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How to Dine Gluten Free in Restaurants - Tip #5
Posted by: ross in Gluten Free Dining Tips, Gluten Free RestaurantsMake it Easy.
Don’t just tell a waiter what you can’t eat. Instead, be proactive. You know more about the gluten-free diet than he does, so don’t make him guess the menu options that might be right for you. Scout the menu for choices that are likely to be gluten-free and present them to the waiter as starting points for further investigation. Let the waiter use his limited time to interface with the kitchen and to confirm that your choice is a safe one.
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April 16th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
That’s a good tip.
I use opentable.com to make most of my dinner reservations. Conveniently, it offers a space for notes to the maitre d’–I always write a note about my food restrictions in that space to give the restaurants a heads-up. I was extremely impressed recently at Food Studio in Atlanta when, upon my arrival (after using Open Table for the reservation), my waitress had already discussed my options with the chef. She went through the menu and knew the provenance (goat, sheep, cow) of each of the cheeses on the menu. She also had alternative vegetable choices for the options. It was such a refreshing and relaxing experience.