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Thanks to all who responded.  The consensus is that SF is an awesome city for Celiacs.  Several recommended taking your dining card.  Here were some restaurant suggestions:
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  The Flytrap served me chicken stuffed with goat cheese and raisins.
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  One Market served me crabcakes, and basically everything on the menu was gluten free!
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Annabelles gave me pork chops with sauces, and chicken and was great.
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Larkspur Steak House served me fantastically as did McCormicks & Schmicks on the waterfront. 
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 Albona in North Beach is small, maybe 12 tables, but Bruno the owner is always present and understands GF.  We had risotto that we split and a braised veal shank along with a birthday panna cotta with a candle.   I highly recommend this place.  Good food and the owner is great.  
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  There's a great Whole Foods store.  
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  Fisherman's Wharf:  Nick's Lighthouse; If you call Rainforest Cafe in advance, they'll 
accommodate you, as will Scoma's.  We also eat at Aliotos and Fisherman's Grotto.  I can't think of the name, but on Pier 39, there is a fish place overlooking where the sea lions congregate that was fine. 
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If you're driving south into areas just below the city, you can find Outbacks, Carrabas, Macaroni Grill, Red Robin (burger place).
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  Sausalito:  Outback, The Spinnaker (which has fabulous views of SF), Scoma's.
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  SF is such a food-besotted city that the vast majority of non-fast-food places take so much pride in what they do that they 1) know what's in the dishes they cook and 2) are willing to modify or substitute to help you out.  Admittedly, this can be an expensive way to eat, but there are plenty of bistros and cafes that are not terribly pricey-especially when you 
consider how much McDonald's actually costs when a gluten-eating family adds up all the stuff everyone orders.  Except for the Union Square area and Fisherman's Wharf, there are 
good restaurants everywhere. Those two locations, however, cater to tourists and day trippers, meaning you're likely to pay too much money for not-very-good food. Fisherman's Wharf is particularly bad.  There are restaurant guides both on-line and in handbook form -- 
Zagat's, for instance.
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Oakland:  Cafe Mariposa, located in the Temescal neighborhood, has a cafe & bakeshop with a selection of gluten-free sweets, including chocolate chip cookies, muffins, individual coffee cakes, coconut lemon squares and of course, our signature brownies & biscotti, with more savory items being added to our menu in the near future.  Our cafe's address is 5427 Telegraph Ave, Unit D3, Oakland, CA, 94609.  The poster says, "The best brownies and biscotti I have ever had!!"
  
 

       
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