Lou Malnati's Pizzeria

They have the thin and deep dish crusts made off site to help minimize the cross contact. But due to this they have limited sizes available. Also, just me personally, I don't care for thee flavor of their crusts.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Below Average

I'm not sure why one of these postings says they've removed all of the gluten-free crust. That is incorrect. They have gluten-free thin crust as well as deep dish.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Lou Malnati’s has discontinued their gluten free crusts!!😡

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much/None

We tried the Gluten free deep dish and gluten free thin crust. They just started using the deep dish recepie and it was a fail. The thin crust is the best around. But the deep dish isn't worth it. The management loved hearing our opinion and gave us a credit. Overall a great experience!

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Very

Safety Feature Ratings

• Other dedicated kitchen equipment (oven, toaster, pots, pans, utensils, etc.)
• Staff is knowledgeable and can answer questions

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Other Characteristics

• Good for kids
• Good for lunch
• Good for takeout
• Offers outdoor seating

Gluten free crust was pretty eh. Serviceable,not fantastic

Celiac friendly?

Yes

When my office brings in pizza, they typically bring in Lou Malnati's. They've ordered the GF cheese pizza for me. Frankly, it sucks. The crust is so hard I've nearly broken a tooth on it. And crusts shouldn't create a squeaking noise when you bite into them. It was tasteless and, quite frankly, not worth the money. I only ate them because I had nothing else with me.

Celiac friendly?

Yes

pizza was ok nothing to go gaga over I do have CD, I didn't have a reaction.

First off, best crust ever in a gluten free pizza. So crunchy and I like its not a greasy type pizza. Try the "Lou" style on gluten free (I leave off the spinach and love it). The management at the Park Ridge location are fantastic and always accommodating. I love how they always remember last order and ask if you want that. makes the ordering so simple.

Best GF pizza ever! The crust is awesome and doesn't have that odd plastic flavor as others I've tried.

Love Lou's! Seriously wonderful pizza. While they do have a gluten free alternative, don't bother if you have Celiac's Disease. Cross-contamination is a very real concern here and if you react to that, resign yourself to not eating here.

Celiac friendly?

No

Their gluten free pizza is delicious. I ate it and didn't feel like I was missing out on anything. I am referring to the actual gluten free crust pizza and not the big sausage patty they use for a crust and was formerly known as the Atkins Diet option.

Ask for the gluten free menu, there is a chicken dish, fish dish a GF dough pizza, a sausage party crust pizza (I had this and i didn't miss having a dough crust one bit, it was bursting with flavor and has that traditional Chicago sausage and pizza flavor) there were several salads to choose from, the house dressing made this my new favorite restaurant salad. Wait staff was knowledgable and made special care to prevent cross contamination.

Great gf pizza

Lou Malnati's *finally* has a real GF crust -- not just the sausage "crust" they've been offering us for years. I tried it tonight and thought it was very good. The crusts are being sourced from Deerfield's bakery which I understand has a completely separate facility for making their GF baked goods. Once at Lou Malnati's, the pizzas are cooked in the same stove as all the other pizzas, but I spoke to staff and was assured that they are taking measures to keep things safe. After eating the pizza tonight, I am not noticing any contamination symptoms even though I am extremely sensitive. So far so good. Recommend!

Lou's has a new 9 inch thin crust (actual crust) gluten free pizza for $9.95 plus toppings. Tried it last night and loved it! Thanks, Lou's!

Crustless Stuffed yummy! Well trained staff on Celiac and cc.

Literally so good. My only complaint is the edges are a bit hard but the flavor is amazing and it didn’t crumple so it’s a 10 in my book. I don’t love deep dish so I didn’t get it but I loved that I had the OPTION. I feel like that’s so rare. I would definitely come here again.

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Gluten free options, yes. But the Chicago style gluten free deep dish pizza was mediocre at best. Toppings were delicious, however the crust was chewy and challenging to eat.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Cross contamination 😔 Flavor was delicious but GF crust was so hard you could hear it scrape my teeth and I got sick from a cross contamination

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

I’ve always loved deep dish pizza so when I got diagnosed with celiac I was worried I’d never be able to enjoy it again. Thankfully, I live right by a Lou Malnatis location and get their deep dish GF pizza all the time!! It is definitely the most authentic GF deep dish crust and I’ve personally never gotten sick from their pizza (I’ve ordered it a ton).

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Most/All

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Excellent

Didn’t get sick, I feel fine. So that’s good. The pizza sauce was the blandest I have ever had. I wouldn’t eat here again.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Not Much

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Poor