How does theBEAT decide a dish is gluten-free?

We read what the venue itself publishes — its allergen material, its menu, or a certifying body's listing — and we store the source link and the date we read it. Where we find no published source, the label does not go on. We do not call kitchens and we do not infer.

Is this a certification?

No. It is a record of what the venue published, with the date. Menus and kitchens change; confirm with the restaurant before you order, especially for an allergy that can send you to hospital.

How many of these dishes are receipted?

27 of the 49 gluten-free dishes we carry in Washington, DC carry a first-party receipt. This page shows a sample of 6; the rest are in the app. Dishes without a published source are marked as open questions rather than quietly labelled — an honest amber, not a green we cannot back.

theBEAT/The Edit/Gluten-Free · Washington, DC

Gluten-Free dishes in Washington, DC, with receipts.

Dishes labelled gluten-free in the venue’s own published material — the page named, with the date we read it.

27 of the 49 carry a published first-party source — the venue’s own material or a named supervising authority, with the page and the date we read it. The 6 highest-rated are below with their sources; the other 21 are in the app.

Read this first. Each line below records what the venue itself published, on the date shown — it is not a certification and not a guarantee, and we do not call kitchens. Menus, suppliers and kitchens change after we read them. Confirm with the restaurant before you order — always, and especially for an allergy that can send you to hospital or an observance you keep. And ask specifically about cross-contact: a source can tell us what is in a dish and still tell us nothing about a shared fryer, grill or prep surface. Unless a venue publishes a dedicated facility or a written cross-contact protocol, assume shared equipment and say so when you order.

ilili · Washington DC

Lamb Chops

What the source records
Lamb chops are named on ilili's own published gluten-free menu (seared, zaatar salsa verde).

source · read 2026-07-15

Dakshin · Washington DC

Chicken Cheese Kebab

Recorded from the venue’s own published material — open the source to read it.

source · read 2026-08-22

The Capital Grille · Washington DC

Dry-Aged NY Strip

What the source records
Listed by name on Capital Grille's official gluten-sensitive menu.

source · read 2026-07-08

ilili · Washington DC

Hummus

What the source records
Hommus is named on ilili's own published gluten-free menu (chickpea, tahini, lemon, olive oil).

source · read 2026-07-15

Chaia · Washington DC

Braised Mushroom Tacos

Recorded from the venue’s own published material — open the source to read it.

source · read 2026-08-14

ilili · Washington DC

Shish Taouk

What the source records
Chicken taouk is named on ilili's own published gluten-free menu (chicken breast & thigh, sumac).

source · read 2026-07-15

The other 21 are in the app.

We publish a sample here — enough to show you exactly how a receipt works and to let you check one yourself. The full gluten-free list for Washington, DC, every other dietary lens we carry, and the filters that combine them live in the app, which is free to install and free to browse.

Every dish here earned its place by publishing something we could read and store. We do not label a dish because it looks right, and we do not write down what a kitchen tells us on the phone. When a venue publishes nothing, the dish stays an open question rather than a quiet green — which is why our lists are shorter than they could be, and why the part that is here holds up.

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