Piccolo Forno

Not a dedicated GF facility. Shared kitchen with visible flour on surfaces; no dedicated pizza oven or fryer. Multiple symptomatic coeliac diners report getting ill (vomiting, nausea) after GF pasta and pizza. Staff have explicitly told diners they cannot guarantee safety from cross-contamination. FindMeGlutenFree listing warns the establishment is NOT safe for coeliac disease.

Address725 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA

CuisineItalian

Price€€

Hours

Mon	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM
Tue	Closed
Wed	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM
Thu	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM
Fri	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM
Sat	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM
Sun	11:45 AM to 10:00 PM

Websitepiccolo-forno-sf.com/

Last verified

Per-allergen evidence

Coeliac · Gluten-free

confidence 0.85 ·

Not appropriate, Documented unsafe, multiple negative reports, or refuses to accommodate. Surfaced to warn rather than recommend.

Honest caveat: Multiple coeliac diners report getting ill, and staff have warned they cannot guarantee safety due to flour in shared kitchen.

✓ marked menu

Cited references

[1] officialPiccolo Forno , Piccolo Forno (official menu)Official menu page shows no allergen marking or dietary notes; generic website template.fetched 2026-05-15 [2] aggregatorGoogle Places listing , GoogleGoogle Places baseline; no dietary information provided.fetched 2026-05-14 [3] aggregatorPiccolo Forno - Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant in San Francisco , FindMeGlutenFreeFMGF listing: 30 recent ratings, 21 safety ratings, warns 'NOT a dedicated GF facility'. Multiple reviews report glutening incidents; staff admit high cross-contamination risk. GF items marked on menu.fetched 2026-05-15 [4] blogPiccolo Forno , piccolo-forno-sf.comVenue homepage; no allergen or dietary information.fetched 2026-05-14 [5] aggregatorGluten-Free Italian Restaurants in San Francisco , FindMeGlutenFreeFMGF list of GF Italian restaurants in SF; lists Piccolo Forno with 39 ratings, 21 safety ratings, and the featured snippet 'I have never gotten sick here but understand it may be different for someone more sensitive.'fetched 2026-05-15 [6] blogPiccolo Forno - Gluten-Free Restaurant in San Francisco , atly.comAtly listing claims 'Celiac friendly', 'Dedicated GF place', 'Low risk of cross-contamination', but this is contradicted by multiple FMGF reports. Claims GF options marked.fetched 2026-05-15

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