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Wheat's End Café
Wheat's End Café is a dedicated gluten-free cafe and bakery on Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park, and its site describes the cafe as a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility. The published menu is entirely gluten-free and uses a dietary key to mark dairy-free and vegan items, which makes it one of the few brunch menus in the city that a dairy-free diner can read at item level. The menu also carries an allergy warning noting that the kitchen processes egg, dairy, nuts, and soy, and that only its self-manufactured products are ensured gluten-free. Service is carryout-oriented with no dine-in, and the kitchen closes shortly before the cafe each afternoon.
Contact & location
- Address
- 543 W. Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614 Lincoln Park
- Phone
- Call 773-770-3527
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 8:30 AM–3:00 PM
- Website
- wheatsendcafe.com
Decision snapshot
- Evidence tier
- Allergen menu documented
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 8:30 AM–3:00 PM
- Allergen menu
- Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented
- Gluten, Milk
- Dedicated facility
- The cafe's site states: "Our cafe is a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility."
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.
The protocol, in full: Allergen documentation
| Gluten | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
|---|---|
| Milk | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Egg | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Peanut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Tree nut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Fish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Shellfish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Soy | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Wheat | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Sesame | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: Kitchen protocol
| Dedicated facility | The cafe's site states: "Our cafe is a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility." Wheat's End · 2026-10-28 |
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| Allergen menu | The cafe menu is published as 100% gluten-free, with a dietary key marking items dairy-free and vegan. Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Cross-contact statement | Menu allergy warning: the cafe can only ensure that its self-manufactured products are 100% gluten-free, and the kitchen processes egg, dairy, nuts, and soy. Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated fryer | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated prep | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Staff training | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
| Order flagging | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: The visit
| Price band | Not published in the sources checked (not documented) Wheat's End Café · 2026-10-28 |
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Good to know before you book
- Menu allergy warning: the cafe can only ensure that its self-manufactured products are 100% gluten-free, and the kitchen processes egg, dairy, nuts, and soy. — Wheat's End Café, 2026-10-28
- The cafe's site states: "Our cafe is a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility." — Wheat's End, 2026-10-28
- The cafe menu is published as 100% gluten-free, with a dietary key marking items dairy-free and vegan. — Wheat's End Café, 2026-10-28
Questions diners ask about this place
Does Wheat's End Café publish an allergen menu?
Yes. Wheat's End Café publishes an allergen menu that marks dishes item by item, linked from this page. We last checked it on 2026-10-28. A published menu documents ingredients as the restaurant states them — it is not a guarantee, and menus change, so confirm when you order.
Which allergens does Wheat's End Café document?
Wheat's End Café's own published material documents: Gluten, Milk. The allergens we track that it does not document are: Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame. Undocumented means we found no published information — not that the allergen is absent.
Is Wheat's End Café a dedicated facility?
Wheat's End Café's own published material describes a dedicated facility: The cafe's site states: "Our cafe is a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility." (source checked 2026-10-28).
How current is the information on this page?
Every fact here comes from Wheat's End Café and was last checked on 2026-10-28. Kitchens change staff, suppliers and menus without notice — always tell the restaurant about your allergy and confirm current practice before ordering.
Is this your listing?
Claim this listing free to correct anything here, add photos, and complete the details the public record leaves blank — 13 items are currently marked "not documented" on this page. Claiming never buys a higher evidence tier: tiers are earned by documentation, checked the same way for everyone.
Source & freshness
Source: Wheat's End Café · Last checked: 2026-10-28
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Change log
- 2026-10-28 — Listing published from the restaurant's own published allergen material (datasets v1 + expansion pass 2, merged Oct 28, 2026).
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Wheat's End Café — visit-prep card
Allergen menu documented · Last checked 2026-10-28 · Source: Wheat's End Café
- Address
- 543 W. Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60614
- Phone
- 773-770-3527
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 8:30 AM–3:00 PM
- Allergen menu
- https://wheatsendcafe.com/menu
Key facts
- Allergen menu: Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented: Gluten, Milk
- Dedicated facility: The cafe's site states: "Our cafe is a 100% dedicated gluten-free facility."
Questions to ask before you order
- Is the fryer shared with breaded or battered items, and what else is cooked in that oil?
- Is there a separate prep area, boards and utensils for allergy orders?
- How is an allergy order flagged and communicated to the kitchen, so it cannot be mixed up?
- How are staff trained on food allergies, and how often is that training refreshed?
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.