I really wanted to love Via Chicago, especially as someone managing both gluten and dairy allergies. I built my own medium pizza with the gluten-free crust and the vegan cheese combo (Daiya and tofu ricotta). Unfortunately, it just didn’t hit the mark for me. The crust was thinner and a bit tougher than expected (definitely not worthy of the Chicago style title), but the biggest issue was the cheese… It was so heavy and overpowering that it completely overshadowed the rest of the pizza. Being from Chicago, I fully understand that Chicago style pizza has a lot of cheese, but when you’re working with alternative cheeses, certain alterations need to be made because they simply DO NOT cook the same as regular cheese options. The texture ended up being more slimy than satisfying, and there was more cheese than crust. There was actually more cheese than anything else, including the toppings that I added (pepperoni, pineapple and supposedly onion, but I didn’t see or taste that on the pizza)
Ultimately, I understand that allergy-friendly options are often more expensive, but when I’m paying $35 for a medium pizza, I at least hope I’ll want to eat the leftovers. Sadly, that wasn’t the case here. While I appreciate the effort to offer gluten-free and vegan options, I don’t think I’ll be returning.
If you’re looking for great gluten-free and vegan pizza in Portland, I’d highly recommend Boxcar instead, they do it Detroit style and they do it right!
Wonderful establishment!! Great service and the food is delicious! The gluten free crust is the best … taste is the same as a gluten crust. Thank you for making it taste “normal”! 😀🍕😀
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Sarah El Ebiary
Vegan Cheese available and only their gluten free crust is also vegan, not the regular crust. Their breadsticks can be made vegan without parmesan cheese and request to switch their garlic butter with just olive oil. The crew was super attentive, helpful, and even remembered my name when we were thanking them on the way out! We will definitely be back again soon!
The food was delicious! We are from out of town, and we'd never been to Boxcar Pizza before. I am gluten free and vegan, so finding good pizza is tough. This was THE BEST vegan, gluten free pizza I've ever had! They also had Cheesy Garlic Bread that had a gluten free option. Simply amazing!
This restaurant was simply superb! We loved it so much that we had dinner there on Monday and Tuesday nights during our two day trip to Yachats, Oregon. The food was a 10+ and the service matched. I have celiacs disease and am confined to a gluten free diet. They had more gluten free dishes than almost any restaurant that we have tried in the last 6 years and the quality and flavors were superb.
A funky, down home place with excellent pizza. Extensive traditional and vegan pizza menu. Gluten free desserts. The crust hits that perfect combination of crispness and doughiness. Old time video machines and board games. Almost a dive, but the pizza is gourmet.
The gluten-free pizza is one of the best I have ever had! So glad to find this place when my husband and I were in the area for a convention. Thank you!
16265 NW Cornell Rd #101, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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Sabrina Padilla
We have a celiac, a gluten intolerant & 2 gluten sensetive people as well as people that aren't affected by gluten in our house... This is the 1 place that we can order & everybody's happy! They have an extra station in the back to make the GF stuff so we've never had a cross contamination issue. They have everything we could want/need (except GF monkey bread but my hips will live without lol) and sizes are huge! We've been coming here for 12 years & will continue to do so!
I think people need to temper their expectations with the fact you're in basically rural Oregon. This isn't a city, it's definitely a small town.
I came here after finding it on the Find Me Gluten Free app. I came here because I have Celiac disease and read the owner of someone related to the owner is also a Celiac.
Ambiance is definitely Italian restaurant in small town America. It's at the end of a strip mall near the Albertsons market.
My menu was a printed paper that had gotten wet and then dried so the ink for the drink menu was smeared.
Waitress was nice. She let me know that the fried foods and the desserts were gluten-free. I was disappointed to find out that making the food gluten-free is an undisclosed upcharge and that there wasn't any gluten-free bread.
I got the appetizer of fried mushrooms for $15 which I felt was a bit much for button mushrooms rather than a fancier fungi.
I had the $24 gluten-free chicken parmesan and while it was fine, I think I'd go with something else next time.
My husband got the regular pasta and ordered the $23 carbonara, not even looking at his menu. That was a mistake because their carbonara is a mushroom cream dish and my husband hates mushrooms. "Carbonara" is a specific dish - cured pork, eggs, hard cheese and salt and pepper. Imagine ordering bolognese and it being full of mushrooms as the default. It's odd.
My husband ordered wine and I got an Italian soda in guava flavor. Usually I'm sucking down 4-5 glasses of water but the water here was the local tap water which has a strong mineral taste.
Overall, the meal was okay but I was a bit disappointed as a Celiac.
