San Diego Restaurants
The Restaurant GF Statements, GF Diner Restaurant Recommendations, and Scripps San Diego GF Restaurant list all list restaurants that would be of interest to gluten-free diners. Please also read the "Warning" section below about eating out.
Please use ordering as an opportunity to respectfully and patiently educate the staff of any restaurant one person at a time. And remember that taking the time to complement the chef/staff when they have done a great job for you furthers our cause in a very postive way.
The following restaurants have specifically addressed the gluten-free issue in some way. The restaurants with *** next to their names means that they have gluten-free menus on-site. Be aware that each restaurant may have approached the gluten-free issue more or less conscientiously than other restaurants.
*** Restaurants that have gluten-free menus on-site and usually on their website.
** Restaurants that provide GF information on their website.
* Restaurants that have confirmed by email that certain menu items are gluten free, but do not provide this information on their website or on a menu at the restaurant.
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The following restaurants have been included on this website because they deserve special recognition! Z'Tejas offers a gluten-free menu onsite. The staff at the Storyteller's Cafe have gone to exceptional lengths to create gluten-free menu options.
Maggiano's: "The South Coast Plaza Maggiano's in Costa Mesa does indeed have gluten free pasta. Please advise your server of your dietary restrictions and ask to speak directly with a chef. Our chef will be happy to visit your table and then suggest and prepare a meal that will meet your dietary requirements. Lisa Smith,
Guest Relations, 3/12/09
Splash Restaurant
3/09
"Splash basically serves sandwiches, salads, beverages and a few snacks. The only gluten-free items offered there are those that are naturally gluten-free such as fresh fruit, milk, juice, soda, tea. The salads are not prepared in a designated gluten-free area so even those without croutons or other gluten-containing ingredients could not be guaranteed to be free of minute gluten cross-contact. Please feel free to contact me if you have further questions." Rebecca McDivitt, UCSD Registered Dietitian, 858-534-9587
Warning: The information given on this website about restaurants is to be used only as a resource guide. It is always recommended to check on cross-contamination issues, and to reconfirm with your wait staff and/or chef that an item is indeed gluten free. Restaurants are always changing in terms of ingredients used, menu items offered, preparation methods, and staff.
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