Gluten-free at Chilis

Feb 3, 2010   //   by Sandra Friend   //   Commentary  //  No Comments

I’ve been gluten-free since October, and the positive impact on my health has been so amazing I wish I’d done this years before. One of the greatest challenges is eating out, so a recent visit to Chilis drove home the reality that most folks don’t get gluten-free.

I ordered corn tacos. They didn’t look right when they arrived, so I sent them back to the kitchen to ask, and bingo, they were flour AND corn! They offered to replace, and I ordered a salad. It came covered in croutons. I ordered chili, and it came with a big stack of crackers (hint to chef, we gluten-free can eat corn chips!). Everyone else finished dinner before me. At least they cut a discount off the check, but you’d think a restaurant that touts Southwest flair would follow thru with corn-based entrees that are gluten-free!

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