Gluten Free Restaurants

[Yellefan]

What kind of restaurant are you looking for? My wife is Celiac and we have tried a lot of them. Here are a few of her favorites:

Una Pizza
Clive Burger
Blue Star Diner
Dairy Lane
Diner Deluxe
Without Papers Pizza
Revolution YYC (Pizza)

[Lil Pedro]

Avatara Pizza and Una on 17th are your options if your gf is in the mood for pizza

[Yasa]

Toscano's on Heritage and Macleod (by the London Drugs and TD Bank) has gluten free options. The food there is great.

[FlamesFanInOilCountry]

I'm gonna bump up this old thread again... Do the last few replies still stand, guys? Anyone have some new suggestions? Anyone recommend a GF bakery? (My wife and I have struggled to find one).

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Yellow Door Bistro can do almost everything on the menu gluten free

[maverickstruth]

Notable (http://notabletherestaurant.ca) has really done a remarkable job with their gluten free menu -- to the point that the bulk of their regular menu items are prepared gluten free. Their executive chef has created a line of GF pasta that they use for all of their pasta dishes (whether on the 'regular' menu or not), and even things like their entire dessert menu other than the occasional feature item are GF.

I'm not sure how they are with cross-contamination issues but the level of awareness they've demonstrated in terms of transitioning almost their entire menu to GF suggests to me that they take it very seriously.

Plus, they're my favourite restaurant in the city, GF or not!

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanInOilCountry

I'm gonna bump up this old thread again... Do the last few replies still stand, guys? Anyone have some new suggestions? Anyone recommend a GF bakery? (My wife and I have struggled to find one).

Lakeview bakery is really good, there's one in lakeview and one in oakridge

[kermitology]

People food does a lot of GF stuff. The pizza crust at Without Papers as well as a couple of other pizza places is from there. They also do fresh baking I think.

http://peoplefood.ca/our-plan/

[taco.vidal]

Heaven on 17th.

https://heavenartisangf.ca

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/15/17099...uisine-Calgary

At Heaven Artisan GF Cuisine, we understand if that it can be difficult to dine out if you have serious food allergies, but people with Celiac disease are safe with us. Cross contamination isn't an issue because we are a dedicated facility.
As a local business, we believe in giving back to the great community we serve. We try to use as much local and organic ingredients and supplies as possible. Some of our suppliers include Poplar Bluff Farm, Care Bakery, Highwood Crossings Farm, Community Natural Foods, and Sysco.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by maverickstruth

Notable (http://notabletherestaurant.ca) has really done a remarkable job with their gluten free menu -- to the point that the bulk of their regular menu items are prepared gluten free. Their executive chef has created a line of GF pasta that they use for all of their pasta dishes (whether on the 'regular' menu or not), and even things like their entire dessert menu other than the occasional feature item are GF.

I'm not sure how they are with cross-contamination issues but the level of awareness they've demonstrated in terms of transitioning almost their entire menu to GF suggests to me that they take it very seriously.

Plus, they're my favourite restaurant in the city, GF or not!

Notable is really limited for vegetarians and vegans though. Not unusual in Calgary.

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by SoCalFlamesFan

As someone who was diagnosed as a Celiac almost 8 years ago and as someone who eats out often I can recommend a few places.

My fave is actually in Edmonton. Chinese is especially hard to eat out because soy sauce is such a common ingredient and most often is made from wheat instead of soy (fermenting both creates the same taste, and wheat is so much cheaper than soy)... So I recommend OPM in south Edmonton. It has a GF menu and the seven flavored beef might be the best thing in the world.

In Calgary I've had a lot of good experiences at the more expensive restaurants rather than the chains such as Earls. These places usually have great chefs and pride themselves on good service. My favorites amongst these categories where they've been very helpful include: River Cafe, Muriettas, Mercado, Catch,

Vietnamese is great although be careful to avoid anything that might contain soy sauce or ingredients such as spring rolls.

I love sushi, which like vietnamese is mostly GF, again avoiding soy sauce or anything with tempura (although you should ask as some restaurants might use only rice flour).

If you like Indian there are a lot of restaurants that make their curries without flour (used as a thickener in some).. my fave is Maurya in Kensington. Rajdoot on 4th Street is also great.

I also love eating at the King and I where the manager, staff and kitchen are very helpful and many of the Thai dishes are naturally GF. Great for lunch during the week although it can be very busy.