Visited October 2024.
I’ve been a fan of eating here ever since 2005 but I have to eat gluten free now and oh my goodness….extremely disappointed…almost seems like the crust is already prepackaged and they just throw on toppings and roast it for a minute or two. Awful crust.
Friendliest food establishment ever. Lovely options for all kinds of eaters!
Gluten free for my pal, meat-filled for my partner and vegan pie for me.
Lovely almonds and focaccia as appetizers. Filling thin crunchy crust was just what we needed.
We had lunch in this very special place while visiting Lincoln City. The food and elixirs were excellent! I eat gluten-free so I'm used to having limited choices in most places. Here there were so many unique and yummy items to choose from. I had the pesto crepes, my hubby had the jackfruit tacos and we shared potatoes with mushroom gravy. Soooo good! Friendly service as well. If I were a local I would be a regular!
Good gluten free pizza. The toppings are good, typical stuff. You are given fresh, shredded parm rather than the powdered stuff. Outside dining is our choice, though the inside is full of old wood and character. Pricey chocolates and reasonable cookies. There was only one cider option, but it's good. There is no house rootbeer, but the other half enjoyed a mocktail with real fruit and mint.
You order at the counter and food is brought to you. Free street parking.
We live in Utah and travel to Dayton, OR 1-2 times a year. We ALWAYS stop to eat at Abby's in Pendleton on our way to Dayton and again on the way home. Even when I had to change over to gluten free I was so amazed at how delicious their pizza remained. They don't shy away from toppings! They always get our orders right! We have lived in NY, NC, CA and UT and Abby's is TRULY the best pizza we have had. I couldn't go on this trip this time so my husband has a cooler and he stopped there to pick up our pizzas to bring home... they were so accommodating and wrapped out pizzas in foil so he could fit them in the cooler. He said the only problem is he has to smell those delicious pizzas for the next 8 hours haha! Thank you Abby's!!
By FAR the best gluten-free pizza I've found in Portland!
I've been on a quest to find good GF pizza since a recent health diagnosis made it a necessity, and not only is their crust leaps and bounds above every other place I've tried, but it also comes in a full 15" pie, available with a garlic cream sauce (I also have a tomato allergy 🥲), and is some of the best pizza I've found here, GF or not. I ordered for the second time tonight to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and adding feta this time, it was even better than the last time.
This place will absolutely be my go-to from here on out!
I'm gluten free and always searching for a tasty pizza crust. We are visiting the area, so we ordered to go on our way back to hotel. The inside was super cute and the service was great. Our pizza was ready to go when we got there. The first thing I noticed was how heavy the box was when the handed it over. If you eat gluten free pizza you know how skimpy the pizzas tend to be. Not this pizza!! The pizza crust was amazing and the toppings so generous. My family is not gluten free but enjoyed this pizza as well. If we come back this way I will stop again for sure.
I tried to call in an order for a gluten free pizza for a person w celiac. The representative (Amy) told me that they only had two gluten free crusts and could not sell them to us as a call in order, and not even if we walked in because she had to save them for “emergency orders”. We asked what an emergency order was and she said it was an online order… so we can order gluten free online but not walk in or call in an order for one? She was pretty unhelpful about it besides blaming her boss, which is unprofessional even if it is true, and doesn’t improve the abysmal customer service standard set by their boss. Really disappointed.
If I could give it more than 5 stars I would! Aside from having a to-die-for delicious BBQ chicken pizza with gluten free crust, and tasty hard ciders, the service was so above and beyond! We walked in and they greeted us like family, and high-fived our kid’s (we have 4 and they are all under 10 years old!) Just an absolutely warm and welcoming atmosphere!
One of the most stellar pizzas, one of the best gluten free pizzas I’ve ever had. Gluten conscious restaurant and cool vibe with top quality ingredients
Excellent gluten free crust, as mentioned in other reviews doesn't really turn brown but had a crunchy outer crust, nice and soft inside, not chewy. Very enjoyable.
The best gluten free pizza I have ever had. So good that my husband suggested we get all of our pizza on the gluten free crust from here out and he can have gluten. Great salads and ranch too.
This is pretty much my go to for a gluten-free and dairy-free pizza. They do have cauliflower crust and non dairy cheese. You get to pick what you want on your pizza so that is nice.
I am gluten-free and a vegetarian, and this place allows me to have a pizza that is very tasty. Nowhere else offers the mix of ingredients that they offer.
This is my favorite gluten free pizza in town. The crust is amazing and I love the unique pizza topping options. Everything I have had is always delicious.