A Couple Of No. Calif. Recommendations

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If you should ever find yourself staying at a hotel near SFO, head to the Hungry Hunter. When the chain went bust the franchisee bought this one, and she works closely with the hotels. They will do anything takeout that you want. The manager, Lisa, was most cooperative, and said to be sure to ask for her when we came in. She has a celiac chef !! We were eating light and ordered Chicken Caesar Salads to go and they were great.

No.2 is Kane's in Grass Valley, 1 block from Holiday Inn Express (Gold Miners' Inn). If you ever find yourself doing the Gold Trail in No. Cal. (Highway 49) this is a great place to stop. Our young waitperson went and had an extensive conversation with the chef about what we could eat (and I am hard to cook for) and went back a couple of times with additional questions we had. I think he was a college kid on summer job. We taught him a lot and he was willing to learn. Chef was very knowledgeable and we had great meals - Dh had a ribeye steak seasoned with salt and pepper, with baked potato & veg, I had a pan seared salmon steak with a hint of lemon seasoning. Both of us had a medley of lightly steamed vegetables finished in a saute of olive oil. Did not explore the dessert menu We tipped well - the experience was the most pleasant dining experience I have had since gluten free and we were treated like honored guests rather than pariahs