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

San Antonio, Tx Gluten Free Restaurants

pixiegirl

Recommended Posts

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
Posted

We are going to San An this summer, has anyone been there and found any great local places to eat (I know about all the chains and such)?

Thanks!

Susan

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

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


Respira Apprentice
Respira
Posted

My daughter, who is also gluten sensitive lives in San Antonio. She is always raving about a particular restaurant that is "all" gluten free. I will ask her to email the names of restaurants and will post it here.

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
Posted
  • Author

Oh thank you! I can't wait for some ideas!

Susan

Bike2work4me Newbie
Bike2work4me
Posted

I spent some time in San Antonio last summer on business and had a wonderful gluten-free meal at Acenar, Open Original Shared Link

It's on the Riverwalk but it's down around the corner from the busy part of the riverwalk. I had a delicious duck tostada. The whole restaurant isn't gluten free, but they were great to work with. I went back a second time because I knew I could get a good meal.

Gretchen

nannyb Rookie
nannyb
Posted

Hello

I was last in San Antonio in January of 2006 but found that there were several wonderful places to eat. There are restaurant lists and reviews on Open Original Shared Link which is the local celiac group in San Antonio and Austin.

The restaurant I really liked was Boudros on the Riverwalk Open Original Shared Link I was there with a large group on a Friday night when a large convention was in town. I had called ahead and my waiter was expecting me. It was so nice to not have to explain in detail about the diet in front of a table full of business associates. They asked anyway but it was polite conversation and not a lengthly explanation with the waiter while everyone else waits to order. I am sure most reading this can relate.

At that time Boudros was in several lists of Gluten free friendly restaurants but don't know the current status.

Usually the higher end restaurants do the best.

Respira Apprentice
Respira
Posted

Here ya go...

Little Aussie Bakery and Cafe

EVERYTHING IS GLUTEN FREE

Paloma Blanca

GLUTEN FREE MENU

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
Posted
  • Author

excellent! Thanks much!

Susan

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

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


  • 1 year later...
RoxieB Newbie
RoxieB
Posted

It looks like this has been inactive for some time, but if anyone is in San Antonio soon, Little Aussie Bakery is completely gluten free. Pam's Patio Kicthen has plenty of options, too. You can even have soup there! She also makes a gluten-free cheesecake with pecan crust. Mexican is usually a fairly safe option and there are many Mexican restaurants here. Of course PF Changs, Pei Wei, Outback, Carrabas and the like all have gluten-free menus. Flemings is a nice upscale steakhouse (small chain) with a gluten-free menu available. Boston's just introduced their gluten-free pizza. Fralo's is a local pizza place in Boerne that usually has gluten-free pizza. Maggiano's has gluten-free pasta on their menu and will really cater to your needs.

Brandon Montgomery Newbie
Brandon Montgomery
Posted
We are going to San An this summer, has anyone been there and found any great local places to eat (I know about all the chains and such)?

Thanks!

Susan

The County Line is a great TX style BBQ that accomidates gluten-free too.

  • 3 months later...
waitingdorothea Explorer
waitingdorothea
Posted

I just went to San Antonio a few weeks ago. We had a pretty good experience. For anyone going in the near future, I can whole-heartedly recommend both Paloma Blanca and Little Aussie Bakery. We also had success with the Chili's in the mall off the Riverwalk (I used the online gluten-free menu via blackberry, and had no issues). I would warn you that most of the restaurants on the Riverwalk scared the bejebus out of me, so you might want to plan to eat off the beaten path a little more.

We did have a bad experience with Acenar, which was recommended by someone else on this trhead, though.

Let me start with a caveat - I just wanted to post this so that someone else who goes to Acenar can be more careful than I was. Maybe this isn't a typical experience - maybe I got the wrong server / chef combination - maybe I didn't explain well enough. But for what it's worth - be very very careful if you go to Acenar.

