<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to all of you who responded. These are the suggestions I have gotten so far. I hope this helps all celiacs traveling to NYC and LA this summer! Be well, Isabella, Central Coast Celiacs _______________________ Hi! Last week I went to New Jersey on business and one night we took the train to NY. I was so excited to go to Little Italy for dinner (thinking they would all be celiac friendly) and I was actually kicked out of the restaurant for the first time since diagnosis because they refused to do provide anything other than what was on the menu (no alterations at all!). So tell to not go to Di Napoli (there was more to the name but I remember that name). I was with a great group of understanding people so we left and went to "Grotta Azzurra" and they exceeded my expectations (although at that point I was crushed). GA is a little pricey (5 star) but they were wonderful on service and taste! Actually, they topped my celiac eating out experiences!! You also should check with the West Chester Support Group (www.westchesterceliacs.org) cause they are very close to NYC and will probably have lots of information!! Best Regards, Janet --------------------- I just found a recent posting on NYC restaurants: Sambuca 20 West 72 street Phone number (212) 787-5656 This is near Lincoln Center (where among other things the Metropolitan Opera is). It is Southern Italian and has a GF menu including pasta. ------------------------ Try going to www.goodhealthpublishing.com for a list of 70+ national/regional restaurants and their lists of gluten/wheat free items. There's also a gluten free dining card that can be presented to restaurant personnel to ease the ordering process. Give it a look and enjoy your trip. Jeff ---------------------- Please tell your Italian friens to click on to www.glutenfreerestaurants.org for suggestions of places to eat in NYC which have a glutenfree menu. If they have children I especially suggest two family places with GF menus...Peter's on 1st avenue and 83th which has Greek and simple American food...glutenfree beer...GF french fries breakfast, lunch and dinner...that's a good place to eat when they are going to upper east side art museums. In the west village on Bleeker and Morton is The Risottoria with good pizza...desserts as well as risotto. On the upper west side is Sambuca..a good southern Italian GF family menu. Any good health food store or Whole Foods will have GF groceries. In the restaurants they do need to ask in english for GF menus. The website will show many more. Tamsin --------------------------------- Check out www.celiacchicks.com for information about restaurants in NYC. ----------------------------------- They will be many miles from Disneyland. It's in Orange County, about 60 miles from their hotels. I think they may wish to consider renting a car, or looking into Amtrak. Perhaps they wish to stay overnight at Disneyland. Vi Orloff CDF ----------------------------------- There are many child friendly gluten-free restaurants in NYC. Chech the gluten free restaurant awareness site for the exact restaurants and locations. I highly recommend the following - my 8 yr old loves the gluten-free food at: 1. Sambuca -- italian restaurant (pasta dishes) 2. Peter's Diner (anything - including chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks) 3. Risotteria (risotto and pizza) 4. Outback Steakhouse Also, there are 3 Whole Foods in NYC where they can buy many gluten free products. The closest one to their hotel is 59th Street at Columbus Circle. The Concierge will know how to get them there. ------------------------------- There are two Whole Foods in the City--one is in Union Square (East 14th-E 18th Street) and they can get lots of GF goodies there. Tell them about the GF whole foods baked goods. I can't recall where the other one is. Their kid may be happy eating a GF muffin, scone, coffee cake from Whole Foods for breakfast--taking care of that one meal at least. Remind them to bring a card about the disease in English. New York is a haven for us Celiacs. The place they "must" go is Risottoaria on Bleeker st, in Greenwich Village, this is the Italian section of the village and they will probably meet people who live there and speak Italian, at least among the elderly. All the GF food is marked GF. They have GF Pizza and of course risotto, and cookies. All just wonderful. There are other GF restaurants listed in the archives. But, I bet other New Yorkers will send them to you. More and more restaurants including Italian ones are GF now in the City. Helen -------------------------------- * Visit the Celiac Web Page at www.enabling.org/ia/celiac/index.html *