Paparazzi And Gluten-free Pasta?

[GailL]

Has anyone eaten gluten-free pasta at Paparazzi? My parents ate there the other day and noticed that the bottom of the menu says "Gluten-free pasta available". You can see this on line as well.

I was just curious how it went - did it only apply to some dishes? did they know which sauces were gluten-free as well?

My daughter is a Celiac and the rest of the family loves Italian. My 7 yo son would love to go out as a family to an Italian restaurant.

[finally diagnosed]

Has anyone eaten gluten-free pasta at Paparazzi? My parents ate there the other day and noticed that the bottom of the menu says "Gluten-free pasta available". You can see this on line as well.

I was just curious how it went - did it only apply to some dishes? did they know which sauces were gluten-free as well?

My daughter is a Celiac and the rest of the family loves Italian. My 7 yo son would love to go out as a family to an Italian restaurant.

Hi, I had the pasta at the Burlington, Ma site and it was awful. The kitchen totally overcooked it, to the point that it fell apart. I was supposed to be spiral pasta and it came broken up in little pieces. My waiter at first didn't have a clue he suggested the Pompodoro (spelled wrong) sauce and luckily for me I had just seen a cooking show on that and it contains flour. I questioned him and he looked a little aggravated and went in the kitchen to double check. I was right. So, I just wanted the pasta and red sauce and instead I got Pasta (all broken up and over cooked) with chunks of fresh tomato on it, with garlic. I could have made this at home for so much less then what they charged. He even brought me over a nice piece of their bread that they serve and my husband just said. "she can't eat the bread that is why she ordered gluten free pasta".

Needless to say I was very disappointed and I hardly touched it, and the waiter not once questioned why. When I usually go there I get chicken and veggies and have never had a problem. I will leave the pasta for a home cooked meal.

I will say that the Paparazzi rest in Concord Ma was excellent about the gluten thing. The manager comes over to your table and reassures you that the salad will be made in a seperate clean bowl and the your food will be prepared in a clean pan. They got the gluten thing down it Concord Ma.

I am hoping that you will have a better experience than I had. Just becuase it was one bad night doesn't mean everywhere else is the same. Good Luck.

[MsMac]

Hi, I had the pasta at the Burlington, Ma site and it was awful. The kitchen totally overcooked it, to the point that it fell apart. I was supposed to be spiral pasta and it came broken up in little pieces. My waiter at first didn't have a clue he suggested the Pompodoro (spelled wrong) sauce and luckily for me I had just seen a cooking show on that and it contains flour. I questioned him and he looked a little aggravated and went in the kitchen to double check. I was right. So, I just wanted the pasta and red sauce and instead I got Pasta (all broken up and over cooked) with chunks of fresh tomato on it, with garlic. I could have made this at home for so much less then what they charged. He even brought me over a nice piece of their bread that they serve and my husband just said. "she can't eat the bread that is why she ordered gluten free pasta".

Needless to say I was very disappointed and I hardly touched it, and the waiter not once questioned why. When I usually go there I get chicken and veggies and have never had a problem. I will leave the pasta for a home cooked meal.

I will say that the Paparazzi rest in Concord Ma was excellent about the gluten thing. The manager comes over to your table and reassures you that the salad will be made in a seperate clean bowl and the your food will be prepared in a clean pan. They got the gluten thing down it Concord Ma.

I am hoping that you will have a better experience than I had. Just becuase it was one bad night doesn't mean everywhere else is the same. Good Luck.

I just visited the Paprazzi in Burlington and had an excellent experience. All of the Pasta entrees can be prepared gluten free. Once I ordered gluten-free, the manager came over to introduce himself and assure me that they take every precaution preparing my meal. A little bit later the chef came out to talk to me and told me about the pasta product they use. My meal was good (as good as gluten-free pasta can be). At the end of the meal, the chef came back out and gave me a bag of the pasta to bring home. It was so nice to have a restaurant seem happy to have my business and not inconvienced!

[Lombardi25]

Sorry to hear your first experience was crummy MsMac, but thank you so much for posting about this place. I live in Seabrook, NH and work in Ipswich, MA, but I had no clue about this local chain and that they had gluten-free stuff. Now I'm interested in making a trip after work and meeting the wife over in the Burlington area some time and checking it out (probably best bet locally to get to for us.) I'm Italian and searching for gluten-free Italian food has been my biggest quest over the past year, so this is excellent to hear.

So far, Marco's in Boston has been a great Italian/pasta experience, and there was a place in Greenland, NH called La Famiglia that could do one kind of gluten-free pasta and were great, but they had to close with the economy being so bad. I'm dying to try the place near the Garden that supposedly now has gluten-free pasta (was posted on the board this week, I think it's Nebo, I've seen it a dozen times walking by there when in the city) and there's a place way up in North Conway that has gluten-free pasta for all their stuff, but I haven't made it there yet either.

I recently (a couple month's ago actually) discovered the Ceasar's frozen pasta dishes, they have Manicotti, Lasagna and Stuffed Shells, that was one of the greatest days of my life lol. I found them at some Salem Health Food Store in Salem, NH by complete accident after eating at Burton's Grill (which rules) and then I also found them at the Whole Foods in North Andover which has become my "go to" store for everything.

Also, another suggestion for home made pasta/Italian dinner, is the DeLand's Garlic and Basil millet bread (I know there's some controversy about the cross contamination with this bread, but I've never had a reaction, so anyways) this bread comes in a loaf sliced, but if you take a piece and put some butter, garlic and shredded cheese on top and just cook it in the oven for like 10 minutes, it's almost like having real garlic bread again, it's pretty damn good, best I've figured out how to do on my own yet.

Anyways, I'm way off topic as usual, but just some thoughts and thanks for posting this, excited to check it out.

Nick

[BostonCeliac]

I'm dying to try the place near the Garden that supposedly now has gluten-free pasta (was posted on the board this week, I think it's Nebo, I've seen it a dozen times walking by there when in the city) and there's a place way up in North Conway that has gluten-free pasta for all their stuff, but I haven't made it there yet either.

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Nick

I just went to NEBO a couple weeks ago with a few other girls that have celiac and we had an AMAZING dinner! It was great... we had gluten-free calamari, pizza, pasta and dessert. The pizza was SO GOOD. I have been dying to go back!