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There has been a bit of talk on the San Francisco Bay Area Celiac List about
the San Jose location of the Old Spaghetti Factory using Corn Noodles.
Apparently, some locations are using them, when requested for those on
special diets.

This is a copy of the e-mail that my wife sent to the company today.  Please
feel free to send them an e-mail with more reasons for all their locations
to carry corn noodles.

Dan

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From: Debbi Pollak <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mar 16, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: gluten-free corn noodles
To: [log in to unmask]



I used to come to your restaurant often, but stopped when I married a man
with Celiac since he couldn't eat there.  I found out on a Celiac Support
List that some of your locations are now offering gluten-free corn noodles.
Unfortunately the manager at the Concord, CA location said they do not offer
corn noodles – only noodles with wheat.  There is a large population of
Celiacs (people who cannot have gluten) in our area and I was surprised that
at least that location (if not all) would not have some corn noodles on hand
for those who are allergic to gluten.



It seems like an easy and inexpensive thing to offer (just having a bag on
hand in case someone needs them and boiling them up in a separate pot when
ordered) and would allow many more people to come to your restaurant.  The
list that informed us of this option at some of your restaurant was read by
thousands of Celiacs around the country, and many people expressed interest
in contacting their local Old Spaghetti Factory to see if it was an option
near them.



I hope that you will encourage all of your locations to have a bag or two of
corn noodles on hand – especially those like the Concord CA location where
there are many Celiacs in the area.  If you do make such a change, please
let me know and I will make sure to get the word out to the Celiac Support
lists and groups that my husband and I belong to.



Sincerely,

Debbi Pollak

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