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| - My girlfriend and I went there because they have gluten free crust! The place was really clean and cool. We decided to sit at the bar to see the whole pizza making process, because the oven looked really cool.
However, if you have celiac (like my girlfriend), or are sensitive to gluten then this place is not what you've been searching for in Champaign. The owner (earlier in the day) and the waiter assured us the gf pizza would be baked on its own pan. After seeing the awesome wood burning ovens we realized everything went inside without a pan. My girlfriend was willing to risk having her pizza in the ashes of wheat flour (she wasn't fooled by the waiter saying gluten burns up in the oven). Our bigger problem was the chef rolling out a wheat crust on the counter then using his same bare hands to top her gf crust. And the fact that it was impossible to retrieve her pizza from the oven using the "pan" it came on, the chef had to paddle it out with the usual instrument.
It's fine if they can't service celiac customers, we get that. But it was disappointing considering she had asked the owner ahead of time in person, and that the waiter was in denial. I, on the other hand, had the pleasure of eating the entire pizza all by myself.
Finally, for the 99 in 100 this place had excellent, fresh ingredients and a nice menu selection. I can't say for the regular pizzas, but the non-gluten free gluten free pizza was good. :)
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