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Here's what I have in my files. Hope it helps, and isn't too much:
We usually go out for dinner to a " Hobee's Restaurant" to eat omelet with
ham and mushrooms and other veggies and hash browns. Maybe there is a
Hobee's somewhere close by. We also go to "Fish Markets". I usually order
combination fish skewer, steamed veggies and roasted potatoes. I like going
to Sushi places and bring my own soya sauce. If you have access to a Whole
Foods Market, they sell whole grilled chicken. We also get chicken from
Boston Market. Some of the Boston Market items do have mono- and
diglycerides. You better check ahead of time about what you could eat there.
Mexican Restaurants are always a possibility. Make sure you check with the
waiter about corn tortillas and whether the chips are not fried in oil
containing wheat.
This is from a previous summary:
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1. Look up Health food stores in the yellow pages.
Personally I found this suggestion although very practical, a tad unhelpful.
The first places I would have looked would have been health food stores.
What I was actually after was personal opinions as to the best places to go.
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The rest of the suggestion received were great and they are -
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2.I'm in the UK right now but I lived in the SF Bay Area for 7 years (the
last two years I was GF). I never had any luck buying bread, I ended up
making my own. Part of the reason for this is the American Celiac
Association is much stricter than other countries in its guidelines; for
example in the UK they allow wheat starch and distilled products the US
doesn't. I found pasta at healthfood stores. As far as restaurants are
concerned, one of my favorites was an Indian restaurant on Ellis Street near
Union Square. New Delhi is
the name of the restaurant. At the time I visited the owner showed a lot
of concern in providing me with food I could eat. To the best of my
recollection I could eat most things on the menu except the breads.
There are also two chains of all-you-can-eat salad type restaurants where I
ate all the time. The names are "Sweet Tomato" and "Fresh Choice"; I
avoided all the salads with dressings and the breads and pastas. But I
found that there was more than enough to eat in the way of fruit and veg and
baked potatoes.
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3.Here are a few ideas for where to buy breads and such, and also a few café
and restaurant suggestions. San Francisco is not so bad for a celiac!
Stores:
*Whole Foods
Here you can get:
- Food for Life Almond/Pecan Rice bread
- Food for Life Rice bread
- Pasta Riso gluten-free pastas
- several kinds of gluten-free crackers
- Amazake rice drinks (excellent!)
- gluten-free waffles
- flourless chocolate cake to die for
1765 California Street (Corner of California & Franklin). (415)674.0500.
Convenient location one block from Van Ness Avenue.
*Trader Joe's
Here you can get:
- Food for Life Almond Rice bread
- Gluten-free waffles (in the freezer section) Excellent!
- meringues
Locations:
555 Ninth Street Retail Center between Toys "R" Us and Bed and Bath
Superstore. Entrance and parking off Bryant or Brannan. (415) 863-1292. The
store is open 9AM to 9PM daily. This is a bit of an industrial area, south
of Market Street.
AND
3 Masonic Avenue, just north of Geary. (415) 346-9964. The store is open
9AM to 9PM.
Cafe:
Dolores Park Cafe
501 Dolores Street @ 18th Street
Here you can get one or two different kinds of baked goods from GFoods!, a
San Francisco gluten-free bakery. Last time I went there, they had
lemon/raspberry biscotti. Then you can sit down and enjoy your coffee, just
like everyone else.
Restaurants:
- If you like Japanese food, I recommend Kabuto's at 5116 Geary Boulevard @
15th Avenue. (415) 752-5652
- In Chinatown, an excellent Vietnamese place for rice noodle soup and rolls
wrapped in rice paper is Golden Flower at 667 Jackson Street, between Grant
and Kearny.
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4. In Sanfrancisco Real Foods Market and/or any other health food store.
In S.F
as in any city all top restaurants take customers dietary limitations very
seriously. As always, have the waiter check with the kitchen BEFORE you
finalize your menu choice. Have the waiter report back to you on the items
you have in mind before you order.
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5.I'm glad you asked, when I was last in SF a friend introduced us to a
vegan restaurant named 'Now & Zen'. It sounded a little far out but was
really a very laid-back, friendly place and they were most helpful when it
came to checking out ingredients. Not all of the items on the menu are
gluten free but they did have quite a number of them and all of those which
I tried were most impressive. The owner/chef goes to great lengths to turn
out really tasty and nutritious food and has even written a couple of
cookbooks with her more popular recipes. I purchased one of these when I
was there and now I get to relive the experience all over again when the
mood strikes. This restaurant was so good in fact, that we went back twice
in one week. I don't have the address with me but I could find it with
little trouble, if you're interested.
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6. My first travel after being diagnosed was to SFO, and I was there for 3
weeks. I bought a restaurant guide from someone from this list named Jeff
Golden. You will probably get a note from him offering you the same
information. I paid $20.00 for it, and it is about 28 pages.
I bought many items at a wonderful store called Trader Joe's. They have a
bread made with rice and pecan or almond flour. They publish a GF list, but
it might be hard to find a copy. It was never in the store, but my daughter
had gotten it from me. They are probably on the web.
The other wonderful store is Whole Food Markets. If you can tell me which
part of San Francisco you will be staying I could help you better. It is a
rambling, conjested area, and many of the suburbs are a long way from the
area I know. I am familiar with the downtown and center of SFO. My
daughter lives near Golden Gate Park, so that is my stomping grounds. You
will find most nice restaurants are eager to please, and are used to folks
who have dietary requirements and restrictions.
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Trader Joe stores have many GF products to purchase. Ours in Illinois has
fabulous large fresh rolls in the bread aisle. They also have a GF list
right in the store!
In and Out Burger fast food restaurants have GF burgers served on lettuce
leaf.
Outback Steakhouse has a GF menu. (Don't know if they are in that area)
We purchased some GF items at the Raleys Food Market in Benecia.
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Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm taking a lot of my own food to Yosemite,
but hope that the restaurants there will have SOMETHING I can eat. I'll try
to report back when I return (sometime next month).
Perrianne Lurie
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"Alas! The onion you are eating is someone else's water lily."
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