Gluten Free Restaurants

I have spent a lot of time this week worrying about the weekend and our historical habit of eating out. Where do we eat? What do we eat? and how do we know if they are actually preparing it in a gluten free environment (to avoid cross contamination).  Every gluten free person I have talked to this week has been more than happy to share this information, I have even spent some time online exploring different restaurant options. I will post a list of them below. The only answer I don't have is the cross contamination element. We have all heard stories about restaurants and their less than stellar health practices, so asking them to please keep all your food 100% away from the rest, probably won't happen. It may not be a bad idea to stick with restaurants you know and trust. This is especially true if you have celiacs. In our case, a little cross contamination is not ideal, but won't send Zane into medical distress.

Many restaraunts that you go to can modify things to be gluten free. Like wrapping a burger in lettuce (In-N-Out does this) but here are some restaraunts that have catered menu's for the gluten free. If you know of more restaurants that have gluten fre menu's please share and I will gladly add them to this list.

Olive Garden (this one surprised me) http://www.olivegarden.com/Menu/Gluten-Allergen/
BJ's Brewhouse http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com/menus/gluten-menu-options
Boston's Gourmet Pizza's offers Gluten Free Crusts!!! http://www.bostons.com/uploaded/File/Allergy%20and%20Nutritional%20Manual.pdf
Outback Steakhouse http://www.outback.com/menu/pdf/glutenfree.pdf
Jason's Deli http://www.jasonsdeli.com/menu/gluten-free-menu.pdf
Mooyah (lettuce wrapped burgers) www.mooyah.com
Jimmy John's (it's called an unwhich becuase it's wrapped in lettuce) http://jimmyjohns.com/menu/nutrition.aspx
Firebirds  http://firebirdsrestaurants.com/nutri-Folder/GlutenFree.pdf

Frankly, this list is a little sparse. Let's see if we can't find, or convince, more restaurants to start doing gluten free.