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The Great American Restaurant chain has created celiac friendly gluten-free menus for all of their restaurants in Northern Virginia. This includes Mike's American Grill, Artie's, Silverado, Carlyle Grand, Sweetwater, and Coastal Flats. It's not listed on their web site yet, but they have laminated versions at the restaurants. Lots of yummy options. Visit...

We rented a cottage during our stay - in Ireland it's called "self-catering accomodations." Being able to cook some of our own meals made it much easier for me. But I still love to dine out, especially when traveling. One restaurant in a small town called Dingle (Central West Coast) brought out a bread basket with gluten free bread for me. Where ever...

Not entirely unrelated, just wanted to mention that the Northern Virginia restaurant chain Great American Restaurants has just completed their gluten free menu for all their sites. This includes Artie's in Fairfax, Mike's American Grill in Alexandria, Silverado in Falls Church, Sweetwater Tavern in Merrifield and Centerville, Carlyle Grand in Shirlington...

My favorite story (there have been many) was the third time the steak I'd ordered came out on a piece of bread. The first time the waiter said it had just been a mistake, they'd understood my order but had made this so many times it was hard to skip the bread. The second time, same thing. The third time the manager came over and said "oh, but this is French...

Not exactly Northern Virginia, but Adams Morgan isn't too far away. We had a wonderful dinner at Cashion's Eat Place this week. I called ahead and mentioned my celiac disease, they said not to worry. When we arrived later that night and I said to the waiter I have celiac, he said "that's when there's a problem with any kind of gluten, right?" ...when they...