Gluten-Free Dining in Fort Collins: 4 Verified Addresses

4 verified gluten-free spots in Fort Collins, all fully dedicated: an ice cream shop and a café in Old Town, bowls, a cider bar.

By Nathan · September 5, 2026 · 4 min

Fort Collins is a comfortable city for a celiac: of the 4 verified addresses, 4 are fully dedicated kitchens. No mixed table, no “adapted” menu to negotiate. An ice cream shop, a café-bakery, a bowl counter and a cider pub — whose fryer, a rare thing, is reserved for gluten-free. Three of these addresses are clustered in the historic center.

The city in numbers

Fort Collins's 4 verified addresses, by type

Restaurants2

Ice cream shop1

Bakery1

Old Town: ice cream and bakery

Edison’s Ice Cream, 172 North College Avenue, is a 100% gluten-free ice cream shop right in Old Town, with a wide range of locally made flavors, including dairy-free options. The cone and toppings aren’t the usual trap here: nothing served contains gluten. Verified via The Rocky Mountain Collegian, Downtown Fort Collins and the official site.

Explorado Market, 11 Old Town Square, is a 100% gluten-free café-bakery, also free of soy, seed oils and peanuts: pop-tarts, focaccia, muffins and cakes. The listing shows 4.8/5 over 579 reviews. Sources: Joe Coffee, Wanderlog and the official site.

The bowl counter and the cider pub

Liminal | Bowls, Salads, Coffees + Elixirs, 1232 West Elizabeth Street, is a fast-casual restaurant where no gluten-containing product enters the building. Customizable bowls and salads, with vegan, dairy-free and grain-free options. Celiaquita.food and Nextdoor confirm it.

Scrumpy’s Hard Cider Bar and Pub, 215 North College Avenue, is Old Town’s cider bar, and it has converted its entire kitchen into a 100% gluten-free zone: full cleaning, dedicated utensils, dedicated fryer. On the menu: tenders, burgers, sandwiches, waffles and brownies. One thing to know before going as a group: the bar also serves regular wheat beer, alongside the cider and cocktails. It is meant for non-celiac companions — check what’s being poured, and stick to the cider. Sources: official site, Yelp (222 reviews), Untappd and TripAdvisor.

Our tips on site

Say “I have celiac disease,” not just “gluten-free”: in the US, the latter often passes for a chosen diet.
Old Town is walkable. Edison’s Ice Cream, Explorado Market and Scrumpy’s are all three in the historic center, on North College Avenue or Old Town Square. Liminal, to the west on West Elizabeth Street, requires a trip.
Two American reference associations: the GIG (Gluten Intolerance Group) and Beyond Celiac.
Continuing across the US? Our guide to gluten-free travel in the USA covers the rest of the country, and dedicated kitchen vs. gluten-free menu, the difference explains what a dedicated fryer like Scrumpy’s changes.

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 Fort Collins address is missing, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Fort Collins.

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 Fort Collins with celiac disease?

Yes. Nutrixe has verified 4 addresses in Fort Collins, and all 4 are fully dedicated kitchens, with no wheat flour on the premises: the ice cream shop Edison's Ice Cream, the café-bakery Explorado Market, the bowl counter Liminal and the cider bar Scrumpy's. One reservation, at Scrumpy's: the bar also serves regular wheat beer, best left to non-celiac companions.

Can you get gluten-free fries in Fort Collins?

Yes, at Scrumpy's Hard Cider Bar and Pub, 215 North College Avenue. The place converted its entire kitchen into a 100% gluten-free zone — full cleaning, dedicated utensils and, crucially, a dedicated fryer — and serves gluten-free tenders, burgers, sandwiches, waffles and brownies. That's rare: in most pubs, the shared fryer rules out anything fried.

How do you say you have celiac disease in English?

Say "I have celiac disease." In the US, "gluten-free" is often heard as a dietary preference, while "celiac disease" triggers the real kitchen precautions. A useful question: "Is the fryer dedicated?"

Are Fort Collins's addresses all restaurants?

No. Of the 4 verified addresses, 2 are classed as restaurants — Liminal, on West Elizabeth Street, and Scrumpy's, on North College Avenue —, 1 is an ice cream shop, Edison's Ice Cream, and 1 is a café-bakery, Explorado Market. Three of them are in the historic center, Old Town; only Liminal is to the west, on West Elizabeth Street.