<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Many thanks to all those who responded to my query much earlier this summer. Here is an overdue summary of responses: >I just got back from D.C. a few weeks ago. I ate all my meals at the Park >Hyatt hotel and had them make me box lunches. The chef who helped me is >Mark Marrocco. I faxed him my dietary needs beforehand and he was >absolutely wonderful! It was certainly the best eating experience I've had >since my diagnosis, if not the best I've ver had. The meals are a little >pricey, but it is well worth at least one meal there if it is in your >budget. I have multiple food sensitivities in addition to celiac. Mark >planned the meals for me and reviewed them with me before he prepared them. >He also came out during dinner to ensure that I was enjoying it. > >I hope that this is helpful. Enjoy your trip. **************************************************************************** >There is a Legal Seafood in Crystal City, and the surrounding area on 23rd >Street has a number of restaurants to choose from. These include cuisines >we have found easy to get a gf choice such as mexican, Vietnamese and thai. >If you hop on the metro (still in arlington) and go to the Clarendon area >there is a Fresh Fields supermarket. there are very good Vietnamese >restaurants there; our favorite is Cafe Dalat, a very unassuming little >place with great food...we have never found an item there we couldn't >order, >but double check with the waiter or cook. If language is a problem ask to >speak with someone else, we have always found someone who could help us. >Other choices include an excellent Mexican place in Ballston (also on >Metro) >called Rio Grande....great margaritas, tacos, grilled foods, ceviche, etc. **************************************************************************** >The correct web site for DC is www.dcceliacs.com - it was changed earlier >this spring. There is an updated >restaurant list. We redid our survey earlier this year. There is also a >listing for places to shop by area. Have a nice trip. **************************************************************************** >Washington DC Celiac Support Group is >www.dcceliacs.com <http://www.dcceliacs.com> . **************************************************************************** >I assumed you would be at a hotel. The reason I asked is that I have >been at two different hotels in Crystal City and contacted the >restaurant managers at each with an emailed dietary restrictions list >prior to my arrival and I was treated like royalty. They were very >careful in the preparation of my food and I simply asked for the shift >manager when I was dining at the hotel and the chef prepared the food. It >worked well. **************************************************************************** >I was in Northern Virginia in May and had a wonderful experience with Fresh >Fields in Vienna. I was going to be visiting my sister and taking a trip >with them to the mountains of western Virginia. I communicated with them >by e-mail and they had the bread mix that I use and other items that I was >interested in. They were wonderful--they have great carry-out prepared >foods too. > >Fresh Fields (Whole Foods Company) has stores in Alexandria and Arlington >along with Vienna. You may want to check a map and see how close the >Alexandria and Arlington stores are to Crystal City. The URL is: >http://www.wholefoods.com/company/virginia.html With any luck they may be >close to a Metro stop. (Subway and busses in the DC area are great and >dependable.) > >While there we ate out at Outback Steakhouse, Austin Grill, P.F. >Changs--all were good experiences and all are in the Archives. Austin Grill >is supposed to have a GF menu--I went to the one in Alexandria and they >could not locate the GF menu, gut they did understand and were able to >address the GF food questions. These restaurants have more than one >location, so you may find one in Crystal City or close by. *************************************************************************** >The Austin Grill is southwestern/mexican foods and there were items that >did not contain meat. > >I hope one of the Fresh Fields is on the Metro or a bus--the busses are >wonderful and dependable too. The one in Vienna is not on a Metro route. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com * All posts for product information must include the applicable country *