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Caffe Si started out as a GF foodstore but later expanded to a small cafe with sidewalk tables. They sell their own brand of items as well as others. Soups, pies, pizza bases, cakes, tarts, biscuits, slices, quiches ready to eat or take home and all delicious. Try the coffee cardinal, it’s divine!!

Orrong Road (Alma Rd Junction), Caulfield North

www.caffesi.com.au

Note: Food Cube has since closed down - see comments below

This is a great little eat-in / takeaway that make gluten-free pizzas, risottos, curry, salad, toast, burgers, almost anything you ask for. They also make muffins and stock GF goodies like cookies and shortbread as well as treats for Christmas such as rum balls and christmas pudding. I’ve been eating there for years and never know what to choose! Food cube is open for breakfast and lunch weekdays and Saturdays.

Near cnr Little Bourke & Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne.

A favourite of mine, this pizza and pasta restaurant is conveniently located on Chapel Street near High Street in Windsor. They have one of the most extensive GF menus of any restaurant that I’ve seen, including garlic bread, pizza, pasta, focaccias, cakes and even beer! They also have a menu for “normal” people. The GF pizza is quite nice though I find that it still disagrees with me. However I love the focaccias for a tasty lunch alternative (the chicken and roast veg is my fave!) and the flourless orange cake was divine. I also really like the GF garlic bread and my husband is happy to share with me because it is as good as normal garlic bread. Pizza Piazza is open for lunch and dinner (closed on Mondays) and has a nice atmosphere as well as the usual street dining.

171 Chapel St, Windsor Vic
www.pizzapiazza.com.au

On Friday night I had the urge for a pizza but not the ingredients to make one. I didn’t want to bother going up Chapel Street for the usual so I did a quick search on the web and found that Mr Wolf on Inkerman Street offer all of their pizzas with a GF base as an alternative. I ordered the Margherita. At $16 it was a bit expensive (as all GF foods are!!) but it was very tasty though a little oily. The base was very thin (better than the thick, crumbly GF bases you sometimes get) and smaller than my husband’s normal pizza. We ordered over the phone and picked up though it looked like a nice place to eat in. I definitely recommend but I will only go there as a treat as it hurts the hip pocket a little.

9-15 Inkerman St, St Kilda East. See www.mrwolf.com.au.