Jump to content

  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):
    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Sambuca

minibabe

By minibabe
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

Recommended Posts

minibabe Contributor
minibabe
Posted

Okay so me and the BF decided to go to the city on last thursady. We went into Penn station (w 34st) and the walked up to the Museum of Natural History (w 81st) we could have taken the subway but it was such a beautiful day that we decided to walk. After the museum we went down to (w71st) where Sambuca was located.

I walk in and asked about the gluten-free menu, and the manager happened to be standing right there and he was like sure here you go and sat us right away. It was an italian style meals and the food was AMAZING!!!!!! IT WAS SO SO SO SO GOOD! We ended up just eating right from the gluten-free menu because it was family size porpotions. We orded a chicken dish and a pasta dish. we did feel slightly under dressed, but its okay because it NYC and people expect that because of tourtist. The meal was about 85 (including tip) for two people and we only ordered two glasses of wine. We also ended up spliting the dessert. It was this amazing chocolate brownie!

The entire meal was amazing even the bread was great. So at the end, he puts these two mints on the table and I asked him is that gluten-free and he was like we called them and they can not garuntee that it is.....so the dumba$$ that I am I pop it in my mouth. We let me tell you by the time I got back to Penn Station, I felt so sick. And now 3 days later I still feel horrible.

I would def. go back there in a heartbeat and if anyone does go DONT EAT THE MINTS!

Amanda NY

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
Posted

I am glad you had a great time! When celiac3270 and I went we had an okay time but I would go again.

minibabe Contributor
minibabe
Posted
  • Author

Let me know when you are ready to go again.....I am up for it :)

jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
Posted

I have eaten at Sambuca several times pre-dx and always loved it. When I was first diagnosed and found out they had a gluten-free menu I was so psyched. I actually have yet to go there since being diagnosed but I will. :)

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      133,480
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    Elpho
    Newest Member
    Elpho
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.6k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):

  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • Scott Adams
      What should I expect from a UK restaurant advertising / offering "Gluten Free" food

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      Michelin tire company, since 1900, has published a guide to restaurants that is very well respected: https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants For info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide
    • trents
      What should I expect from a UK restaurant advertising / offering "Gluten Free" food

      By trents · Posted

      What is a Michelin star restaurant? 
    • cristiana
      What should I expect from a UK restaurant advertising / offering "Gluten Free" food

      By cristiana · Posted

      Hi Colin I share your frustration. My coeliac disease was diagnosed in 2013 and it took some years for my  TTG levels to settle to normal levels in  blood tests.  I had to make a few significant changes at home to make sure our house was as gluten free as possible (I share a house with gluten eaters) but time and time again I found I was glutened (or nearly glutened whilst eating out  - like regular bread being served with a gluten-free meal ).  Even eating in chains that Coeliac UK were recommending as safe for coeliacs.  So I gave up eating in restaurants for a while.  My blood tests normalised.  But here's the thing:  the lowest my TTG readings ever got to were 4.5 (10  and under being my local lab's normal levels) and now that I am eating out again more regularly, they've gone up to 10 again.  I am quite convinced this gluten is coming from exposure whilst eating out.  Small levels, that don't make me violently sick, but might give me a mild stomach upset.  My next coeliac blood review is in September and I mean to give up eating out a few months before to see if that helps my blood results get back on track. It seems to me that there are few restaurants which really 'get it' - and a lot of restaurants that don't 'get it' at all.  I've found one restaurant in Somerset and a hotel in East Sussex where they really know what they are doing.    The restaurant in Somerset hardly uses flour in any of their dishes; the hotel in East Sussex takes in trainees from the local college, so they are teaching best standards.   But it has taken a lot of searching and trial and effort on my part to find these two places.  There are certainly others in the UK, but it seems to me the only real way to find them is trial and error, or perhaps from the personal recommendation of other strict coeliacs (Incidentally, my coeliac hairdresser tells me that if a Michelin star restaurant has to have a separate food preparation so she has never been glutened in one - I can't say I've ever eaten in one!) For the rest, I think we just have to accept that gluten may be in the air in kitchens, if not on the surfaces, and there will always be some level of risk wherever one dines, unless the restaurant cooks exclusively gluten free dishes. Cristiana  
    • RMJ
      What should I expect from a UK restaurant advertising / offering "Gluten Free" food

      By RMJ · Posted

      Hopefully @cristiana will see this question, as she also lives in the UK.
    • knitty kitty
      Pain in the right side of abdomen

      By knitty kitty · Posted

      @Theresa2407, My Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFD), now called Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), cleared up, resolved, after supplementing with Thiamine B1 and Riboflavin B2.  "Specifically, higher intakes of vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 were negatively associated with the risk of NAFLD. Consequently, providing adequate levels of Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B2 in the daily diets of postmenopausal women could potentially serve as a preventive measure against NAFLD." Association between dietary intakes of B vitamins and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10621796/ High-dose vitamin B1 therapy prevents the development of experimental fatty liver driven by overnutrition https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7988776/
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.