Gluten-Free Dining in Colmar: 7 Verified Addresses, No Dedicated Kitchen

Colmar is a city you visit on foot, and so are its gluten-free addresses: the 7 verified addresses in our database all fit inside the historic centre. But none is a dedicated kitchen. Winstub, galette bistro, organic canteen, Moroccan, poke, chocolate shop, Alsatian table: each has something gluten-free, and each works with wheat too. This guide says what is on offer, address by address, and the one gesture left to you: announcing your celiac disease when ordering.

The city in numbers

Alsace on the menu

• Wistub Brenner, rue Turenne on the edge of Little Venice: an Alsatian winstub, seasonal cooking entirely made in house. Several dishes are flagged gluten-free on the menu, including the choucroute, the pork chop and the Arctic char with riesling. Staff are described as attentive to allergens, in a non-dedicated establishment: tell the staff as soon as you order.
• The Court of Angels, place de l’Ancienne Douane, a table that is both Alsatian and strongly plant-led, with tartes flambées on the menu. No separate gluten-free menu, but the team knows the subject and steers you towards suitable dishes or adjusts them. Tartes flambées mean airborne flour in the kitchen: speak up on arrival.
• BISTROT GOURMAND, Grand Rue, a daytime bistro open from morning to late afternoon: four gluten-free buckwheat galettes on the menu, and several dishes adaptable to gluten-free or vegetarian diets. Wheat crêpes are prepared in the same kitchen and the fryer is not dedicated: flag your celiac disease and avoid the fried food.

The organised counters

• Cuit lu Cru, inside the covered market, an organic vegetarian canteen open Tuesday to Saturday during the day. Reworked burgers, kebabs, salads and gluten-free desserts: much of the menu is gluten-free by design. The kitchen is not 100% dedicated, so state your intolerance when ordering.
• Island Poké, rue des Blés near Little Venice, a build-your-own poke bowl counter. The house keeps a list of gluten-free ingredients, offers a gluten-free soy sauce and uses one set of tongs per tray. The wheat-based sauces and toppings are on the same counter: ask for the list and speak up before building your bowl.
• Le Touareg, rue des Marchands, a Moroccan restaurant: tagines, couscous, pastilla. A gluten-free version of the couscous is offered, without booking ahead according to customer feedback, and the spice blends are made in house, which rules out a frequent source of hidden gluten. The kitchen is still mixed, with semolina and brick pastry: speak up on arrival.

The sweet side

Ganache, rue des Marchands, a chocolate and confectionery shop open since 2014. All the macarons are gluten-free, kept in a separate display case, and the staff change gloves to serve them. Not everything else in the shop is gluten-free: ask for confirmation ingredient by ingredient.

Our tips on site

• Say “je suis cœliaque” (“I have celiac disease”), not “sans gluten”: in Colmar everything is mixed, and it is the word that turns a menu into a precaution.
• Two risks you cannot see: the fryer at the Bistrot Gourmand, the flour from the tartes flambées at The Court of Angels. Cross-contamination explains why it matters even with no wheat on the plate.
• All on foot: Grand Rue, rue des Marchands, place de l’Ancienne Douane, the covered market and Little Venice are minutes from one another.
• No dedicated bakery in our database in Colmar: plan for bread, especially during the Christmas markets, when the queues make questions hard. The rest of the region is in our guide to gluten-free holidays in France.

Explore the 7 addresses

Every address cited has been verified at the source: the tourist office, official websites, reviews. All 7 are on the Nutrixe map. We are missing a dedicated kitchen in Colmar: if you know of one, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Colmar.