Pylos - Successful Dining Experience

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Last night had a lovely dinner at Pylos (Zagat: 25/22/21 $42) - an east village greek restaurant

a SUCCESS

Was away from table when waiter came by at first, so did my gluten-free speech a bit late in the process (there was a note on our reservation, but never know if that filters through).

After a short learning-curve (oh, so you can't have any amount of wheat flour), we hit on a "you order, I'll tell you if you can have it" approach. This worked Later in the meal he said "we're used to dealing with allergies" - a good sign I think.

I had the grilled sardines as a starter and the brizola as main course - both very tasty. The sardines could easily work as a smallish main course. (The menu is actually designed to work either as "small plates" to share for table or as typical starter/main/dessert format.)

Waiter also told me what other diner's dishes were 'safe' (including saganaki, grilled octopus, pistachio crusted sea bass, and salmon) and which weren't (lamb shank - floured when pan sauteed at beginning of cooking process).

A plus: there are at least 2 greek yogurt desserts that are gluten-free, we had one of each and shared among the 4 of us - yum!

So, have had 3 successful dine-outs in the last 2 weeks, maybe I'm getting the hang of this? Must be cautious, don't want hubris to bring the wrath of the gluten-free deities down on my next dining experience