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Bub City
Bub City is a Lettuce Entertain You barbecue restaurant, whiskey bar, and live country music venue on Clark Street in River North. Its own catering menu marks items (gf) across salads, smoked mains, and sides, and gluten-free buns are available for select sandwiches and burgers. The Lettuce Entertain You gluten-free guide adds a kitchen detail worth knowing before ordering: upon request for allergies, the chef team can use a separate fryer for the fries and wings. That makes Bub City one of the few barbecue rooms in the city that publishes both item-level gluten-free marking and a fryer practice.
Contact & location
- Address
- 435 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654 River North
- Phone
- Call 312-610-4200
- Website
- www.bub-city.com/chicago
Decision snapshot
- Evidence tier
- Allergen menu documented
- Allergen menu
- Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented
- Gluten
- Dedicated fryer
- The Lettuce Entertain You gluten-free guide states that upon request for allergies, the chef team can use a separate fryer for their fries and wings; this is a separate fryer on request, not a standing dedicated fryer.
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.
The protocol, in full: Allergen documentation
| Gluten | Documented in the restaurant's own published allergen material Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
|---|---|
| Milk | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Egg | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Peanut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Tree nut | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Fish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Shellfish | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Soy | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Wheat | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Sesame | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: Kitchen protocol
| Allergen menu | The restaurant's own catering menu marks items (gf) item by item across salads, mains, and sides, and it offers gluten-free buns for select sandwiches and burgers. Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
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| Dedicated fryer | The Lettuce Entertain You gluten-free guide states that upon request for allergies, the chef team can use a separate fryer for their fries and wings; this is a separate fryer on request, not a standing dedicated fryer. Lettuce Entertain You · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated facility | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Dedicated prep | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Staff training | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Order flagging | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
| Cross-contact statement | Not published in the restaurant's own material — ask before you go (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
The protocol, in full: The visit
| Price band | Not published in the sources checked (not documented) Bub City · 2026-10-28 |
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Good to know before you book
- The restaurant's own catering menu marks items (gf) item by item across salads, mains, and sides, and it offers gluten-free buns for select sandwiches and burgers. — Bub City, 2026-10-28
- The Lettuce Entertain You gluten-free guide states that upon request for allergies, the chef team can use a separate fryer for their fries and wings; this is a separate fryer on request, not a standing dedicated fryer. — Lettuce Entertain You, 2026-10-28
Questions diners ask about this place
Does Bub City publish an allergen menu?
Yes. Bub City publishes an allergen menu that marks dishes item by item, linked from this page. We last checked it on 2026-10-28. A published menu documents ingredients as the restaurant states them — it is not a guarantee, and menus change, so confirm when you order.
Which allergens does Bub City document?
Bub City's own published material documents: Gluten. The allergens we track that it does not document are: Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree nut, Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Sesame. Undocumented means we found no published information — not that the allergen is absent.
Does Bub City document a dedicated fryer or prep area?
Not in the published material we checked on 2026-10-28. The protocol table on this page shows exactly what is and is not documented, and the visit-prep card lists the questions to ask instead.
How current is the information on this page?
Every fact here comes from Bub City and was last checked on 2026-10-28. Kitchens change staff, suppliers and menus without notice — always tell the restaurant about your allergy and confirm current practice before ordering.
Is this your listing?
Claim this listing free to correct anything here, add photos, and complete the details the public record leaves blank — 15 items are currently marked "not documented" on this page. Claiming never buys a higher evidence tier: tiers are earned by documentation, checked the same way for everyone.
Source & freshness
Source: Bub City · Last checked: 2026-10-28
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Change log
- 2026-10-28 — Listing published from the restaurant's own published allergen material (datasets v1 + expansion pass 2, merged Oct 28, 2026).
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Bub City — visit-prep card
Allergen menu documented · Last checked 2026-10-28 · Source: Bub City
- Address
- 435 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
- Phone
- 312-610-4200
- Allergen menu
- https://storage.googleapis.com/bubcity2024_bucket/wp-content/uploads/bfa56b99-bub-city-rig-menu.pdf
Key facts
- Allergen menu: Item-by-item allergen menu published
- Allergens documented: Gluten
- Dedicated fryer: The Lettuce Entertain You gluten-free guide states that upon request for allergies, the chef team can use a separate fryer for their fries and wings; this is a separate fryer on request, not a standing dedicated fryer.
Questions to ask before you order
- Is there a separate prep area, boards and utensils for allergy orders?
- How is an allergy order flagged and communicated to the kitchen, so it cannot be mixed up?
- How are staff trained on food allergies, and how often is that training refreshed?
- What do you do to prevent cross-contact during prep, cooking and plating?
- Which parts of the kitchen, if any, are kept free of my allergen?
ConfidentDiner collects allergen and preparation information from restaurants’ published materials, from restaurants themselves, and from diners. Information is dated and sourced, but menus, ingredients, suppliers, staff, and kitchen practices change without notice, and cross-contact can occur in any non-dedicated kitchen. Nothing on this site is medical advice or a guarantee that any restaurant or dish is safe for any individual. Always tell the restaurant about your allergy, confirm current practices directly before ordering, and make your own decision with your medical professional’s guidance.