One of the things that help me when eating out is learning a lot of the basics of cooking.. so I know to avoid certain foods that contain gluten where it is not obvious, like the soy sauce, or sauces and gravies in general.

Calgary Celiac Society has this great link:

http://www.debdebdeb.com/celiacdb/re...aryceliac.html

You shouldn't go to any indian resteraunt that uses flour in their curry. Curry should get it's thickness from the onions carmelizing properly, not being lazy and adding flour. +1 for Rajdoot, it's owned by family friends and their food is great.

[cancer man]

http://www.lifemadedelicious.ca/reci...FdKGfgodzkYA-A

[homestand]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanInOilCountry

I'm gonna bump up this old thread again... Do the last few replies still stand, guys? Anyone have some new suggestions? Anyone recommend a GF bakery? (My wife and I have struggled to find one).

http://www.earthsoven.com/

[malcolmk14]

Old bump!

I've just recently been diagnosed with celiac disease. I really appreciate some of the suggestions made in this thread. For my personal life and cooking, I'm not that worried about the change. It's eating out with friends and social events that are going to be a pain in the ass.

Anyway, anyone have any new/up-to-date suggestions for places that are good for celiac people??

[Coach]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Old bump!

I've just recently been diagnosed with celiac disease. I really appreciate some of the suggestions made in this thread. For my personal life and cooking, I'm not that worried about the change. It's eating out with friends and social events that are going to be a pain in the ass.

Anyway, anyone have any new/up-to-date suggestions for places that are good for celiac people??

Honestly seems way easier now. It's pretty incredible how fast it's changed. Most places seem to have gluten-free options, and if not, people at least know what it is and that it's a thing. The having to explain what it was to every single server was the frustrating thing for the old GF. Hunger brought her to tears one night because we were late for a show so didn't have to to go out for food, but there was nothing she could eat in the vicinity, so we got a couple bags of chips from a convenience store and went to a play.

Couldn't enjoy the play because we were both starved. We went to Joey's Eau Claire afterwards and they seated us right by the kitchen, so we got to see all the food go by. All she was able to have was grilled chicken with veggies (as per usual) and all she wanted in the world was a burger and fries. She just broke down as soon as her food came about how sick she was of eating the same crappy stuff over and over, and having to frustratingly explain that she can't have toast on top of her chicken caesar salad, and it showing up anyways.

So that was the celiac situation in 2008. I had never heard of it before meeting her. Now every grocery store has entire aisles dedicated to this stuff, and almost anywhere you go has gluten-free options, even bakeries. The quality of options has skyrocketted. Plus, there are some interesting alternatives that you'd never discover other-wise (Spaghetti Squash and meat sauce FTW!).

I know there are a lot of knobs that cling to this stuff as a fad, but I can appreciate that the fad has a significant positive impact on the lives of a lot of people.

[Fuzz]

I was diagnosed about 5 years ago, and I've been in the situation MattyC described. Usually happens while travelling when you don't care what you eat, you just want something satisfying so you can get on with the day.

What part of the city are you in? Their are lots of restaurants these days, so it isn't to big an issue.

Unfortunately we had at one time, 3 dedicated gluten free stores and they are all closed. You can get most stuff at grocery stores, but the dedicated shops were a treat to go to as you didn't have to read labels. Fortunately the new regulations make it easier to spot hidden gluten. If you need any recipes, let me know. I've made a few of mine own for things like pizza, waffles, etc that are better than anything I found online.

[malcolmk14]

Thanks! I'm in Rosscarrock, just west of Westbrook Mall.

[Fuzz]

I'm not to familiar with what is around there, I'm up by McKnight and 4th st NW. On 17th their is Heaven, The Big Cheese Poutinerie, and Clive Burger. Beer Revolution has decent pizzas, as does the Blind Monk. Double Zero in the Core, Palomino, Pig and Duke...lots of options.

If you need fast food travelling, New York Fries poutine is GF, and I'll often bring a bun with me if I know McDonalds is the only option. Just order no bun and the burgers and fries are GF.

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Thanks! I'm in Rosscarrock, just west of Westbrook Mall.

My wife's cousin lives in that area and is celiac. Her go-to takeout options are Avatara Pizza and Oriental Palace, both in Parkdale. I wouldn't say they're the best pizza/Chinese restaurants in the city, but for gluten-free they're pretty good.