How to Dine Out Gluten Free

Dining out may seem daunting if you have a child that has a gluten sensitivity or Celiac Disease, but it boils down to these three simple steps:

1. Choose a restaurant that has a gluten-free menu or gluten-free options.
   • Use the free app FIND ME GLUTEN FREE
2. Call or visit the restaurant during non-busy hours and ask them:
   • Do you know what gluten is?
   • Has your staff participated in a gluten-free training program?
   • Do you use clean or separate pots, pans, and utensils for gluten-free food?
   • Do you clean the grill before cooking gluten-free food?
   • Is there a separate fryer for gluten-free food or do you change the oil?
3. At the restaurant, always inform your waiter that your food must be free of gluten.
   • Be polite but ask the waiter if he/she understands what gluten-free means and, if they do not, then ask to speak to the chef

Keep in Mind the Dirty Dozen

1. Are there croutons on the salad?
2. Does the salad dressing contain any flour?
3. Does the soup contain any flour?
4. Has the food been marinated in any sauce that has flour or soy?
5. Has the food been dusted with flour before being fried or sautéed?
6. Is the oil used for cooking also used to make other breaded products?
7. Are artificial bacon bits or other meat substitutes used on potato skins and salads?
8. Are the mashed potatoes from a mix?
9. Is there any imitation crabmeat or seafood?
10. Does bread come with the dish?
11. Is the garnish gluten free?
12. Are there breadcrumbs on the food?

Eating Out in DFW

The Dallas Fort Worth Area has several restaurants that offer gluten-free choices: Andaman Asian Mint Banana Leaf Thai Cuisine Bavarian Grill BJ's Brewhouse Blue Mesa Grill Boston Market Boston's Restaurant & Sports Bar Bowlarama Buca di Beppo Burger King Cantina Loredo Carino's Carrabas Chick-fil-a Chili's Chipotle Classic Café Company Café Cracker Barrel Cuquita's Restaurant El Chico Fireside Pies The Fish City Grill The Four Corners Café Fogo De Chao Freebirds Hannah's IHob Jason's Deli Kenny's Italian Kitchen Komali Kona Grill La Hacienda Ranch Lavendou Le Peep Local Oven Luby's Macaroni Grill Malai Mellow Mushroom Mi Cocina Mutts Cantina Olive Garden On The Border Outback Steakhouse Palio's Pizza Café Panera Bread Pei Wei Pie Five P.F. Chang's Pot Belly Red Robin Rio Mambo Rockfish Seafood Grill Roly Poly Rosa's Café Roy's Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q Ruth's Chris Steak House Salum Saxbys Coffee Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse Souper Salad Spiral Diner Spring Creek BBQ Steak 'n Shake Sundown at Granada Taco Cabana Texas de Brazil Texas Land and Cattle Steakhouse Thai Basil Leaf The Chocolate Angel The Grill on the Alley The Melting Pot TruFire True Food Kitchen Uno Chicago Grill Wendy's If you would like more information about Celiac Disease or gastrointestinal (GI) digestive disorders and nutrition in children, please contact Dr. Mona Dave's Frisco Office or Request Appointment Here.