Top 13 Gluten-Free Kid-Friendly Spots to Explore in Marion

Shari Damaso

This is our favorite place for tasty affordable pizza that is easy to customize. The gluten-free options are fantastic!

Christine Winter

Great service and better quality ingredients than your average Chinese Restaurant. My son is gluten free and it's one of the few places that will make Chinese food gluten free. This is incidentally my Mother's fairies Chinese restaurant; she orders the Sautéed Shrimp Every. Single. Time!

M. Bauer

I can't leave enough stars... CONSISTANTLY Awesome! The atmosphere is a mix of modern cool with the comfort of grandmas house. The menu is diverse enough to handle everything from gluten free to meat lovers. It tastes so good, it literally created new tastebuds. The staff is equally as cool and awesome as the food and atmosphere.

Ricki Parizek

Some places have good food, some places have good atmosphere, the Morning Story-Marion has both. I have dined here a number of times, quite a number, actually😉 This breakfast & lunch restaurant is bright, bustling, and brand new (in Marion, Iowa since Nov 2021). They have a sophisticated, modern menu with a SW vibe. This is definitely not an old school diner, offering items like a Mimosa Fried Chicken Benedict or the equally scrumptious Green Chili Chicken Hash. I have had perhaps 10 dishes from the breakfast menu and have never been even slightly disappointed. The dishes are generous and will provide yummy leftovers for many patrons. The lunch menu is also full of delectable choices, from sandwiches like burgers, a club, tenderloin, and philly to fresh salads and the always popular half-n-half combo. I had a fantastic breakfast with my partner recently, our choices being the gluten-free Oatmeal Pancakes, with Rolled Oats, Strawberries, Blueberries, Agave Nectar, Blueberry Compote, and Powdered Sugar. Available also as a combo with eggs and a choice of meat. The second dish was the Breakfast Quesadilla with Scrambled Eggs, Diced Bacon, Roasted Onion, Green Peppers, Cheddar Jack Cheese, Jalapeño Cream Cheese, Fresh Herbs, Salsa Roja. Both dishes were incredibly tasty, made fast and fresh with high-quality ingredients and bursting with flavor. Enough about the food, no mention of this place would be complete without mentioning the hustling, professional, and super friendly staff. One can not help but feel as though every visit is a get-together with good friends. Every staff member on every visit has been smiling, chatty, and genuinely welcoming. The manager (who is a star) not only circulates the dining room constantly, assuring everything is going perfectly, but also somehow finds time to speak to all of the customers in this very busy restaurant in an unhurried way that never ceases to amaze me. Visit for breakfast or lunch, and I can promise you will be thrilled with the food and delighted with the staff. Tell 'em Ricki sent you @RickiGoesOut

Dawn Sloan

Excellent service. Delicious Gluten Free options!

Mary Nolan

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I've become a little bit if a regular. This place is wonderful. All of the staff are very nice. I can tell they love working there. I'm often greeted with really genuine smiles. The coffee is great. They carry a lot of different gluten free options which is wonderful. They know how to do gluten free really well so no worries there. Their cakes look spectacular even gluten free at times, gluten free quiches 3 days a week, etc. This is one of my favorite coffee places in town. If you haven't given it a try I highly suggest it. They really care about their customers and that keeps me coming back!

Jacey Drollinger

Do not eat here if you are Celiac! They do not take any precautions on preparing your food safely. There is no gluten free menu. While Pad Thai is made with rice noodles and is typically safe, theirs is not. Sick for two days after eating there! Stay away if you are Celiac!

Nyx Dale

AMAZING

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Crystal Dean

Always good! Love the gluten free quesadillas! Quest and salsa, you can’t go wrong!

Sharron Geneske

I love love love the smoothie here and go atleast once a week, also a favorite of other family members. I will not stop going however I stopped in tonight and ordered my usual smoothie which includes kale. The person did not use the tongs to put the kale in with their bare hands. My first thought was I can't have gluten and they may have made a sandwich before hand , my 2nd thought was influenza A going around among other things. They had gone in the kitchen and the other employee went to finish my smoothie and I asked if they could make me another one and use the tongs please. I was told "just so you know they wash their hands between smoothies." I can overlook the comment but I have never seen them wash their hands, with soap, not just rinsing out blenders, but they take your order touching the screen that many customers also touch not to mention handling cash. I think it was just an overlook and I am not mentioning gender/names on purpose as it is normally a very friendly upbeat place in addition to being very fast! I will continue to go back!! Just wanted to let employees know it's super important to always use utensils.

Karen Janko

Everytime we have visited, my daughter has celiac and has to do a gluten free sub. They are always professional and sanitize before they make her sub. Thank you, so much.