Celiac safety profile
Red Hen
Italian Restaurant · Bar · Restaurant
1822 1st St NW, Washington, DC 20001
What you can eat here
Pulled from Gluto's celiac safety report for this location.
✅ Reported safe options
- Gluten-free pasta dishes (prepared with gluten-free pasta; many pasta dishes can be GF).
- Gluten-free desserts (rotating GF dessert options are available).
- Substitutions like using cucumber-based options in place of bread (where indicated) to avoid gluten-containing components.
- Modifications such as removing breadcrumbs or other gluten-containing elements; staff have reportedly accommodated requests to cook GF pasta with separate water and utensils.
- General caution: there is no dedicated gluten-free facility, and some high-risk items (e.g., fried components) may involve cross-contamination in shared equipment.
⚠️ Risks & cross-contamination
- Not a dedicated gluten-free facility; potential cross-contact risk exists.
- Some items may involve shared fryers or shared kitchen equipment (e.g., arancini noted as not GF in some accounts).
- While staff often take allergies seriously and implement precautions, complete gluten-free safety cannot be guaranteed in this setting.
Gluto score breakdown
Each axis is scored 0–100 from research + community signals.