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On The Border

cjsmommy

By cjsmommy
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Just an f.y.i.

On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has a variety of allergy "free" menu options; they have one just for Wheat/Gluten......

Just ask for the manager, or tell your server what you need...they will get it for you! This menu option is updated to give us the most current items.

A yummy option for us "glutened-impaired"!! ( I get the beef fajitas with the grilled faj. veggies YUMMY!)

Eat Well...Be Happy :P

Melissa

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Just an f.y.i.

On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has a variety of allergy "free" menu options; they have one just for Wheat/Gluten......

Just ask for the manager, or tell your server what you need...they will get it for you! This menu option is updated to give us the most current items.

A yummy option for us "glutened-impaired"!! ( I get the beef fajitas with the grilled faj. veggies YUMMY!)

Eat Well...Be Happy :P

Melissa

Please be very careful though. I ordered off the gluten free menu when at On the Border last week and did get glutened. It said on the menu when ordering the fajitas to request no onion (many chain restaurants will use vegetables that already come seasoned etc.) so I did this. Well my fajitas came out with the onions. I told the food runner that the menu said I couldn't have the onions. They took it away and brought me a new one in about 3 minutes. It hit me before I could even get home, nasty cramps and gas. So I don't know if it was a cross contamination issue or if the cook just simply pulled off the onions and gave me the same plate :huh:

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Please be very careful though. I ordered off the gluten free menu when at On the Border last week and did get glutened. It said on the menu when ordering the fajitas to request no onion (many chain restaurants will use vegetables that already come seasoned etc.) so I did this. Well my fajitas came out with the onions. I told the food runner that the menu said I couldn't have the onions. They took it away and brought me a new one in about 3 minutes. It hit me before I could even get home, nasty cramps and gas. So I don't know if it was a cross contamination issue or if the cook just simply pulled off the onions and gave me the same plate :huh:

From the other threads I have seen here, it looks like we are taking a "risk" anytime we go out to eat. If we want more places to pick & choose from; that is something that can happen. You can get croutons on your Outback salad, CC at Red Robins, or all out glunted at Changs or Pei Wei's.

Before I was DX I always ordered my beef faj. w/o onions, just because I don't like them...most of the time that's how I got them.

Sorry that happened to you :( , just don't not go again because it happened once, and ask for a manager to make sure your order is right if you have to. They don't want something "bad" to happen...

The menu is specific on what we "can't" have with what we order, which is helpful (at least I think) and at least here, they seem to respond to specific needs.

Good luck!

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ksymonds84
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Sorry that happened to you :( , just don't not go again because it happened once, and ask for a manager to make sure your order is right if you have to. They don't want something "bad" to happen...

The menu is specific on what we "can't" have with what we order, which is helpful (at least I think) and at least here, they seem to respond to specific needs.

Good luck!

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