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Elaine Allen

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I have just recently been diagnosted with Celiac. I am getting to the point where I am afraid to

eat out. We live in a small town in Ky. and we don't have a wide varity of choices when it comes to

eating out. I just came from Applebee's and I will never go there again. When I told the waitree

what I have, believe it or not, she goes to see about the fish that I was thinking of ordering and comes back with a card telling me that the MANAGER (ok, she goes to the mgr. NOT the chef)

said I am to call the guest relations hotline for info. <_<

They really did not care. :angry: I found there attitude very distrubing. I did procede to order the grilled fish (no seaoning) steamed veggies and the rice. (I honestly don't think the rice was gluten

free.)

So, needless to say, this was the first time eating there since being diagnosted, and I will NOT go back.


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Most of the people on here have had about the same experience you have had at Applebees. I am on the other end of the spectrum. I did have a good time at the Hershey Applebees. I sat with the waitress and manager who to double check with me would even bring the boxes out to show me the ingreidents. I had a salad, no dressing (I barely used dressing in my pre-celiac days) I also got a baked potato on the side. This was during the middle of the week at 11 am so it was not busy at the time either. The manager actually knows someone with celiac so she was very helpful.

Like I said, I am one of the few who had a good time and I will probably never go to another location besides that one.

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