We actually went twice. The first time, I was given 4 or 5 items to choose between, which the server verified with the chef were gluten free. I ordered one, and I felt really off the next day - but because we had trusted the server, I dismissed it as maybe being something else (when traveling, it can be difficult to know when I was served gluten, as sometimes I have immediate reactions, and sometimes they are more delayed). The food was really yummy.

Two days later my husband went back for take-out. He was given a choice between 4 or 5 items that could be made gluten free. The kicker was that these were DIFFERENT in all cases except one. Two of these dishes were actually things I had specifically asked about on the first night. He, being pretty alarmed at this point, asked about what I had had two nights before - and was told that that could not be made gluten free (the sauces, which I had been served, were the culprit).

Maybe this was a situation of different chefs in the kitchen and what they were willing to make from scratch for me, but the whole situation was really unsettling.

Archived

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

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


  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      131,542
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    Carol Zimmer
    Newest Member
    Carol Zimmer
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.4k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):


  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • Jsingh
      Protein or fat?

      By Jsingh · Posted

      Hi,  I care for my seven year old daughter with Celiac. After watching her for months, I have figured out that she has problem with two kinds of fats- animal fat and cooking oils. It basically makes her intestine sore enough that she feels spasms when she is upset. It only happens on days when she has eaten more fat than her usual every day diet. (Her usual diet has chia seeds, flaxseeds, and avocado/ pumpkin seeds for fat and an occasional chicken breast.) I stopped using cooking oils last year, and when I reintroduced eggs and dairy, both of which I had held off for a few months thinking it was an issue of the protein like some Celiac patients habe mentioned to be the case, she has reacted in the same fashion as she does with excess fats. So now I wonder if her reaction to dairy and eggs is not really because of protein but fat.   I don't really have a question, just wondering if anyone finds this familiar and if it gets better with time.  Thank you. 
    • Chanda Richard
      High Cost of Gluten-Free Foods

      By Chanda Richard · Posted

      Hello, My name is Chanda and you are not the only one that gose through the same things. I have found that what's easiest for me is finding a few meals each week that last. I have such severe reactions to gluten that it shuts my entire body down. I struggle everyday with i can't eat enough it feels like, when I eat more I lose more weight. Make sure that you look at medication, vitamins and shampoo and conditioner also. They have different things that are less expensive at Walmart. 
    • petitojou
      Frequent nausea after gluten-free diet

      By petitojou · Posted

      Thank you so much! I saw some tips around the forum to make a food diary and now that I know that the community also struggles with corn, egg and soy, the puzzle pieces came together! Just yesterday I tried eating eggs and yes, he’s guilty and charged. Those there are my 3 combo nausea troublemakers. I’m going to adjust my diet ☺️ Also thank you for the information about MCAS! I’m from South America and little it’s talked about it in here. It’s honestly such a game changer now for treatment and recovery. I know I’m free from SIBO and Candida since I’ve been tested for it, but I’m still going to make a endoscopy to test for H. Pylori and Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Thank you again!! Have a blessed weekend 🤍
    • knitty kitty
      Unusual bright yellow but odourless discharge

      By knitty kitty · Posted

      Yes, I, too, have osteoporosis from years of malabsorption, too.  Thiamine and magnesium are what keep the calcium in place in the bones.  If one is low in magnesium, boron, selenium, zinc, copper, and other trace minerals, ones bone heath can suffer.  We need more than just calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones.  Riboflavin B 2, Folate B 9 and Pyridoxine B 6 also contribute to bone formation and strength.   Have you had your thyroid checked?  The thyroid is important to bone health as well.  The thyroid uses lots of thiamine, so a poorly functioning thyroid will affect bone heath.  
    • Celiac50
      Unusual bright yellow but odourless discharge

      By Celiac50 · Posted

      That sounds so very likely in my case! I will absolutely ask my doctor on my next bone check coming up in March... Thanks a lot! 
×
×
  • 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.