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Gluten Free Chicago!

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I just returned from almost a week in Chicago to attend a family event- including an extra day snowed in by a blizzard. It turns out Chicago, especially the northern  suburbs is a great place to be gluten free. We had some incredible eats, and some disappointments. I'll do my best to summarize here. Pizza! Of course I will start with the results of our pizza tour. Unfortunately we were unable to try *all* the offerings, but that was due to there being too many options out there- such a great problem to  have. Marcello's The top honor for best Chicago pizza goes to Marcello's. We visited the restaurant in Northbrook and were offered a full gluten free menu including pizza, pasta, salads and even a dessert "pizza". We ordered one thin crust (for the Giggler), a pan pizza with sausage, a side of roasted vegetables and a berry "dessert pizza". Marcello's pan pizza is a bit on the small side, but very flavor packed. Next time we're in town we