented
- Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame
- Price band
- $$
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.
The protocol, in full: Allergen documentation
| Gluten | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
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| Milk | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Egg | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Peanut | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Tree nut | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Fish | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Shellfish | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Soy | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Wheat | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Sesame | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: Kitchen protocol
| Allergen menu | The chain publishes a nutrition and allergen guide giving per-item allergen statements across the menu. True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
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| Cross-contact statement | The Chicago location page describes dishes as prepared gluten-friendly in a shared kitchen where cross-contact is possible, and refers diners to the allergen guide; the guide's per-item statements name eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, wheat, and gluten. True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated facility | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated fryer | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated prep | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Staff training | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
| Order flagging | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: The visit
| Price band | $$ True Food Kitchen · 2026-10-28 |
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Good to know before you book
- The Chicago location page describes dishes as prepared gluten-friendly in a shared kitchen where cross-contact is possible, and refers diners to the allergen guide; the guide's per-item statements name eggs, fish, milk, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, wheat, and gluten. — True Food Kitchen, 2026-10-28
- The chain publishes a nutrition and allergen guide giving per-item allergen statements across the menu. — True Food Kitchen, 2026-10-28
- ZIP code from open place data; restaurant location page publishes the street address without the ZIP. — True Food Kitchen, 2026-10-28
Questions diners ask about this place
Does True Food Kitchen (River North) publish an allergen menu?
Yes. True Food Kitchen (River North) publishes an allergen menu that marks dishes item by item, linked from this page. We last checked it on 2026-10-28. A published menu documents ingredients as the restaurant states them — it is not a guarantee, and menus change, so confirm when you order.
Which allergens does True Food Kitchen (River North) document?
True Food Kitchen (River North)'s own published material documents: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame. The allergens we track that it does not document are: none. Undocumented means we found no published information — not that the allergen is absent.
Does True Food Kitchen (River North) document a dedicated fryer or prep area?
Not in the published material we checked on 2026-10-28. The protocol table on this page shows exactly what is and is not documented, and the visit-prep card lists the questions to ask instead.
How current is the information on this page?
Every fact here comes from True Food Kitchen and was last checked on 2026-10-28. Kitchens change staff, suppliers and menus without notice — always tell the restaurant about your allergy and confirm current practice before ordering.
Is this your listing?
Claim this listing free to correct anything here, add photos, and complete the details the public record leaves blank — 5 items are currently marked "not documented" on this page. Claiming never buys a higher evidence tier: tiers are earned by documentation, checked the same way for everyone.
Source & freshness
Source: True Food Kitchen · Last checked: 2026-10-28
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Change log
- 2026-10-28 — Listing published from the restaurant's own published allergen material (datasets v1 + expansion pass 2, merged Oct 28, 2026).
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True Food Kitchen (River North) — visit-prep card
Allergen menu documented · Last checked 2026-10-28 · Source: True Food Kitchen
- Address
- 1 West Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654
- Phone
- 312-204-6981
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 11:00 AM–9:00 PM; Fri 11:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM–10:00 PM; Sun 10:00 AM–9:00 PM
- Allergen menu
- https://www.truefoodkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Spring2023_Nutrition-Guide_04052023_WEB3.pdf
Key facts
- Allergen menu: Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame
- Price band: $$
Questions to ask before you order
- Is the fryer shared with breaded or battered items, and what else is cooked in that oil?
- Is there a separate prep area, boards and utensils for allergy orders?
- How is an allergy order flagged and communicated to the kitchen, so it cannot be mixed up?
- How are staff trained on food allergies, and how often is that training refreshed?
- Which parts of the kitchen, if any, are kept free of my allergen?
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.