Gluten-Free Dining in Boulder: 4 Verified Addresses

Boulder's 4 verified addresses are all kitchens with no wheat flour: an all-corn Mexican restaurant, a grain-free canteen, Venezuelan arepas and a bakery that works with oats.

By Nutrixe · September 5, 2026 · 4 min

Boulder holds a comfortable position in our database: of the 4 verified addresses, 4 are kitchens with no wheat flour, 3 of them fully gluten-free. No mixed tables to negotiate with. Two of them are dedicated by design — their cooking is built on corn, not wheat — and a third also excludes grains, lactose and refined sugars. The fourth, the bakery, needs closer reading: it works with oats.

The city in numbers

Boulder's 4 verified addresses, by type

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Grocery1

Bakery1

Corn, the base of two entire kitchens

Cozobi Fonda Fina, 909 Walnut Street, is an elegant Mexican restaurant whose menu is entirely gluten-free for a simple reason: it is built on corn nixtamalised on site, tortillas and quesadillas included. Chef Johnny Curiel built the concept around corn, which makes wheat superfluous. TripAdvisor, OpenTable, TheCeliacMD.com and Travel Boulder all agree.

Quiero Arepas, 1401 Pearl Street, applies the same logic to Venezuelan arepas: corn flour, meat, cheese or vegan fillings, and a 100% gluten-free menu since 2010. The house presents itself as the country’s very first certified gluten-free food truck. Sources: official website, Yelp and the Boulder tourist office.

The canteen and the bakery

Just BE Kitchen, 2500 30th Street, is a 100% gluten-free kitchen that goes further: grain-free, dairy-free, free of refined sugars, and largely free of soy, corn and peanuts, with paleo, keto and Whole30 options. It is the brand’s third location, opened in Boulder in December 2023. Verified through the official website, Travel Boulder and Yelp.

Sweet Sisters Bake Shop, 641 South Broadway, is South Boulder’s wheat-free bakery, taken over by sisters Sydney and Jordan Klinkerman: cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pecan and coconut pies, baguettes, cinnamon rolls. The caveat here is the most useful piece of information in this article: the house uses oats. Oats from outside a certified supply chain are regularly contaminated with wheat, and even certified they are poorly tolerated by some people with celiac disease. Our sources do not allow us to conclude that the address suits a strict celiac: ask, product by product, which ones contain it. A GFCO certification is sometimes mentioned, but we have no direct confirmation and we do not claim it.

Our tips on site

Say “I have celiac disease”, not just “gluten-free”: in the United States, the second phrase often passes for a chosen diet.
Ask about oats. “Does this contain oats?” is the question to ask at Sweet Sisters, and a good habit anywhere in the United States, where oats are very common in baking.
Two American association markers: GIG (Gluten Intolerance Group) and Beyond Celiac.
Travelling on in the United States? Our guide to gluten-free travel in the USA covers the rest of the country, and dedicated kitchen or gluten-free menu, the difference explains what a dedicated kitchen guarantees — and what it does not.

Explore the 4 addresses

Every address cited has been verified at the source: existence, actual gluten-free level, risks. All 4 are on the Nutrixe map — and if your Boulder address is missing, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Boulder.

Figures at the time of publication. The database grows every week: today's exact count is always on the map.

Frequently asked questions

Can you eat gluten-free in Boulder with celiac disease?

Yes. Nutrixe has verified 4 addresses in Boulder, and all 4 are kitchens with no wheat flour on the premises, three of them 100% gluten-free: the Mexican restaurant Cozobi Fonda Fina, the canteen Just BE Kitchen, the arepas at Quiero Arepas and the bakery Sweet Sisters Bake Shop. One important caveat: Sweet Sisters works with oats, which are poorly tolerated by some people with celiac disease.

Where can you eat gluten-free Mexican food in Boulder?

At Cozobi Fonda Fina, 909 Walnut Street. The whole menu is gluten-free because it is built on corn nixtamalised on site: tortillas and quesadillas are made in house, and chef Johnny Curiel built the entire concept around corn. TripAdvisor, OpenTable, TheCeliacMD.com and Travel Boulder confirm it.

What should you say to staff when you have celiac disease?

Say "I have celiac disease". In the United States, "gluten-free" is very often understood as a food preference; "celiac disease" is the phrase that triggers real precautions in the kitchen. You can add "Do you use oats?" — useful in Boulder, where one of the four addresses does.

Are all the Boulder addresses restaurants?

No. Of the 4 verified addresses, 2 are restaurants — Cozobi Fonda Fina on Walnut Street and Quiero Arepas on Pearl Street — 1 is classified as a grocery, Just BE Kitchen on 30th Street, and 1 is a bakery-patisserie, Sweet Sisters Bake Shop, on South Broadway. That last one is away from the other three, in the south of the city.