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What to Eat When You Eat Out Gluten Free is set up so that, when you go to a restaurant, you can click on that restaurant from the Index of All Chain Restaurants and quickly see choices that are safe to eat.

If you’re negotiating with colleagues about where to go, you can click options ahead of time or go to the Index of Chain Restaurants with Good GF Selections to better your odds.

If you’re in one of the places listed in the Index of Excellent Local Restaurants by Location, yippee! Enjoy some great local food.

In Each Listing

The first thing you’ll see for each restaurant’s listing is whether the establishment has a designated gluten-free menu. Then, there is a list of all the menu choices that are safe to order.

After that are links to the restaurant’s GF menu page and/or locations page.

Last, I included some frank notes or recommendations, including gluten-related problems that have occurred there.

After the national chains, I have listed some excellent local establishments or small chains by region or state. The Celiac Maniac travels a lot on business, so I scout for you.

This ebook will be updated in new editions with new restaurants, new safe choices, and warnings. You should be able to download new, updated editions for free from Amazon as new editions are published. Check the Amazon product page for new editions every couple of months.

As always, standard disclaimers apply:

This information is accurate at the time of compilation and publication, to the best of our knowledge. No warranties are or can be made.

Cross-contamination with gluten-containing products is always a hazard.

Always ask about any deep-fried items that may be fried in contaminated oil in common fryers. Wait staff and/or chefs may not understand or care what you are talking about and may accidentally (or very rarely, purposely,) glutenize you.

(Scared yet? Don’t be. It doesn’t happen very often.)

A Note to Gluten Free Folks

Congratulations on taking charge of your life!

If you have been newly diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, I have some good news: you’re going to feel better within days, and you don’t have to take a lot of expensive drugs with side effects and interactions and whatnot.

If you’ve got to have an autoimmune disease, you picked the right one.

There are also many medical conditions that are thought to worsen with exposure to gluten. Autism, fibromyalgia, and migraines are only a few. If you’re trying a GF diet to control any of these, good for you for taking charge of your health.

Eating gluten-free is still not as easy as gluten-free pie, but it is getting easier. It’s a lot easier than when I was diagnosed ten years ago.

A word about cheating: if you want to feel better, you can’t eat GF some of the time or “cheat” at all, ever. It’s a do-it-right-or-don’t-bother situation.

There is some more good news: a lot of restaurants now have GF menus or at least a couple decent menu choices. The ones that don’t are old sticks in the gluteny mud. In general, the better ones tend to be middling to middling-large chains. Huge chains have so many customers that they don’t care. (I’m looking at you, McDonald’s.) Very small chains or single restaurants either are (1) wonderful because they have a personal interest, or (2) clueless because they don’t have enough experience. The second types are the most dangerous for us because they may want to help but are not able to do GF properly.

I concentrated on national, reasonably large chains for this ebook because, especially when traveling, and especially when traveling for business, you often don’t have the time to research and find a lovely little celiac-owned bistro. A lot of the time, you find yourself in a business district with a lot of chains around, and you need to figure out what you can eat, fast.

Some are so bad that they earned a “not recommended” designation. There are only a few of those. Most have a couple things you can eat. Thirty-three chains are so good that they got on the “Index of Good GF Restaurants” list.

There are also a few with special notes because they are great.

Click around through the book to get a feel for chain restaurants.

Happy gluten-free hunting.

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A&W Restaurants

No GF Menu available.

SAFE CHOICES:

Reese’s (R) Polar Swirl

Vanilla Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake

Chocolate Milkshake

Root Beer Freeze

Root Beer Float

Strawberry Sundae

Hot Fudge Sundae

Caramel Sundae

Webpage – Allergens

The only things that are GF at A&W are some of the desserts. If want some ice cream, it’s okay. Does not appear that they have malts, so cross-contamination risk for shakes is probably low. Do ask them to clean the “Polar Swirl” apparatus, as the cookies may cause cross-contamination.

Some of the dipping sauces also don’t contain gluten, but as there is nothing GF to dip in them, I didn’t include them here.

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Applebee’s Restaurant

GF and other allergen-free menus available in a binder.

Ask about contaminated frying oil.

SAFE CHOICES:

Appetizers:

Chips and Salsa

Potato Skins

Queso Blanco Dip

Salads without dressing:

Grilled Shrimp ‘N’ Spinach Salad

Sante Fe Chicken Salad

Paradise Chicken Salad (Celiac Maniac’s Favorite)

Salad Dressings:

Ranch, Fat-Free Italian, Garlic Caesar Dressing, Honey Balsamic, Honey French, Honey Mustard, Mexi Ranch. (See note.)

Entrees:

New York Strip Steak

Ribeye Steak

Steak topper: grilled onions

Cajun Lime Tilapia

Grilled Dijon Chicken and Portobello

Fiesta Lime Chicken (pretty good)

Sizzling Chicken with Spicy Queso Blanco

Bourbon Street Chicken and Shrimp

Sides:

Baked potato – regular and loaded

French fries (see note.)

Coleslaw

Fruit side

Garlic Mashed Potatoes – regular and loaded

Seasonal Vegetables

Almond Rice Pilaf

Mexi Rice

Celery

Applesauce

Herb Potatoes

Grilled Shrimp (Add)

Crispy Red Potatoes

Red Beans and Rice

Cheesy Corn

Sauces:

Pico de Gallo

Southern Barbecue

Guacamole

Marinara

Salsa

Bruschetta topping

Balsamic Glaze

Black Bean Corn Salsa

Dijon Sauce

Signature Slider Sauce

Mayonnaise

Sour cream

Dessert:

Hot Fudge Sundae Shooter

Allergen Info and Menus

Locations

If you’re in the mood for good ol’ GF American food, Applebee’s can hook you up. The rather extensive GF menu has lots of options.

Do be careful about items that are deep-fried, as I have not yet found an Applebee’s with a dedicated GF fryer.

NOTE: Applebee’s says that their Creamy Bleu Cheese and Oriental Vinaigrette salad dressings are gluten-free. As bleu cheeses and soy sauce are known sources of hidden glutens, be cautious in ordering these salad dressings.

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Arby’s

GF ingredients on website.

SAFE CHOICES:

Meat listed below, with no bun

Chopped Farmhouse Salad – Roast Chicken

Chopped Side Salad

Sides:

Homestyle Fries (probably cooked in fryer with gluten items. Ask.)

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