Gluten Free Pizza Parlors & Restaurants in Florence
Are you coming to Tuscany and want to know if you can find gluten free pizza and restaurants in Florence? Well the answer is yes, and here’s a guide.
Ristorante Pizzeria Lorenzo de’ Medici
Gluten free pizza restaurants in Florence can get no better than the Lorenzo de’ Medici, which is certified by the Italian Celiac Association. But it’s not just about pizza! This is a restaurant where people with celiac disease can finally enjoy the pleasures of traditional Italian cuisine, as many specially prepared dishes are available.
Lorenzo de’ Medici’s Celiac Association Certification
The Lorenzo de’ Medici has offered traditional Tuscan food since its first opening in 1950. The restaurant is in the heart of Florence, and has never ceased to grow, reaching remarkably high ratings on all travel sites and publications. Another point in the restaurants favor, is that it’s a favorite with the locals too.
The kitchen offers dishes made with the freshest local ingredients, all of which are sourced from the surrounding Florentine province, the nearby San Lorenzo Market, and from small local producers. Only genuine products are used, thus remaining faithful to the high quality for which Italian cuisine is famous. In recent years the restaurant had added a number of renowned dishes from other parts of Italy as well.
Special attention has been given to the needs of guests affected by food intolerance. There is a unique a la carte menu for Celiacs, as well as a wide variety of gluten free pizzas. Gluten free desserts are also available, made in the restaurant’s kitchen with healthy and genuine ingredients.
Finally, the Lorenzo de’ Medici Restaurant and Pizzeria offers a warm and welcoming environment, with a highly suggestive atmosphere. With its warm lighting, stone floors and a rustic environment it transmits the magic of a bygone Florence.
Ristorante Lorenzo dei Medici offers: Gluten Free Menu – Gluten Free Pizza & Sweets – Tuscan Cuisine.
You can find Ristorante Lorenzi de’ Medici in: Via del Giglio, 49/51 r Firenze Tel +39 055.212932.
A true Neapolitan restaurant/pizzeria in the heart of Florence, and winners of the Gluten Free Pizza World Championships. This family business was founded in 1948 in by the great grandmother of the current owner and chef, and all has been handed down generation to generation since then. Mamma Palma makes homemade pasta every day, Salvatore is the executive chef, Antonio is the master pizzaiolo, Giuseppe is the head waiter, and Ciro is the master Florentine steak (Bistecca Fiorentina) chef. Bistecca Fiorentina is the specialty dish of Florence, and it’s a must if you’re a meat lover.
Antonio, Ciro, Giuseppe and Enzo in front of their wood fired oven
If you have a taste for wine, it’s worth knowing that Ciro & Sons have a vast cellar with wines from all over Italy which is passionately managed by Enzo their sommelier. If you’d like to take things a step further, maybe you could consider a Private Tuscany Wine Tour with me.
Ciro & Sons offer: Gluten & Lactose Free – Vegan & Vegetarian – Florentine Steak & Non Veg Food.
You can find Ciro & Sons in: Via del Giglio 29r, Florence. Phone +39 055 28 9694. Closed on Wednesdays.
The New Bridge Pizza Club is run by the Pizza Chefs Antonio and Enzo from Naples, who after travelling the world gaining experience, decided to open, a pizza parlor in Florence. They opened in 2022 near the Ponte Vecchio under the name of the New Bridge Pizza Club. The name evoked a bridge between two worlds: the traditional Neapolitan dough and innovative cooking techniques, but also a bridge between their passions – Antonio’s love for cooking and Enzo’s love for music.
Today their pizza is crafted to meet every need, and no one is left out. The philosophy is simple: pizza, like music, is a universal language, able to unite everyone without exception.
The restaurant is certified by the Italian Celiac Association and the Lactose Intolerant Association.
New Bridge Pizza Club offers: Gluten Free – Vegetarian – Vegan – Lactose Intolerant – Halal – Salads – Pasta – Craft Beers.
You can find New Bridge in: Via dell’Oriuolo 26/R, Florence. Tel. +39 055 049 2218. Closed on Sundays.
Antonio preparing pizza at the New Bridge Pizza Club
Mister Pizza is centrally located, but don’t think of it as a tourist trap, it’s well liked by the locals too. This is a pure pizzeria as the “only” thing you can eat here is; Pizza. Then as far as Gluten free pizza in Florence goes, this is where you will find one of the best.
The secret that makes Mister Pizza different from the others is the quality of the ingredients. They carefully select their suppliers of only the best products: from the dough with fine Caputo flour to the filling with Torrente tomato sauce, and for connoisseurs, they offer pizza topped with buffalo mozzarella DOP from Campania fresh every day.
And I quote from their site: “No palate is too demanding for us! Choose the pizza you want, without any compromise! This is why we pay the utmost attention to food intolerances and celiac disease. At Mister Pizza you can enjoy all the fragrance of your favorite pizza, with the guarantee of gluten-free certification.”
Mister Pizza offers: Gluten Free – Vegan – Vegetarian – Sesame & Whole Meal Flour options
You can find Mister Pizza in two locations: Piazza Duomo, Florence Tel +39 055 0106 460 – Via Pietrapiana 82, Florence +39 055 7478 848.
