"red Hot And Blue" Restaurant & Take-out

[Franceen]

On Monday I am attending an office event that includes a catered reception. They are having it catered by Red Hot and Blue. There is not ingredient list on their web site (it says "secret ingredients" and "secret recipe". So I emailed them about gluten-free offerings and here's the reply I got the below answer - a mostly acceptable answer, in my opinion.

" Ms.George:

Thank you for your email.

Our smoked pork, chicken, and ribs are all gluten free. In addition, our

BBQ sauces are gluten free as well. The rub that we use on the beef

brisket does contain some gluten.

Please know that we have not laboratory tested any of our products for

the presence of gluten. The company that packs our sauces for us has

certified the sauces to be gluten free. Our meats are smoked daily, and

do not contain any additives, other than the brisket and the sausage.

As for the sides, you should be safe with plain (no shake) steamed

veggies, Collard Greens, and our green beans.

I hope that this helps and enjoy!

Richard T. Marek

Operations Department

Red Hot & Blue Restaurants, Inc

1701 Clarendon Blvd. # 105

Arlington, Va. 22209

703-526-4180

Fax 703-528-4789

email: rmarek@rhbri.com"

[elainegl]

I'm so glad you posted this. I have a $25 gift certificate for this place but hadn't gotten around to emailing them yet. How was the food? Did you eat the chicken or ribs?

Thanks!