Minneapolis is one of those cities where there is almost nothing to negotiate: of the 5 verified addresses in our database, 5 are fully dedicated kitchens — no wheat flour on the premises, no menu to decode. Two bakeries, a café, a Mexican restaurant and a bar: enough to cover a full day. Just one reservation in the bunch, and it concerns a drink, not a plate.

The city in numbers

Minneapolis's 5 verified addresses, by type
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The two bakeries

Atuvava Bakery, 3800 South 28th Avenue, is a family-run gluten-free bakery run by celiacs — a detail that changes how a bakeshop is organized. Artisan breads (crusty baguettes, rustic loaves) and viennoiseries in small batches, made with fair-trade, sustainable ingredients. Open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: check the day before crossing town. Dedicated status confirmed by the official website, Yelp and Facebook.

Sift Gluten Free, 4557 Bloomington Avenue, has been the south side’s institution since 2017: a bakery 100% dedicated gluten-free and peanut-free, whose display case lines up muffins, bars, brownies, cookies, donuts, cakes, scones and mini quiches — each item labeled for its restrictions. It is the place where you pick whatever you want without reading a single ingredient label.

Eating on site, from coffee to dinner

Brim, 2919 Knox Avenue South, is the brand’s original address, right in Uptown: a café whose menu is entirely gluten-free and seed-oil-free, made with local, organic products. Sandwiches, bowls, tacos, toasts, viennoiseries, artisan coffee. It handles breakfast and lunch in one address.

Colita, 5400 Penn Avenue South, is a restaurant with Oaxacan influences whose entire kitchen is gluten-free, with organic corn tortillas ground on site every day. Corn is naturally gluten-free, but it is the dedicated kitchen that makes it safe: here, the shared tapas menu can be ordered without a single modification requested.

Mestiizo, 337 13th Avenue Northeast, blends Mexican and Asian influences in a cocktail-bar setting, built around tequila and Japanese whisky: tacos on house-nixtamalized corn tortillas, sushi, birria egg rolls, on a 100% gluten-free menu. The reservation, flagged by a celiac customer, concerns the bar: the beer served is not gluten-free. Nothing unusual — but it is exactly the kind of detail that can spoil an otherwise risk-free dinner.

Our tips on site

  • Say “I have celiac disease,” not “I’m gluten-free.” Even in a dedicated kitchen, this is what gets sauces, garnishes and drinks checked.
  • Keep the plate and the glass separate. Mestiizo shows why: an entirely gluten-free menu can coexist with a barley-malt beer. Always ask about drafts and whisky-based cocktails.
  • The south side concentrates three addresses — Sift on Bloomington Avenue, Colita on Penn Avenue, Atuvava on South 28th Avenue; Brim is in Uptown and Mestiizo is in the northeast.
  • In the United States, the Gluten Intolerance Group and Beyond Celiac are the two national references for celiacs; our guide to gluten-free travel in the USA covers the rest of the country.

Explore the 5 addresses

Every address cited has been verified at the source: existence, actual gluten-free level, risks. All 5 are on the Nutrixe map — and if your Minneapolis address is missing, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Minneapolis. And to find out exactly what a dedicated kitchen guarantees, read dedicated kitchen or gluten-free menu, the difference.

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