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Hi All,

I would really appreciate some input from anyone who can help me out here. I am moving to Discovery Bay, CA this week. The surrounding cities are Brentwood, Antioch, Concord, Livermoore, Pittsburg, Dublin, Oakley. If anyone has information on stores where I can purchase gluten-free flour and goods that would be fantastic. Also any restaurants that serve gluten-free would be soooo helpful. I am very used to the area I live in now and not sure what they offer up north, it is kind of stressing me out.

If anyone could send me links or give some info I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

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Raley's/Bel Air supermarket chain has a large gluten free selection in their Natural Foods aisles. They have markets in Antioch, Pittsburg, Oakley, Brentwood, and many other towns in Northern CA. Whole Foods Market, which is a huge organic chain, but pricier, $, also has a store in Walnut Creek. List of Whole Foods in CA Open Original Shared Link

I can find almost everything I need at a Raley's but also hit the other local natural foods type stores once in a while. Whole Foods has the aisles laid out to increase shopping time and the newest one near me (within 25 miles, in Roseville) should get some kind of time wasting award for illogical arrangement of products, as they have the gluten free stuff scattered all over the store.

If you travel east, towards Stockton, besides the chain stores, such as Trader Joe's, (a pdf file of their gluten free products is here: Open Original Shared Link ) you would also find several natural food stores such as Artesian Open Original Shared Link

Thuman's deli meats is based in Livermore, and their line of lunchmeats and deli cheeses (except for a hotdog product) are gluten free and should be in the area stores.

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Livermore also has Van's Health Foods and Juju's Nature Foods.

You're also within driving distance of the great Mariposa gluten free bakery in the Oakland area, which also serves real gluten-free pizza for lunch or take out. Mariposa's biscottis cookies keep forever, besides being the best ones I've had, and those lemon coconut brownies are to die for. Open Original Shared Link

I do not normally shop at Walmart for groceries but they also have some gluten free items in their supercenter groceries.

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Hi All,

I would really appreciate some input from anyone who can help me out here. I am moving to Discovery Bay, CA this week. The surrounding cities are Brentwood, Antioch, Concord, Livermoore, Pittsburg, Dublin, Oakley. If anyone has information on stores where I can purchase gluten-free flour and goods that would be fantastic. Also any restaurants that serve gluten-free would be soooo helpful. I am very used to the area I live in now and not sure what they offer up north, it is kind of stressing me out.

If anyone could send me links or give some info I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

Hola!

Welcome to the Bay Area :)

I completely agree with Takala. All of those, including Mariposa Baking are excellent suggestions.

Raley's really does a good job with their gluten-free selection.

Are you a SoCal transplant by any chance.. You said "up north".. usually SoCal terminology :D

NorCal has some great support groups too. Bay Area Celiac Yahoo Group is very helpful.. Then there are the North Bay Celiacs, South Bay Celiacs, Solano County Celiacs and a few others. We all kind of talk to each other, so if you need any advice, feel free to ask. I think you can just go on Yahoo under the groups and plug in Bay Area Celiac Yahoo Group.. if it doesn't come up, let me know and I'll send you the URL.

Hope this helps!

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Thanks for all the info I will have to copy and paste this and email it to myself. I like Raleys, I used to shop there when I lived in Reno. Oh this makes me feel so much better! And looking forward to that bakery! I would love to join a support group there, I already miss mine lol.

hehe what do you mean by transplant? I was born and raised here, so yeah I consider that area Northern CA =)

Thanks again! =)

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Check out Van's Health food in Livermore. HUGE gluten-free selection. In Dublin, Amici's pizza has great gluten-free crusts and is really good about dealing with CC. Not all the toppings are gluten-free, but they will tell you which ones are ok.

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Jennifer, so glad there are folks helping you as you have helped me so much

Good luck on your Move.

Judy

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I have made my move up here, evrything is well excpet for I am feeling a bit isolated. I dont know anyone up here and it is really getting to me. Does anyone live near Discovery Bay, Brentwood, Antioch area? lol that needs a new friend? I am not a club or party person so kind of hard to make friends. Anyway I know this is a lame message but I have to ask

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